Jennifer Lopez
Lopez in 2010, kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jennifer Lynn Lopez
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 24, 1969
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [Spanish, likely Taíno and African]
Jennifer Lopez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, producer, and television personality. Her roles include Blood and Wine, Selena, Out of Sight, The Cell, The Wedding Planner, Shall We Dance?, Hustlers, and Anaconda, among many other films.
Her parents, Guadalupe Rodríguez and David López, are Puerto Rican. Her sister, Lydia Lopez, is a journalist. Jennifer is married to actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck. She has two children with her former husband, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor Marc Anthony, who is also Puerto Rican. Her sister is DJ Lynda Lopez.
A picture of Jennifer with her parents can be seen here.
Jennifer’s maternal grandfather was named José Julio Rodríguez y Febres (the son of a father surnamed Rodríguez, and of Justina Febres).
Jennifer’s maternal grandmother was Julia Rivera y Rosado (the daughter of Vicente Rivera y Rivera and María Rosado y Rodríguez). Julia was born in Jayuya, Jayuya, Puerto Rico. Vicente was from Ponce, the son of Valentín Rivera y Rivera and Narcisa Rivera y Rivera. Valentín and Narcisa were born with the same paternal and maternal family names. Jennifer’s great-grandmother María was the daughter of Antonio Rosado and Rodulfa Rodríguez.
Source: Genealogy of Jennifer Lopez (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Lopez in 2008, photo credit: Urbanworld Film Festival
Hispanic is Spaniard (European Spanish), Latino (Latin American Spanish generally mixed with other Ethnicities, and Cultures), or Latina is what you would say J-Lo is..why do they mix up the two? J-Lo is not Hispanic she is Latina, but Latino is not a Race it is a Culture this has also been confirmed by Latinos as well they know this Fact!
She’s not Latin-American (latina), her parents are! “Latina” is the word we use for Latin-American women and USA is not part of Latin-America. Puerto Rico is part od Latin America, but she was not born there. She is Hispanic at best. She probably knows the culture, so she’s Hispanic as well as her parents, but Latin-Americans are the people born in Latin America and she wasn’t.
i thought you where wrong but your actually right, i agree with you.
Some people have their info all wrong. Read up on Dr. Juan Martinez Cruzado research of the Puerto Rican culture, he is very good in explaining everything we need to know about our raice. He states 61% Amerindian which is Taino, 27% African, and 12% Spaniard. We are 3 raices and of course along the way there was mixture of raices that came to Puerto Rico. Taino women married African men and the Spaniard raped the woman, back in the day. Also for Love. Stop hating. Just Love. Jennifer Lopez is a Puerto Rican the same as all the other Puerto Rican people, same blood.
Your talking about the mitochondrial DNA Studies he did. He found that 61% had Amerindian mtdna, 27% had African and 12% had European. For the Y chromosome he found that 70% of Puerto Rican men have a European Y Chromosome. While 20% have an African Y chromosome, and 10% have an Amerindian Y Chromosome. Which means a majority of Puerto Rican people are mixed race and J. LO is too. I think J Lo has features from all three races.
Love Her Other New Song!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILi1U5XGrs
LOVE HER NEW SONG!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4H_Zoh7G5A
i though jennifer is half filipina…