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

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697 Responses

  1. jorge says:

    j.lo is mestiza she’s mixed arawak taino indian and spaniard she is mestiza

  2. loz says:

    people are so ignorant,stupid and un-educated!
    Her ETHNICITY is 100% latina, she is 100% Puerto Rican- american
    however her RACE is probably 70% spanish 20% tanio and 10% african (give or take 10% for each) therefore she is tri-racial

    • kris says:

      what you just stated was her nationality. race and ethnicity are the same thing. don’t be so quick to scream uneducated

      • loz says:

        Correction, her NATIONIONAILTY is american, as she was born their and has an american passport.
        RACE and ETHNICITY are not nessasarly the same thing!
        Her ethnicty can be considered puerto rican-american, latino-america, ect ect.
        Her RACE will be (at an estimate), 70% spanish 20% tanio 10%African (give or take 10% for each). Therefore she is tri-racial. (which many PR’s are).

  3. ana says:

    iTypo i meant brazilian model

  4. ana says:

    What is wrong being part black? it seems like when a famous person is part black white americans hate it just like when they found out adriana lima the famous brazilian mother was part black lots of them said it was a lie but they didn’t seem to care about her white and native heritage just her black blood .Racist

    • mdd says:

      whats the big deal if she does have african in here i mean HELLO white, native people and black were the main groups in our counties early history. what black is in her all went to her bottom as far as im concerned. matter of fact people are so focused on skin color take some time to actually observe peoples bone structure and nose i see a lot of fair-skinned puerto ricans with more african bone structure than dark-skinned black people. im not sure why anyone would think adriana lima was NOT part african, last time i checked in college more than 60% of brazilians have african in them they received more than 50% of all slaves shipped to the americas throughout the WHOLE slave trade. they have the largest percentage of people with african blood outside of nigeria in africa. and everything about their culture and religion screams africa. the reasons why brazilians are exotic looking is because of the centuries of racial intermixing between portuguese and black. other places like brazil such as cuba et… had such a huge mulatto population the government went through a “whitening” process like other countries where they allowed a huge influx of european immigrants in to “whiten” the population and encouraged even more racial intermixing. regardless of what a brazilian looks like i always assume they have african or portuguese in them as the largest most historically dominant races there. not only that but to assume someone doesn’t have black in them because they don’t look lie it is stupid just like many african americans you wouldn’t know they have a white ancestor by looking at them- that still doesn’t change the fact that they DO have a different race ancestor.

  5. ana says:

    Jlo has the body of an african women her curves gives it away also white women don’t have those curves and her mothe like i said looks like a light skin birqacial and the majority of puerto ricans are of mixed race.Puerto ricans have a parade i think in newyork they celebrate their mixed ancestry which is spaniard , black and native i heard about these parade.My mom ex boyfriend is puerto rican i though he was a white men he has , green eyes , fair skin and straight hair and he told me he was 25% black and africa is his mother land .Geraldo rivera he had a show named the geraldo rivera show he also said he was 25% black and he looks whiter then jlo , his mother is jewish and his father is half german and puerto rican he also showed a picture years ago in his show of his light skin biracial family in puerto rico.

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