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
I personally see a clear mixture of African, Indigenous and European just by looking at her face. My opinion has nothing to do with her having a large rear-end either.
When I first took notice of Jennifer Lopez, back around 1997, I assumed she had African ancestry in addition to European and Amerindian. Why does it bother some people to acknowledge it?
jennifer is latino she is pretty
Some Puerto Ricans are black, but Jennifer Lopez doesn’t look like it. She looks all Hispanic and looks nothing like Zoe Saldana or Oscar de la Renta.
You can obviously tell Zoe has a lot of African descent and that Oscar de la Renta mostly has white European descent. I know one of Zoe’s parents is from Dominican Republic and Oscar was born there.
I have black ancestry and i’m way lighter then J.lo
She had a flat nose, like the most africans have.
Attractive woman,very nice body but a typical rich,annoying “princess”…Shame…lol
Bottom line is that we are all mixed! No one is pure anymore! And just because you have curves does not mean you have to have black in your blood. I know many girls mixed with white races and have curves. Just like I know many black girls that are flat chested with no curves at all.