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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694 Responses

  1. Poppy says:

    Actually altho she has a largish bum….its in proportion to her body .
    Many Latin types and Spanish/Italian/Greeks have that body shape.Even Europeans.Looking that the link someone posted of her family they look Spanish.On the outside they have a bit of native.

    The black bum is different.Its largish but its also sometimes high and protruding….sorry to be crude but sometimes it looks has if the person is walking but sitting down as its quite far back from the body….

    Halle Berry is 50/50 black and white.Her daughter is only quarter black and yet you see black in Halle Berrys cute baby.Even if its small you can see it.

    You cannot see Indian in Padma Lakshmis baby even tho that baby is 50% Indian.
    Thats genetics.

    • hmm says:

      oh please. that’s because jlo works out. you don’t think there are Latin women with ” largish but its also sometimes high and protruding” booties? ha! Yes part of it is genetics, the other part is how you take care of yourself.

  2. jsKIM says:

    pellppeee does dallas

  3. Jimenéz says:

    Both her parent’s are “white”, so she’s “white”. Case closed.

  4. Poppy says:

    If her bum shape means she has some black ancestry then its clutching at straws.
    Her hair,face and skin says Spanish .Maybe a little native.Thats all.

    Just bcuz there are blacks in PR or anywhere does not mean the Spanish mixed with them.
    And tanning is where white people want colour in their pale faces.Like olive or brown.It does not indicate black .And even if a person went very dark brown/black then still the hair,lips and nose would be the indicator that this person is not black or African .

    The people in Morocco are Arab,Berbers not black altho blacks do get into that country from the south.Arab north Africa is distinct from sub Saharan Africa.

  5. Quisé dela Lúz says:

    I wouldn’t take her nose into account when deciding her admixture, she did admit to having nose surgery…

    but that’s all I’m gonna say because this website is a playground for trolls!

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