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 think she have sephardi jewish roots from spain
her dad looks 1000% white
Jennifer Lopez could pass in Spain phenotypically, but I’m sure genetically she’s tri-racial, but predominate European (like 75%) European like most Puerto Ricans
however typical Puerto Rican girl is darker than J-Lo and usually shows Negroid features, same with men.
i would know since i live in Florida and have met tons.
she is triracial and dont pass in europe
Don’t joke. She looks very mixed. Puerto Ricans are an average of 10-15% Native American and 20-25% African.
Here is Puerto Rico’s real history:
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Just keep in mind that of the 77 towns on the
Island, all of the interior (Cordillera Mountain
Region) were settled by Europeans during the mid-
to-late 1800s, which historically speaking was
yesterday. Natives were essentially gone from the
landscape 3 centuries before and Sub-Saharan
slavery was NEVER much of a presence since
slavery was banished in the late 1800s.
And not one of these towns was a slave port (on
the coast only)or had many plantations.
Slavery in Puerto Rico NEVER reached the social,
economic or commercial scope that it did in
Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), Cuba or
Jamaica.
When slavery did exist in Puerto Rico, it was
present almost exclusively in the coastal ports,
while the central region of the Island remained
essentially uninhabited til the 1800s.
So while that may be YOUR DNA profile, those DNA
profiles vary greatly from region to region. These
central Island areas were settled primarily by
EUROPEAN immigrants who came from Maritime
Spanish Provinces of Mallorca and Canary Islands,
all regions of Iberian Spain, Corsica and French
(white) emigres who fled Haiti during the Slave
Revolts that chased the the white planters off the
Island.
Irish immigrants, German merchants and even
documented English, Dutch and Danish families
fleeing to an Island that had NO history of civil war
came also and stayed.
Even White colonists from mainland South America
(especially Venezuela) came to settle in Puerto Rico
to flee the continuous colonial chaos they could no
longer live under.
In fact, there is documented immigration from
French Louisiana of people known today as
“Cajuns” who the fledgling “USA” purchased the
Louisiana Territory in 1803, fled to Puerto Rico to
re-establish their agrarian farms.
They fled because they were French and often
Spanish-speaking Catholics and they knew that life
would be difficult for them when English-Speaking
“American” Yankees would take over.
So in recap. ALL of Puerto Rico is NOT ONE BIG
race orgy. You will find people who are
predominantly or even exclusively European, Sub-
Saharan (a minority), and to lesser degree
“indigenous”.
Andreas Balmoral-Medina
Madison, WI
I know there are “predominately white” people on the island, but the fact of the matter is that a large percentage of Puerto Ricans are mixed to some degree. I think you’ll find that even most “white” Puerto Ricans have Native American and African ancestry. DNA tests show that the average Puerto Rican is like 25% black and over 10% Native! So my best guess is that Jennifer Lopez is MIXED. She looks mixed so she probably is.
Full Native Americans were wiped out, however, their genetic legacy still lives on. As I said before, a lot of Puerto Ricans are admixed with Native American. A lot of European male settlers married Native women.
She could not pass for white even if she wanted to. She looks mixed with Amerindian and African, anyone with eyes can see this.
she looks triracial
80% European, 10% Negroid, 10% Amerindian.
how would you know that?you who love to classify people are 100% idiot
20% Negroid*
check