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
Puerto Rican is not an ethnicity.
She looks mestizo/mulatto.
By looking at her pictures it’s clear that she has a recent or a significant amount of African blood in her.
if you must know she has already said this but her racial makeup for those of you that are confused it is. and i am stating this exactly from her interview back in 96 she is of TAINO/ARAWAK (AMERINDIAN), SPANISH (CAUCASIAN), AND AFRICAN EXTRACTION!!!! YES THAT IS AFRICAN EXTRACTION MEANING LINEAGE POSSIBLY ON HER MOTHERS SIDE WHICH MAKES A LOT OF SENSE SOMETIMES FROM THE WAY HER MOTHER LOOKS AT TIMES.
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I would agree with your comment. Like most Puerto Ricans she is of those ethnic groups.
All of you are so damn ignorant, with comments like, she latina, I earlier long. First of all learn how to properly write and spell, and to the person with the south american roots, most of you have strong native indian roots, which is why most of you are short, husky, broad shoulderd with flat asses. Puerto Ricans have a very flavorfull mix, native, spaniard and black this is why they look so exotic and curvasous, so get over it, you HATERS!!!
wow you are so wrong. I’m south american from Argentina and all of us have european roots mostly from Italy and Spain and very little native american the same with Chile, Uruguay, Brazil (very mix), Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador. The ones that have amerindian and mestizo ancestry are Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru. So the next time learn about more south america and then talk.
isn’t venezuela and colombia have a mestizo majority and white minority. ecuador also have a mestizo majority and a quarter of its population is native american.
no, I’m Colombia and the majority of the racial makeup is EUROPEAN (Italian, Spanish, German, & Portuguese)
In fact, this may sound racist, but in the Capital (Bogota) you will seldom see a black person… if any. The majority of what you see there is white.
catherine w im afraid your wasting your time,i thought on this website there could be intelligent conversation,about ethnicities,but no instead people come on here and try to tell you what you are,even though most have never left their hometowns,they refuse to believe something other than that outdated stereotype they already have in their heads,if you dare say your white,they respond by saying something about a colonial mentality
is that right.have i ever said you can’t be white and yet still have non-white bloodline?I’ve shown examples of this many times to prove my point,but I guest my colonial mind is just fooling me.
she latina puerto rican they look mexican to