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
You know, something is really pissin me off about this site and that is the assumption of Hispanic peoples ancestry just by looking at them and adding ‘afro’ – Latina to all the dark skinned Hispanics. Some people need to understand that yes, the majority of Hispanic people are triracial and to suggest that some are full European is laughable to me. Especially if you are talking about CUBA, PR, and DR. Most Hispanics from caribbean are triracial. While those in South America are mestizo. If i were to say that if a light skinned African American person had european in them i would be ripped to shreds. Just because someone is a light skinned Hispanic doesn’t mean that they don’t have African in them. As a hispanic, some of my siblings are dark and some are light, same parents, to suggest one or the other is ‘afro’ or not with no basis is dumb. On almost all the hispanics on the website people are speculating with no info. Stop with the ‘afro’ bs because we hispanics know we are triracial.
Nope. I am South American. Most hispanic South Americans are triracial too. Venezuela, Columbia are triracial countries. Meaning white, black, and Indian mixed peoples. This is not just in the Carribean. There is alot of African and indigenous admixture in Venezuela and many of the people dont show any African mixture but they have it in thier dna.
She looks very European, with medium-fair skin that’s much like my family, pale in winter, gets bronze easily in the summer.
European? with that native american features? http://www.glamour.com/images/beauty/2015/04/jennifer-lopez-american-idol-makeup-2-w540.jpg
likely other = clearly black and indigenous
CORRECTION: Paternal grandfather -> Maternal grandfather
Please, merge it. Thanks.
Jennifer’s maternal grandmother was Julia Rivera Rosado (the daughter of Vicente Rivera and Maria Rosado). Julia was born in Jayuya, Puerto Rico. Jennifer’s maternal grandfather may have been named José Julio Rodríguez Febres. Jennifer’s paternal grandfather was José Julio Rodríguez y Febres (the son of ? Rodríguez and 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, Puerto Rico. Vicente was 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. María was the son of Antonio Rosado and Rodulfa Rodríguez.
Also, Jennifer’s Puerto Rican ancestry includes Spanish according to the races of her maternal ancestors. They are all listed as “blanco” (white).
Additional Source:
Genealogy of Jennifer Lopez (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com/people/Jennifer-Lopez/6000000010073347173
She is not spanish european
she and her family looks mestizos, you can see clearly indigenous influence http://www.snakkle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1.jpg
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/22700000/jennifer-lopez-family-jennifer-lopez-and-marc-anthony-22755281-800-582.jpg
Alot of Puerto Ricans “claim white” even though they are mixed triracials, they are European, African and Indian but many claim white and hide the African. Its shameful. One Puerto Rican girl went so far as to tell me there were no black people in Puerto Rico. Not ive traveled there, Puerto Rico has alot of black people. But they are just so self hating.
( Its shameful. One Puerto Rican girl went so far as to tell me there were no black people in Puerto Rico. )
Some of the so-called PRs on the site, said the same thing. Rosie Perez was just talking about the same thing just a couple of weeks ago. Stating how Latinos are basically train to ignore the African part of their background
“Rosie Perez was…Stating how Latinos are basically train to ignore the African part of their background.”
Perhaps Rosie ignored it as well., because I never heard of her mention it until within the last year.
Well there you have it. Plus she did cause some controversy with her PR documentary in 2007. The many Puerto Ricans were upset that she omitted the African contribution to the bloodline, and culture
@Manila
I had also checked those records, they’re all listed as “blanco”. Whether they’re accurate or not, I think this information should be added to the profile.