Jessica Alba
Alba in 2010
Birth Name: Jessica Marie Alba
Place of Birth: Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 28, 1981
Ethnicity:
*father – Mexican [including Spanish, Indigenous Mexican/Mayan, distant Sephardi Jewish and African]
*mother – Danish, Welsh, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, French
Jessica Alba is an American actress, model, and businessperson. Her roles include the films Camp Nowhere, Idle Hands, Honey, Frank Miller’s Sin City, Fantastic Four (2005), and their respective sequels; Good Luck Chuck, The Eye (2008), Meet Bill, Valentine’s Day, Machete, and its sequel; Little Fockers, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, and Mechanic: Resurrection, and the series The Secret World of Alex Mack, Dark Angel, and L.A.’s Finest. She has co-founded consumer goods company The Honest Company, which sells baby, personal, and household products. She has also been billed as Jessica Warren, her married name.
Jessica is the daughter of Catherine Louisa (Jensen) and Mark David Alba, who was in the Air Force. Her father, who was born in Los Angeles, is of Mexican descent, including Spanish, Indigenous Mexican/Mayan, and distant Sephardi Jewish and African, roots. Her mother, who was born in Virginia, has Danish, Welsh, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and French, ancestry. She was raised partly in Biloxi, Mississippi; Del Rio, Texas; and finally Claremont, California, traveling for her father’s career.
Her brother is actor Joshua Alba. Jessica is married to producer Cash Warren, with whom she has three children. Cash’s father is African-American and his mother is white. Jessica’s third cousin, once removed, is writer Gustavo Arellano.
Jessica has described her father as very dark and her mother as very fair. According to Jessica, her grandfather never spoke Spanish at home because he wanted the family to assimilate into the American mainstream. As a result, Jessica’s father did not learn to speak Spanish.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2014) stated that Jessica’s genetic ancestry is:
*72.7% European
*22.5% East Asian/Native American [Indigenous Mexican]
*2.4% No Match
*2.0% Sub-Saharan African
*0.3% Middle Eastern/North African
*0.1% South Asian
Jessica has stated that she identifies with her Mexican-American heritage. DNA tests on the show indicated that Jessica’s direct patrilineal ancestor was Indigenous. These DNA tests also displayed that Jessica’s father’s direct matrilineal ancestor, Maria Carmen Carrillo/Carillo, was of Sephardi Jewish descent. They also showed that Jessica’s father likely has at least 2.1% Sephardi Jewish ancestry in total. DNA matches listed him as 0.7% Ashkenazi; they also listed him as 0.6% Italian, 0.4% North African, and 0.4% Middle Eastern, all of which were or likely were Jewish in his case according to DNA matches.
Jessica’s 0.1% South Asian DNA is evidently from Jessica’s mother’s side.
Genetically, Jessica was found to have a common ancestor with attorney Alan Dershowitz.
Alba with husband Cash Warren in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Jessica’s paternal grandfather is José Sánchez Alba (the son of Catalino Morones Alba and Francisca/Frances Sánchez). José was born in San Bernardino, San Bernardo Co., California, to Mexican parents. Catalino was born in San Dimas, Durango, the son of Ambrocio/Ambrosio Alva/Alba and Maria Morones/Morence. Francisca was born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, the daughter of José Hipólito/Polito Sánchez Hernandez and Refugio/Refugia Cisneroz/Rangel.
Jessica’s paternal grandmother is Ysabel/Isabel Martinez (the daughter of Daniel Fernandez Martinez and Guadalupe Nieves Miranda y Lares). Isabel was born in San Bernardino County, California, to Mexican parents. Daniel was born in Purépero de Echaíz, Michoacán, the son of Eugenio Martinez and Pascuala/Pasquala Fernandez. Guadalupe was born in García, Zacatecas, the daughter of Juan Miranda and Silveria Viramontes/Miramontes y Lares.
Jessica’s maternal grandfather was Harry Christian Jensen, Jr. (the son of Hans/Harry Christian Jensen and Sarah/Sara Evelyn Rhys). Jessica’s grandfather Harry was born in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, and served in WWII and the Korean War. Jessica’s great-grandfather Hans was born in Illinois, to Danish parents, Mads Hansen Jensen and Johanna Jensdatter. Sara was born in Minnesota, to a Welsh father, Samuel H. Rhys, and to a mother, Evaline/Evelyn/Eva Walbridge, who was born in Rochester, Monroe, New York.
Jessica’s maternal grandmother was Louisa Harrison Tebault (the daughter of Paul Miars/Myers Tebault and Catherine/Catharine Louisa Nichols). Jessica’s grandmother Louisa was born in Washington, D.C. Paul was the son of William Paul Tebault and Julia S. Catherine was the daughter of Albert Nichols and Loula Harrison Wharton.
Sources: Genealogies of Jessica Alba – https://www.geni.com
https://famouskin.com
Family histories of Jessica’s father – http://familyhistoryinsider.com
http://familyhistoryinsider.com
Jessica’s maternal grandfather, Harry Christian Jensen, Jr., on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jessica’s maternal grandfather, Harry Christian Jensen, Jr. – https://www.legacy.com
Jessica’s maternal great-grandmother, Sarah/Sara Evelyn Rhys, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Sarah/Sara Evelyn Rhys on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Jessica’s maternal great-grandfather, Paul Miars/Myers Tebault (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
LOS ANGELES – APR 1: Jessica Alba at the Victoria Beckham For Target Launch Event at Private Residence on April 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
I love that she considers herself American because she is. Too many cultures come and intergrate to America to become American to only not take on the culture they need to adapt too. No one is saying to lose your nationality, but develop into the culture or else go back to your country. My ancestors did it and so do others. Continue-
Really? Your ancestors embraced and adapted Native American cultures?
No matter what her DNA is, she is still very beautiful and talented. I also read in a Latina magazine that she is proud to be Latina. Being more this or more that does not change who she really is. We are judged in this world by our looks. If you look black you are called black, if you look white people will call you white.
In Italy, they are getting fed up with Hispanics there referring to themselves, in Italy–birthplace of the Latin people and language, as Latinos. now they are passing a law that anyone who is not Italian referring to themselves as Latinos or Latinas in public will be fined 200 Euros, that is, if the patriots there don’t hit them upside their head for being so ignorant. it is not that the Italian government has warned Latin American countries to refrain from using this language in official capacity. it is not that Hispanics havent been chided for using a misnomer, so now, at least in Italy, they will learn how to use the proper terminology or pay a price. we should do the same here. hijack someone else’s cultural and racial heritage as long as its not we Italians!
Many Italians went to Latin America to live…maybe they passed this ‘latino/a’ term around? Why don’t you tell them to stay in Italy! Ha, my grandmother and great-grandfather were Italian and I’m Latin American.
Jessica alba is not mexican at all! check this! > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJW0GPHRW38
Eighty something percent european (white) and the rest is native american! Shockerr right?
you are so dumb
Im smarter then you i guess. Give me a reason at to why im dumb? You cant just say it for the sake of it. bitch!
because every hispanic has european blood,thats the 88% european.mexican is a nationality,not race just like european is not a race . it just means you can trace your bloodline to a european nation.so you can’t say she’s not mexican at all she’s european.we all came to the new world from europe
rafael is right.
just wikipedia mexico and it shows that there are germans, italians, scandinavians, french etc in mexico.
You go ariana!! Put her on blast :)
I agree with her. Don’t be a lame dumb.
Where u been? I think ur cool
How stupid can you be? Mexicans are typically that exact mix. If anything, it shows her Mexican ancestry perfectly. She’s only half Mexican in any case.
That Lopez test is an outdated and very inaccurate test, so there’s probably a +- 50% factor right there, and those two zero percent results he got is also not reliable, because they only use four reference groups. But why do I write that, it’s over your head anyway?
Amazing that people regard that tests at gospel, as if she really is exactly 13% Native american and 87% European by ancestry. She could just as well be 6 % native, or 20& native, the test just isn’t very accurate. The result is not “the truth” about her at all.
“regard that tests at gospel”
I meant to say: “regard that test as gospel. ”
Some other errors as well, but who cares?
shes cool and im a fan of her. i watched her on lopez and was surprised to find out she was like 88% european. knowing her father was mexican, i thought she would be around 50%. interesting.
Mestizo is African, Native American Indian, and Spanish.
no the hell its not- who is this fuzzy bear?
It was once considered all three. In more recent times it only refers to white and indian. Please see the History section of the attached: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestizo. Persons who were part negro were once included. It is ashame a man-made classification system based on skulls, jaws, and yada yad has divided so many people.
Just like your name yeah okay
YEAH k, Mexico is a lot like the U.S. where there are many people of African Diaspora in the South and are a minority in the country. There was a huge period of whitening in Mexico with Italians, Germans, Irish and a pop. of Asian and Middle Eastern. Some Mestizos have more African blood than others depending on their region (generally 3-50%). Giving names like “moreno” or “zambo”. Remember due to slavery Mexico was once almost half and half so called “white” and “black” at one time. Mexicans origin come from the mix of Indigenous, Spanish, and African with contributions from Lebanese and Chinese.
You’re wrong! Metizo is Spanish (A white European from Spain) and Ameridian (a native American in her case maybe Aztec or Mayan).
Ha jrod WTF
It used to include African as well but now the term is “Chicano”.
wrong, Mestizo means mixed in Spanish, a white European from Spain is Spanish. you are probably thinking Hidalgo. Spaniards born in the new world
jrod ur such a retard mestizo is mixed white and native fuck face go to school 11 year old
no meztizo is white(spanish) and native american. mulatto is white and black.
mestizo means mixed in Spanish, those who are White and Indian(of the americas) better known as half-breeds by the english colonists