Mario Lopez
Lopez in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Chula Vista, San Diego, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 10, 1973
Ethnicity: Mexican [Spanish, Indigenous, distant African]
Mario Lopez is an American actor and television and radio host. He is known for playing A.C Slater on Saved by the Bell, and has hosted shows including Extra, Access Hollywood, America’s Best Dance Crew, and The X Factor.
His parents, Elvira Soledad Trasviña and Mario Alberto López Pérez, are Mexican immigrants. His father was born in Culiacán, Sinaloa. His mother was born in Tijuana, Territorio Norte de Baja California. He is married to actress and producer Courtney Mazza, with whom he has three children. His sister Marissa Lopez is married to professional football player Kailee Wong. Mario is a devout Catholic, and underwent baptism by immersion at the Jordan River.
He was a high school wrestler and is an avid boxing fan. He also commentates professional boxing fights.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2022) stated that Mario’s genetic ancestry is:
*56% European
*41% Indigenous American
*3% Sub-Saharan African
Mario’s paternal grandfather was named Luciano López Burgos. Luciano was born in El Ranchito, El Salado, Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. He moved to the U.S. in 1952, illegally, and was returned to Mexico. He came back to the U.S. legally in 1957.
Mario’s paternal grandmother was Alejandra Sarah Pérez Tostado (the daughter of Alfredo Pérez Sánchez and Sara Tostado Armienta). Alejandra was born in San Ignacio, Sinaloa, México. She had deep roots in Zacatecas. Alfredo was the son of Leandro Pérez González and Alejandra Sánchez Rodríguez.
Mario’s maternal grandfather was Rafael Trasviña Alatorre (the son of Salomé Trasviña Palacios and Soledad Alatorre López). Rafael was born in La Paz, El Territorio Sur de Baja California, Mexico. He moved to the U.S. in the 1950s with his mother. Salomé was the son of Epigmenio Trasviña and Doña Jesús Palacios de Trasviña.
Mario’s maternal grandmother was named María Rosario Gurrola Sánchez. María was born in Capirato, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Source: https://www.youtube.com
OMG!!!! I thought he wuz rican! He is a sexy a** mexican! Suprisingly
Mario Lopez, is perfection. From body, face, dimples, smile & personality. Courtney Maza is a very lucky woman.
Wow Hes mexican i thought puerto rican.
well I always wanted to know is he 1000% Indigenous or 50% White and 50% Indigenous (Mestizo)? can someone answer me? you would help! in advance thank you
and about Mario: I knew he was Mexican but I thought he had something else too!
Very few Mexicans have ‘only’ Native blood, sorry to rain on your parade. Those Mexicans you think are just pure native in the United States, you know: that walking swagger, ‘hey Essai!!’..those dudes are not as Native as they think. They have a lot of watered down Spanish ancestry. The Spaniards impregnanted every single Native woman, it was mandated by the crown to increase local populations. You want Native, look at the people from the Amazonian Jungle.
Oh, by the way, I look like George Lopez and have 57% European ancestry with a tremendous amount or Rb1 which is only found in Western Europe (Spain/Portugal).
@Gago
LMAO,they didn’t impregnated every single Native woman.Next there were more Africans and mixed Africans there than Spaniards all the way up to at least the late 1800’s.Also Rb1 is also founded in Africa,plus Western Europe (Spain/Portugal)have been flooded with black people for who knows how long.In some places in Portugal the black blood % is still high
spoken like a true afrocentric idiot. blacks were there mixing with indians way before spanish ??? blacks only got to america as slaves u retard. why do u think blacks arent rly attuned tp swimming and sea water cuz theyre not rly that naval as u think. so what did they use to get over the ocean ???? rafts ?? its not a river stupid. plus spain and portugal rarely mixed with africans in ure book. cuz those africans were actually arabs not subsaharan blacks. u must live in USA cuz u think that african automatically means black. what a mule.
Hes probably around 60-65% european and the rest native but as a baby he looked asian, so he might have asian in him somewhere down the line. In the state that his parents are from, the mestizos are normally 60-65% european or even higher.
You’re right. he looks Native and Spanish. His eyes especially look Native with their almond shape. He’s cute!
the reason why he looks asian is cuz natove americans cary the asian pool gene so they have similar eyes therefor if he inherited it from his native side that would register as asian.
Mario Lopez DNA results
70% European and 30% Native American
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOFzeC8BJ9c
Modern day Mexicans are a result of Spanish rape and they don’t track their linage as anglos do. Percentage of Spanish can vary and btw Mario Lopez looks very effeminate.
Oh yeah his meXicano…why wouldent he be we got the best looking people hello..