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
Slavery existed in Mexico in all parts of the country for over three hundred years. Five hundred thousand African slaves were shipped to Mexico. Vast majority of Mexican people represent three races, African,European, and Indian. The first president of Mexico Gurrialo was a brown skin man of mixed race,Afromexican.
Mario Lopez DNA results
70% European and 30% Native American
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOFzeC8BJ9c
Come on you mean to tell me this guy is not part Black? He is brown dark and ethnic looking, in fact he looks like Rapper LL Cool J .. lol
why you blacks always cathegoriza people he not even lose on being black most likely he is close of being Asian
He looks good for a 40 year old man however a bit too plastic and his neck is a bit disgusting. Whatever happened to aging gracefully? Much hotter in his Saved by the Bell days that’s for sure.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO STFU about mexicans being part black how the hell are mexicans part black…. How the heck can blacks come to america they were never in america until 300 years ago when europeans brought them here some slaves here Africans were never developed giant sea boats to come here. Native americans and Mexicans have asian/Eurasian ancestry that gives them high cheek bones, Long black thick straight hair chiseled noses and asian eyes Spaniards came to mexico and mixed giving them curly hair big eyes.
Well technically there were some African slaves that settled in Mexico, mainly Veracruz.
Uh, technically there have been slaves in America and it is in some white people’s blood (much of it) but nobody sees them as black because it is a tiny amount. Mario doesn’t have black people hair or features at all. He is Indigenous and Spaniard and some English. Maybe LL Cool J and so many black people who hate themselves should let their hair grow out so they can show off their very obvious ties to Africa…they are African…and stop wishing to be other people so bad.
@Blahby
LL was losing his hair,that why he shaved.I could say some mean things,but not all Latinos are like you.
Look at this Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIzHIRCBtdE
Your own people are telling you this.Deal with it and move on.
Black people want to be white and hispanic, lol! You know it’s true!!! They don’t even like their own kind…pretty sad.
With all the hate in your tone it Sounds like you have serious issues with yourself.
@Blahby
That sounds like an issued you have.You want to be white and you can’t.So to try and make yourself feel better,you attack others.Projecting your own feelings on to them.Ethnic is right,you suffer from low self-esteem,and that’s pretty sad.
geez anything mixed with Mexican is hot damn even the food and tequila is good!!…I love Mexicans!!