Miguel
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Birth Name: Miguel Jontel Pimentel
Place of Birth: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 23, 1985
Ethnicity:
*Mexican (father)
*African-American (mother)
Miguel is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is also known as Miguel Jontel and Jontel Johnson.
His father, Miguel Pimenetel, is Mexican, from a family from Zamora, Michoacán. His mother is African-American. A picture of Miguel’s parents can be seen here, and his father can also be seen here. Miguel is married to singer, actress, and model Nazanin Mandi.
Miguel’s paternal grandmother is named Clara Pimentel.
Source: https://remezcla.com
I also believe his mother’s maiden name is Kenneen Rhonda Williams (later Pimentel and Colbert) born in California in 1962, whose mother’s maiden name appears to be James. It also appears that she is a realtor/real estate agent. She goes by Rhonda Colbert, professionally.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V21V-QJX
His father is named Miguel Pimenetel and was born in Sep 1962. He is or at least was a teacher in the Irvine Unified School Districgt (IUSD) in Southern California. He grew up in Inglewood.
Better photos of his father. Ths first one is of his brother, abuela, and father:
https://latinousa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-14-at-3.38.48-PM.png
And the second features his father:
https://www.latinousa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-14-at-8.14.58-PM-768×393.png
Actually, the woman in the first one is probably an aunt; they never make it clear in the video from which these pictures are taken.
BTW, he can most definitely speak Spanish. He might not be expert-level efficient, but he’s better than just conversational, that’s for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08vbGWfYFFI
His father’s family is from Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico. His paternal grandmother is named Clara Pimentel : https://remezcla.com/features/music/miguel-returning-to-his-roots-cover-story/