Monica Puig
Puig in 2016, photo by Leonard Zhukovsky/bigstockphoto.com
Birth Name: Monica Puig Marchán
Place of Birth: Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Date of Birth: September 27, 1993
Ethnicity:
*father – Cuban [Catalan]
*mother – Puerto Rican
Monica Puig is a Puerto Rican professional tennis player.
She was born in Hato Rey, San Juan, to a Puerto Rican mother, Astrid Marchán, and a Cuban-American father, José Puig. She has a brother, Ricardo. The family moved to Miami, Florida, U.S., when Monica was one year old. Monica speaks fluent English and Spanish. Her parents and brother are pictured here. Monica is married to tennis player Nathan Rakitt.
Monica’s paternal grandparents were of Catalan origin.
Monica’s maternal grandfather was named Rafael Marchán Cintrón.
Monica’s maternal grandmother was named Astrid Puras de Marchán.
Sources: http://elcomercio.pe (in Spanish)
http://www.primerahora.com (in Spanish)
http://www.noticel.com
Possible grandmother:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFNK-JYM
Possible great-grandparents:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ9-LTVX
Antonio Puras Y Rivera was born in Mexico to a Spanish father and a Puertorican mother.
Puerto rican is not a heritage
It isn’t, but I haven’t found reliable sources to assure she has Spanish ancestry on her mother’s side (although she likely does).
By the way, her maternal grandparents are Astrid Puras de Marchán and Rafael Marchán Cintrón.
http://www.noticel.com/noticia/193754/emocionada-y-ansiosa-la-familia-de-puig-video.html
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“Cintrón” can be Sephardic: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cintr%C3%B3n