Naya Rivera
Rivera in 2010, Helga Esteb/ Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Naya Marie Rivera
Date of Birth: January 12, 1987
Place of Birth: Valencia, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Death: July 8, 2020
Place of Death: Lake Piru, Ventura County, California, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*50% Puerto Rican
*25% African-American
*25% German
Naya Rivera was an American actress, singer, and model. She played Santana Lopez on the television show Glee.
Naya was the daughter of Yolanda Marie (White), a model, and George Michele Rivera. Her father is of Puerto Rican and German descent. Her mother is of half black and half Puerto Rican ancestry. Naya had stated this on the talk show The View. She described herself as “half Puerto Rican, a quarter German, and a quarter African American.”
She was the sister of professional football player Mychal Rivera and runway model Nickayla Rivera. Pictures of her brother can be seen here.
Naya had a son with her former husband, actor Ryan Dorsey. She was also credited as Naya Rivera Dorsey.
Naya’s paternal grandfather was named George Rivera.
Naya’s paternal grandmother was named Anna.
Naya’s maternal grandmother was named Clara Esther White.
Source: https://www.usatoday.com
She is gorgeous.
Her father is Puerto Pican and her mother is half Black half German
Overly simplistic but true and accurate.
Genetically most likely she would be something like:
Puerto Ricans average out to 33% European 33% African 33% Native (Tanio).
African Americans Average out to 75% African 25% European
So technically she would be 41.5% European 41.5% African 17% Native.
she may have 41.5% European, 41.5% African and 17% Native. But by looking at her, i say the native gene is strong on this one. Beautiful
she seems part Asian
As soon as i saw her i thought she looked part Native American. Has she got a little bit of that in her? cause i don’t think Puerto Rico is that mixed, just white Spanish and black, and maybe Mulatto.
There are actually a lot of indigenous or “native” people in Puerto Rico, and a lot of the people on the island may not be full blooded Taino (thats the name of the tribe) but they are mixed just like most Latin American countries.
monica the talking about rihanna black is a strong color so lets see it you know the girl from shake it up zenedaya coleman type it up if you don’t know she is white and black but her skinned tone is black i’m indian but nobody is going to see that i’m black like batack obama he’s white but is black but people perfer him black because of the hertage is dark