Nelly Furtado
Furtado in 2009, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Nelly Kim Furtado
Place of Birth: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: December 2, 1978
Ethnicity: Azorean Portuguese
Nelly Furtado is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress. Her parents are Portuguese, from Ponta Garça, São Miguel Island, in the Azores archipelago. She holds Portuguese citizenship. Nelly was named after Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim.
Nelly has a daughter with her former partner Jasper Gahunia.
Nelly’s paternal grandparents were named Manuel Matos Furtado and Maria Paixão Costa. They were from Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo Municipality, Azores Region.
One of Nelly’s maternal grandparents was named Virgínio Araújo Neto. Virginio was born in Ponta Garça.
Sources: Genealogy of Nelly Furtado – http://www.geni.com
Memorial page of Nelly’s paternal grandfather, Manuel Matos Furtado – http://www.findagrave.com
Memorial page of Nelly’s paternal grandmother, Maria Paixão (Costa) Furtado – http://www.findagrave.com
She looks latina. Very pretty!
Yeah, a White Latina, with her blue eyes and Caucasian features.
white latinas, dark latinas BOTH of them are latinas >.> you people get on my nerve
Always thought she was Middle eastern or Native American. But she is European.
Yep, because Native Americans totally have piercing blue eyes, full lips and brown hair.
You’re right about Middle Eastern though, she can pass as Turkish or Lebanese.
I’d like to ask to this site: why do you put only photos in which people are tanned? Cause there are people on here who don’t understand that is not their natural skin tone!
because celebs don’t use to go around without tan or make-up
She looks southern portuguese.
Latinas and Mexicans are mixed with Spanish and Portuguese that’s why Nelly Furtado looks Mexican.