Patricia Velásquez
Velásquez in 2005, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún
Place of Birth: Maracaibo, Venezuela
Date of Birth: 31 January, 1971
Ethnicity: Venezuelan [Spanish, Wayuu Indigenous]
Patricia Velásquez is a Venezuelan actress and model. She starred in The Mummy films, as well as in Mindhunters (2004), The Curse of La Llorona, and Malignant.
Her father was assigned to UNESCO, and she was partly raised in France and Mexico. Patricia has stated, “I’m half Indian. My mother is Indian from a village called Wayu, and my Dad is Venezuelan, and he’s a mix of Indian and Spanish.” Patricia founded non-profit The Wayuu Taya Foundation, to assist the Wayuu people.
Patricia has a daughter with her former partner Lauren.
Wayu is native american tribe from Venezuela, though she mixed because she’s too tall.
on wikipedia it says her dad is venezuelan mestizo and her mom is amerindian – wayuu tribe
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The Wayuu is another funny tribe,according to this :
The Wayuu tribe showed a high degree of admixture with Caucasians (36.3%) and African ancestry (24.23%)
Wayuu is an Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela.Wayuu
whats wayuu?