Rafael Nadal
Nadal in 2008, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Rafael Nadal Parera
Place of Birth: Manacor, Balearic Islands, Spain
Date of Birth: 3 June, 1986
Ethnicity: Spanish [Catalan]
Rafael Nadal is a Spanish tennis player. He speaks Spanish and Mallorquín (a dialect of Catalan).
He is the son of Ana María Parera and Sebastián Nadal Homar, who owns an insurance company, the glass and window company Vidres Mallorca, and the restaurant Sa Punta. His uncle, Miguel Ángel Nadal, is a retired footballer who played for Barcelona and internationally represented Spain.
Rafael’s paternal grandparents were named Rafael Nadal and Isabel “Bel” Homar Sureda. Rafael’s grandfather Rafael was a musician. Isabel was born in Manacor.
On his mother’s side, Rafael is the grandson of Pedro Parera and Catalina Femenies.
Sources: http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.diariodemallorca.es
nadal
fadal
faydal
etc. are also arab names
Looks Australian Aboriginal
The Nadal side are Spanish I’ve seen his father, uncles, cousins, and Nadal grandparents and none of them he resembles. He inherited that unique facial features, mousy button nose look from his mother side. Not much is known from mom side but her surname spelling Perera is Portuguese in origin opening a lot of doors for Rafa’s other half being Other than Spanish…
“Perera is a common surname in Sri Lanka, Portugal, Brazil, and most of the Lusosphere.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perera
unfortunately Rafa’s mother’s surname is “Parera”, not “Perera”.