Raica Oliveira
Oliveira in 2007, photo by s_bukley/bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: 22 January, 1984
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, African, Indigenous, possibly other]
Raica Oliveira is a Brazilian model. She has modeled for Emanuel Ungaro, Vogue, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, JLO, Chanel, Elle, Lancôme, Victoria’s Secret, XOXO, TNG, Pepe Jeans, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, H&M, Marie Claire, and Ann Taylor, and worked as a fashion reporter for Jornal Record. She is 5′11″.
She is the youngest of three children of Maria da Conceição Oliveira and Jehovah de Melo Brito. A picture of Raica with her parents can be found here. She has two brothers, Givago, an economist, and Pablo, a lawyer. Raica graduated from the Sao Vicente de Paula school in Niteroi. She speaks Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, and Italian.
Raica’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced to her third great-grandfather, Onofre Machado de Cerqueira (c. 1828, Piauí – September 4, 1903, Piracuruca, Piauí).
Raica’s paternal grandfather was Aderson Rodrigues de Brito (the son of Tertulino Rodrigues de Brito and Joana Batista de Brito). Tertulino was the son of Mariano Pereira de Cerqueira and Perpétua Rodrigues de Brito. Joana was the daughter of Clementino de Brito Passos and Isabel Batista da Conceição.
Raica’s maternal grandmother was Zeneide de Brito Melo (the daughter of Beneas de Moraes Melo and Avelina de Brito Melo). Beneas was the son of Abilio de Moraes Melo and Lina Rosa de Jesus. Avelina was the daughter of Eduardo de Brito Passos and Maria Rosa de Melo.
Sources: Birth record of Raica’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Raica’s paternal grandparents, Aderson Rodrigues de Brito and Zeneide de Brito Melo – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Raica’s paternal great-grandparents, Beneas de Moraes Melo and Avelina de Brito Melo – https://www.familysearch.org
classic triracial woman from northeast Brazil
I looked at a birth record in Piauí, and there is an annotation beside Jehovah’s birth record that he married Maria in 1980.
Raica’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her third great-grandfather, Onofre Machado de Cerqueira (c. 1828, Piauí – September 4, 1903, Piracuruca, Piauí).
Raica’s paternal grandfather was Aderson Rodrigues de Brito (the son of Tertulino Rodrigues de Brito and Joana Batista de Brito). Tertulino was the son of Mariano Pereira de Cerqueira and Perpétua Rodrigues de Brito. Joana was the daughter of Clementino de Brito Passos and Isabel Batista da Conceição.
Raica’s maternal grandmother was Zeneide de Brito Melo (the daughter of Beneas de Moraes Melo and Avelina de Brito Melo). Beneas was the son of Abilio de Moraes Melo and Lina Rosa de Jesus. Avelina was the daughter of Eduardo de Brito Passos and Maria Rosa de Melo.
Birth record of Raica’s father – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWD-WQDZ
Marriage record of Raica’s paternal grandparents, Aderson Rodrigues de Brito and Zeneide de Brito Melo – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWR-BYD1
Marriage record of Raica{s paternal great-grandparents, Beneas de Moraes Melo and Avelina de Brito Melo – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWP-VDBL
Her parents are Maria da Conceição Oliveira and Jehovah de Melo Brito.
70% European, 15% Native, and 15% Sub-Saharan African.
I’d say like 55% European or 60% at the most