Ricky Martin
Martin in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Enrique Martín Morales
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Date of Birth: December 24, 1971
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [Basque, Spanish, Catalan, Corsican, possibly other]
Ricky Martin is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time. He began as a member of boy band pop group Menudo. His acting roles include the film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey and the series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. He has been called “Latin Pop God,” “King of Latin Pop,” and “Latin Music King.”
He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the son of Nereida Morales and Enrique Martín Negroni, a psychologist. He has Basque, Spanish, Catalan, Corsican, and possibly other, ancestry. Ricky also has Spanish citizenship. He has roots in Puerto Rico going back to the 1600s.
Ricky is married to painter and artist Jwan Yosef, with whom he has four children. Jwan was born in Ras al-Ayn, Al-Hasakah, Syria, of Kurdish and Armenian descent, and was raised in Sweden.
Ricky’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his third great-grandfather, Ramón Martín y Hernández, of San Juan.
Ricky’s paternal grandfather was Enrique Martín y Millán (the son of Enrique Martín y Pabón and Rosaura Millán y Casas). Ricky’s grandfather Enrique was born in Río Piedras, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ricky’s great-grandfather Enrique was the son of Eugenio Martín y Piera and Zoila Socorro Pabón y Rivera. Rosaura was the daughter of Clemente Millán y Rodríguez and Juana Margarita Casas.
Ricky’s paternal grandmother was Iraida Negroni y Arizmendi/Arizmendo (the daughter of Antonio Francisco Negroni y Rodríguez and Estrella Arizmendi y Quinta). Iraida was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico. Francisco was the son of Andrés Rutilio/Rutillo Negroni y Lluberas and Dolores Rodríguez y Rodríguez. Estrella was the daughter of Julio Luis Arizmendi y Rodríguez, whose mother was Spanish, from Valladolid, Castilla y León; and of Lorenza Quinta/Quinto y García.
Ricky’s Negroni line traces back to his great-great-great-great-grandfather, Antonio Francisco Negroni Mattei, from San Colombano, Corsica, who was a sugar and coffee plantation owner, and was of aristocratic background. Through that line, Ricky is related to Air Force officer and historian Héctor Andrés Negroni.
Ricky’s maternal grandfather was named Angel Morales.
Sources: Genealogies of Ricky Martin (focusing on his father’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Ricky’s paternal grandparents, Enrique Martín y Millán and Iraida Negroni y Arizmendi/Arizmendo – https://familysearch.org
Ricky’s paternal grandfather, Enrique Martín y Millán, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Ricky’s paternal great-grandparents, Enrique Martín y Pabón and Rosaura Millán y Casas – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Ricky’s paternal great-grandparents, Antonio Francisco Negroni y Rodríguez and Estrella Arizmendi y Quinta – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Ricky’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Andrés Rutilio/Rutillo Negroni y Lluberas – http://blueflower.tripod.com
History of Ricky’s Negroni ancestry – https://www.caribbeangenweb.org
He has a very common Western European look (Italian, Spanaird, British, French) you get the point.
no he hadn’t .. he look Spanish Italian. the darker one. he has Sharp feature which is not only limited to European. and people always equate white with been good looking . he is not your typical Aryan
@ Neiltennant, Ricky Martin was born in Puerto Rico (an island in the Caribbean, therefore it’s not in South America, the continent). Not every Hispanic is bound to have the same Native Indians. Aztecs are one of the Indians of Mexico, therefore we aren’t all Mexicans -_- Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Dominicans have the Taino Native Carib Indians, not the Aztecs so please go do some research and learn some history about each Latin American country before you assume that we all are going to have the “Aztec (one of the native Mexicans)” ancestry or “look”. It’s no surprise that there are Hispanics that can pass for white like Ricky Martin. Puerto Ricans are no exception of this.
People from Spain are actually white. Not everyone from Spain is dark skinned, dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. Quite a bit of them are blonde and do on occasion have blue eyes or green eyes. I would know, I’m part Spanish. Same goes for Italians, especially from Northern Italy…I’m also Italian.
So, the fact that he had blonde hair when he was younger is irrelevant.
God he’s so handsome.
hottest latino ever
Yeah he’s gorgeous he doesn’t look gay good thing i suppose ;)