Sammy Sosa
Sosa in 2010, photo by prphotos
Birth Name: Samuel Kelvin Peralta Sosa
Place of Birth: San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Date of Birth: November 12, 1968
Ethnicity: Dominican Republic, possibly some Haitian
Sammy Sosa is a Dominican-American professional baseball player. A right fielder, he played for the Texas Rangers, the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).
The majority of Dominicans (about 73%) are multiracial while the reminder are of mostly/fully European (16%) and mostly/fully African (11%) descent. Sammy is said to have Haitian ancestry on his father’s side.
Sammy is married to dancer Sonia Rodríguez, with whom he has six children.
Source: Sosa: An Autobiography, by Sammy Sosa/Marcos Bretón, Time Warner, 2000, p. 23.
Sosa with wife Sonia Rodríguez, 2009, photo credit: delusionalcubsfan
Wow, did somebody say “skin bleaching!.” O.o
How did he get pale ?!
Yeah, his skin is lighter but he changd it back
Hey, he’s different somehow but I can’t quite put my finger on it but I bet it comes in a jar lol.
Correction, the majority of Dominicans (about 73%) are made up of multiracial descendants while the reminder by full European (16%) and full African descendants (11%).