Sofía Vergara
Vergara in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara
Place of Birth: Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Date of Birth: July 10, 1972
Ethnicity: Colombian – Basque, Spanish [Andalusian, Asturian, Canary Islander, Cantabrian, Castilian, Extremaduran, Leonese, Valencian], Galician, possibly Catalan, remote Indigenous [Muisca], as well as at least 1/16th Venezuelan, small amounts of French, Italian [including Venetian, Sicilian], Quechua [Indigenous Peruvian and Indigenous Ecuadorian], and Portuguese [including Azorean]
Sofía Vergara is a Colombian-born actress, comedian, model, show host, producer, and businessperson. She is known for her roles on the show Modern Family, and in the films Chasing Papi, Madea Goes to Jail, Machete Kills, and Chef, and is famous for her curves and lips.
Sofía is the daughter of Margarita Sofía Vergara Dávila and Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo. She is now also an American citizen. She has a son, internet personality Manolo González, with her former husband, José Luis “Joe” González Rosales.
Sofía’s biological cousin, and adoptive sister, is actress and model Sandra Vergara. Sofía is also a paternal second cousin, once removed, of television host Ariadna Gutiérrez.
Sofía’s paternal grandfather was Julio Enrique Vergara Ordosgoitia (the son of Rafael “Coco de Oro” Vergara Vergara and Isabel Ordosgoitia de Vivero). Rafael was the son of José Blas Vergara de la Ossa and Cenobia Vergara.
Sofía’s paternal grandmother was named Esther Robayo Gómez (the daughter of a father surnamed Robayo, and of Pepita Gómez Támara). Pepita was the daughter of Andrés Gómez Patrón and Adolfina Támara López.
Sofía’s maternal grandfather was Hernando Vergara Galvis (the son of Alfredo Máximo Vergara Forno and Ana María Victoria Galvis Matamoros). Hernando was born in Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia. Alfredo was the son of Jorge Vergara Párraga and Mercedes Forno León. Mercedes was of Italian or part Italian descent. Ana María was the daughter of José Benedicto/Benedict Galvis and Victoria Matamoros.
Sofía’s maternal grandmother was Rosa Lila Dávila Barreneche (the daughter of Pedro Manuel Agustín Dávila Balti and Rosa Lila Barreneche Olaciregui). Pedro’s father, General Juan Manuel Dávila Pumarejo, was from a prominent family, and was instrumental in the building of the Northern Railroad of Colombia. His brother was industrialist José Domingo Dávila Pumarejo. His father was born in Jamaica, to Colombian parents. Pedro’s mother was Venezuelan emigrant, Maria del Carmen Auristela Balti, of Maracaibo. The surname Balti is of Italian origin. Sofía’s great-grandmother Rosa was the daughter of Camilo Ernesto Mario Barreneche Díaz Granados and María del Rosario Olaciregui y Capella.
Through her mother, Sofía is a half-second cousin, once removed, of French model and fashion designer Inès de La Fressange. Sofía’s maternal great-great-grandfather, General Juan Manuel Dávila Pumarejo, was also Inès’ maternal great-grandfather. Sofía is also a third cousin, twice removed, of Colombian president Alfonso Lopez Michelsen. Sofia’s maternal great-great-great-great-grandparents, José Domingo Pumarejo Daza and Ciríaca/Siriaca Quirós Daza, were also Alfonso’s paternal great-great-grandparents.
Sources: http://www.semana.com
http://www.telemundo47.com
Genealogy of Sofía Vergara – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Sofía Vergara to José Luis González Rosales – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Sofía’s maternal grandfather, Hernando Vergara Galvis – http://www.genealogiasdecolombia.co
Genealogy of Sofía’s maternal grandmother, Rosa Lila Dávila Barreneche – http://www.genealogiasdecolombia.co
Ethnic can you change it to Euro-Colombian? You have Afro-Colombian, Afro-Venezuelan, Afro-Brazilian as ethnicities so why not Euro-Colombian? Just Colombian suggests that she is predominately Native American, which isn’t true. She’s probably around 95% European.
As her name is of Spanish origin it would be fair to say that she has Spanish heritage.
Thanks.
correction; she is not naturally blonde, her hair is and always has been dark brown (brunette) I don’t know where the rumour of her being naturally blonde came from. She use to dye it blonde when she was younger but she always had dark roots, heres a picture of her younger with bottle blonde hair and dark roots;
http://guestofaguest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sofia-vergara-young-blonde.jpg
I’m just letting you know that you’re talking a lot of BS I’m of German ancestry but my stepmom is Colombian and she just so happens to be Sofia vergaras second cousin by marriage. As far back as we’ve known her she has had blonde hair she dyed it dark brown I’m order to match her very strong Hispanic accent which I find very ignorant because when I went to South America I saw many people who were in fact brown but I also saw a lot of people who looked like me, some were even whiter than me and I am 100% German. My stepmom has pale skin, green eyes, and natural blonde hair. Hispanics can be white I hope you know that, jus as Hispanics can be black, and even Asian because being Hispanic is an ethnicity/ heritage not a race so I can have black,blonde,brown,red hair or dark brown,light brown, hazel,green, or blue eyes it has nothing to do with being Hispanic
I apologize for my a million typos.
Colombian is not an ethnicity colombians are immigrants from Spain and other countries.
she is a white latina or brown… but if i have to guess white cuz she looks more white
correction; her eyes are forest green (green+brown)
correction; her eyes are hazel (light brown)