Vanessa Lachey
Lachey in 2014
Birth Name: Vanessa Joy Minnillo
Place of Birth: Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines
Date of Birth: November 9, 1980
Ethnicity:
*50% Filipino
*25% Italian
*12.5% Irish
*12.5% Ashkenazi Jewish
Vanessa Lachey, previously credited under her birth name, Vanessa Minnillo, is an American television personality and host, beauty queen, model, and actress. She was Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1998 and Miss Teen USA 1998, and hosted Total Request Live on MTV from 2003 to 2007. Vanessa is married to singer Nick Lachey, with whom she has three children.
She was born in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Vanessa’s father, Vincent Charles Minnillo, an American Air Force officer, is caucasian, and is of one half Italian, one quarter Russian Jewish, and one quarter Irish, descent. Vanessa’s mother, Helen Ramos (Bercero), is a Filipina from Manila. Vanessa was raised in Washington, California, Nevada, and Florida, as well as Germany and Japan, eventually settling in Charleston, South Carolina.
Vanessa’s paternal grandfather was Vincent John Minnillo (the son of Christopher R. Minnillo and Ann/Anna Theresa Defelice). Vincent was born in Pennsylvania, to parents who were also born in the state. Christopher was the son of Italian emigrants, Francesco Minnillo and Maria Carolina Federico, from Matrice, Campobasso, Molise. Ann was the daughter of Italian emigrants, Savino Defelice/di Felice, from Rivisondoli, Abruzzo, and Maria Ramicone.
Vanessa’s paternal grandmother was Marilyn Edith Levy (the daughter of Julius Levy and Anna Beatrice Collins). Marilyn was born in Ohio. Julius was born in Ohio, to Russian Jewish parents, Henry Levy and Mary. Anna was also born in Ohio, to Irish immigrants, James Collins, from Mayo, and Bridget Agnes McGinty.
Vanessa’s maternal grandfather was named Froilan Bercero.
Vanessa’s maternal grandmother was named Julita Ramos.
Lachey in 2009, photos by Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Sources: http://web.archive.org
Birth record of Vanessa Lachey – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Vanessa’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Vanessa’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Francesco Minnillo – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Vanessa’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Maria Carolina Federico – https://www.familysearch.org
Vanessa’s paternal great-grandparents, Julius Levy and Anna Beatrice Collins, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Southern european? are you on something? she looks asians with no mix. oh well.
She is my mom’s cousin :]
She is my mom’s cousin :]
She looks more Asian to me than anything.
sometimes they say they’re all that to become famous. but clearly she’s just pinay.
First of all, anyone who is not proud of her heritage should be ashamed of herself. I am mixed. Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese and America. My husband is Irish/German so our son gets all the mixed. It’s idiotic to think that everyone who marries an air force in Clark came from the red district. That’s just people being ignorant. Same way with people saying the country is poor. Maybe you should do your research cause that is not true. The country may not be perfect but it’s far from being poor. I come from a well-off family in the Philippines and I met my husband in the US. It’s not always what people think. Same thing having whores in the US, girls that work to go through college. Are you saying that they don’t deserve anything good!! Filipinos that are embarrassed of their race, they should be ashamed of themselves. No one can even guess my race and I always correct people telling them I am a Filipino!
White is white. Obvi, u r confused b/c you are half white and asian. Your husband is white idiot! Irish and Germans……are WHITE!
Huh?
Irish and germans arent the same looking. You dont know what youre talking about.
“Spanish” and the country is considered third world fyi so I’d get my facts straight.. and honey American is a nationality. if that were true then everyone living in America is half “American” LMAOO. Btw why did you come to USA. A lot of Filipinos I know only came here to escape the country and for a better life.. proof that life in the Philippine’s isn’t perfect but people get use with it!