Camila Cabello

Cabello in 2015, photo by Debby Wong/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao

Place of Birth: Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Birth: 3 March, 1997

Ethnicity:
*father – Mexican
*mother – Cuban

Camila Cabello is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for her songs “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Bad Things,” “Havana,” “Never Be the Same,” “Señorita,” and “Bam Bam.” She was a member of girl group Fifth Harmony, along with Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui, and Normani. She has starred in the films Cinderella (2021), Trolls Band Together, and Rob Peace; and was a contestant on The X Factor.

Camila was born in Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Mexico, to a Cuban mother, Sinuhe Cabello Rodríguez, and a Mexican father, Alejandro Cabello Capistrán, who is from Mexico City. She lived in Cuba and Mexico City, before moving to Miami, Florida, U.S., during her early childhood.

Camila’s paternal great-grandfather was Próculo Capistrán (Leocadio Próculo Capistrano Reyes). Próculo was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, and was a soldier, who fought in the Mexican Revolution alongside guerrilla leader Emiliano Zapata.

Camila’s maternal grandmother was named Mercedes Rodríguez.

Camila Cabello ethnicity

Cabello in 2014, photo by PrPhotos

Sources: https://archive.org
https://twitter.com

28 Responses

  1. Maxel Goeiz says:

    Camila Cabello was actually born in Mexico, in Benito Juárez, Mexico City, and her father’s second last name is actually Capistrán. Source: https://archive.org/details/acta-de-nacimiento-de-camila-cabello

    One of her paternal great-great-grandfathers was Próculo Capistrán (Leocadio Próculo Capistrano Reyes), a soldier who fought in the Mexican revolution alongside revolutionary and guerrilla leader Emiliano Zapata. Próculo was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
    Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20230512141315/https://twitter.com/Camila_Cabello/status/669591359158771712
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/P9CP-ZPT

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