Birth Name: Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri
Place of Birth: Neuquén, Argentina
Date of Birth: February 10, 1981
Ethnicity:
*Colombian [German, Dutch, Sephardi Jewish, Spanish, possibly other] (father)
*Bolivian [Spanish, Indigenous, possibly other] (mother)
Stephanie Beatriz is an Argentine-born American actress.
Stephanie is the daughter of Silvia Rosario Alvizuri Luna and Ernesto Bischoff Cortissoz. Beatriz moved to the U.S. at the age of two and was raised in Texas. She has a sister, Jennifer.
Stephanie’s father is Colombian, and has recent German ancestry, as well as some Dutch (from Curaçao), Sephardi Jewish, and Spanish, ancestry. Stephanie’s mother is Bolivian, and likely has Spanish and Indigenous roots.
Stephanie’s paternal grandfather was Luder Heinrich Bischoff Siefken (the son of Eduard August Bischoff Katenkamp and Cornelia Amalia “Nelly” Siefken Hoyer). Eduard was the son of Lüder Heinrich Bischoff Meyer and Auguste Christine Katenkamp Bernhard. Cornelia was the daughter of Friedrich Moritz Siefken and Dorothea Cornelia Hoyer.
Stephanie’s great-grandfather Eduard was originally from Bremen, Germany. Stephanie’s great-grandmother Cornelia was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, to a father from Bremen, Germany, and a mother from Curaçao, who was of Dutch, as well as some German (from Saxony), descent.
Stephanie’s paternal grandmother was Cecilia Cortissoz Rodriguez (the daughter of Ernesto Cortissoz Alvares-Correa and Esther Rodriguez Gonzales). Ernesto was the son of Jacob Cortissoz Jesurun-Pinto and Julia Alvares-Correa. Esther was the daughter of Enrique Rodriguez Blanco and Cecilia Gonzalez Vengoechea.
Stephanie’s great-grandfather Ernesto’s ancestors hailed from the Virgin Islands, Curaçao, and the Netherlands, and had Portuguese Jewish origin. Stephanie’s great-grandmother Esther was born in Colombia, of Spanish (with roots in Asturias), and possibly other, descent.
Stephanie’s maternal grandparents were Guillermo Alvizuri and Angelica Luna.
Sources: Genealogy of Stephanie Beatriz (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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http://www.latina.com
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