Birth Name: Jair Messias Bolsonaro
Place of Birth: Glicério, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of Birth: 21 March, 1955
Ethnicity:
*81.25% Italian
*12.5% German
*6.25% Brazilian [Portuguese, possibly other]
Jair Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician. He has served as Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro, since 1 February, 1991. He was previously a Councillor of Rio de Janeiro, from 1 January, 1989 to 1 February, 1991. He is a candidate for the 2018 Brazilian presidential election.
His father, Percy Geraldo Bolsonaro, was a dentist, from Campinas, São Paulo. His mother, Olinda (Bonturi), is the daughter of Italian emigrants, from Lucca, Tuscany.
Deputy Bolsonaro is married to Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo. He has a daughter with Michelle; three sons with his former wife, Rogéria Nunes Nantes Braga, including politicians Flávio Bolsonaro and Eduardo Bolsonaro; and a son with his former wife, Ana Cristina Siqueira Valle Mendes.
Deputy Bolsonaro’s paternal line can be traced back to his fourth great-grandfather, Agostino Bolzonaro.
Deputy Bolsonaro’s paternal grandfather was Angelo Bolsonaro (the son of Vittorio Bolzonaro, later João Bolsonaro, and of Filomena Lodia, later Lucia, D’Agostini). Angelo was born in Pedreira, São Paulo, to Italian emigrants, from Anguillara Veneta and Masi, respectively both in Padua. João was the son of Angelo Bolzonaro and Francesca Remo. Filomena was the daughter of Giovanni Antonio D’Agostini and Regina Borin.
Deputy Bolsonaro’s paternal grandmother was Elza Hintze (the daughter of Carl Friedrich Edmund, later Carlos Frederico Edmundo, Hintze and Luzia Caliò). Elza was born in Mococa, São Paulo. Carlos was a German emigrant, from Hamburg, and was the son of Julius Carl Hermann, or Júlio Carlos Germano in Portuguese, Hintze, and of Dorothea Winter. Luzia was the daughter of an Italian emigrant, Gaetano (or Caetano in Portuguese) Caliò, of Spezzano Albanese, Cosenza, and of Maria Rodrigues, who was Brazilian.
Deputy Bolsonaro’s maternal grandfather was Guido Sabatino Giovanni Bonturi (the son of Maurizio Bonturi and Amalia Lenzi). Maurizio was the son of Sabatino Bonturi and Maria Cavalletti. Amalia was the daughter of Alcibiade Lenzi and Maria Bonturi.
Deputy Bolsonaro’s maternal grandmother was Argentina Pardini (the daughter of Gervasio Pardini and Caterina Vannucci). Gervasio was the son of Serafino Pardini and Florinda Lenzi. Caterina was the daughter of Conforto Vannucci and Maria Anna Rosa Andreini.
Sources: Genealogy of Jair Bolsonaro – http://www.insieme.com.br
Genealogy of Deputy Bolsonaro’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Deputy Bolsonaro’s maternal grandfather, Guido Sabatino Giovanni Bonturi – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Deputy Bolsonaro’s maternal grandmother, Argentina Pardini – https://www.familysearch.org