Birth Name: Romina Francesca Power
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: 2 October 1951
Ethnicity:
*Irish, English, French Huguenot, French-Canadian, German (father)
*Dutch, German, Spanish, French (mother)
Romina Power is an Italian singer and actress. She has been part of the musical duo Al Bano and Romina Power, with her then-husband Albano Carrisi.
Romina is the daughter of American actor Tyrone Power (Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr.) and Mexican actress Linda Christian (born Blanca Rosa Welter). Her father was of Irish, English, French Huguenot, French-Canadian, and German descent. Her mother was of Dutch, German, Spanish, and French ancestry.
Romina was named after the city of Rome, where her parents fell in love. Romina is a polyglot who speaks five languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French, and Dutch.
Romina’s paternal grandparents were Tyrone Power, Sr. (born Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power, the son of Harold Littledale Power and Ethel Lavenu) and Helen Emma Reaume (the daughter of Charles William Reaume and Mary Adelaide Schuster). Romina’s grandfather Tyrone was from London, England, and had Irish, English, and French Huguenot ancestry. Harold was the son of William Power, born in Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Ireland, who was an actor and comedian, under the name Tyrone Power. Romina’s great-grandmother Ethel was a noted stage actress; Ethel was the daughter of Lewis Lavenu, a composer, conductor, musician, and impresario, whose own father was publisher Lewis Lavenu (Lewis Augustus Lavenu). Romina’s grandmother Helen had French-Canadian, German, and English ancestry
Romina’s maternal grandparents were Gerardus Jacob Welter and Blanca Rosa Vorhauer Villalobos (the daughter of Philip Vorhauer and Josefina Villalobos). Gerardus was Dutch. Blanca was of Spanish, German, and French descent.
Sources: Genealogies of Romina Power – https://www.geni.com
http://gw.geneanet.org
Genealogy of Romina Power (focusing on her father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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