Birth Name:
*Isabel Castro Granada (in Filipino)
*Isabel Granada y Castro (in Spanish)
Date of Birth: March 9, 1975
Place of Birth: Quezon City, Philippines
Date of Death: November 4, 2017
Place of Death: Doha, Qatar
Ethnicity:
*75% Spanish
*25% Filipino [Tagalog]
Isabel Granada was a Filipino actress, singer, pilot, and athlete. She also held Spanish citizenship.
Isabel’s father, Humberto Cube Ordóñez Granada (or Humberto Cube Granada Ordóñez in Spanish), was a chief marine engineer, of half Filipino [Tagalog] and half Spanish descent, from Majayjay, Laguna. Isabel’s mother, Isabel Castro Campos, is Spanish, from Ferrol, A Coruña.
Isabel was married to Arnel Principe Cowley, until her death. She had a son with her former husband, actor Jericho Genaskey “Geryk” Aguas.
She had said:
[I’m] Seventy-five percent [Spanish]. I’m an only child. I was born in the Philippines but I was raised in El Ferrol del Caudillo [Ferrol, A Coruña], Spain, which is quite far from Madrid. Twenty days after I was born, I was brought by my parents to Spain. My father was half-Filipino and half-Spaniard while my mother is pure Spaniard.
A picture of Isabel’s mother and son can be seen here.
Isabel’s patrilineal line can be trace back to her fourth great-grandfather, Avelino Granada.
Isabel’s paternal grandfather was Crispín Italia Granada (the son of Román Granada y Sobreviña, or Román Sobreviña Granada in Filipino, and of Leoncia Italia). Crispín was born in Majayjay, Laguna. Román was the son of Gabino Granada y Lorayna (or Gabino Lorayna Granada in Filipino) and Teresa Sobreviñas y Colandra (or Teresa Colandra Sobreviñas in Filipino).
Isabel’s paternal grandmother was named Wenceslawa Cube y Ordóñez (or Wenceslawa Ordóñez Cube in Filipino; the daughter of Ángel Cube and Paula Ordóñez). Wenceslawa was born in Majayjay, Laguna.
Isabel’s maternal grandparents were named Antonio Castro V. and Isabel Campos T.
Source: Genealogy of Isabel Granada – https://www.geni.com
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