Birth Name: Robert Isaac de la Rocha
Place of Birth: Wilmar, California
Date of Birth: November 26, 1937
Ethnicity: Mexican, some Converso and Spanish
Family info:
Robert de la Rocha is American painter, graphic artist, and muralist of Mexican (some Converso and Spanish) descent. His parents, Isaac de la Rocha Beltrán and Cecilia Torres Cañedo, are Mexican immigrants. He is the father of Musician Zack de la Rocha.
His paternal grandparents are José Isaac Acosta (later de la Rocha; the son of unknown father and Cecilia Acosta) and Sahara Beltrán Ojeda (the daughter of Juan Beltrán López and María Loreto Ojeda Félix).
His maternal grandparents are Francisco Torres Angulo (the son of ? Torres and ? Angulo) and María Josefa Cañedo Benítez (the daughter of Francisco Cañedo Aguilasocho and Elodia Benítez Lizárraga).
Sources:
* Robert de la Rocha’s birth record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGLD-W9X
* Zack’s paternal grandparents’ 1940 US Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9H5-7HJ