Birth Name: Angelica Bayoneta Colmenares
Place of Birth: Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines
Date of Birth: April 23, 1985
Ethnicity: Filipino (including Hiligaynon), Chinese, Spanish (Galician)
Angel Locsin is a Filipina actress. Her father, Angel Montelibano Colmenares, is Filipino (Hiligaynon), of Chinese and Spanish (Galician) descent. Her mother, Emma Araneta Bayoneta, was said to be adopted by a Muslim princess. Angel’s stage surname derived from her paternal great-grandmother Esperanza Locsin.
Some sources state that Angel’s maternal grandfather was a Moro, who was the Sultan of Baloi. It is not clear if this Moro ancestry has been documented/verified.
Angel’s paternal grandparents were Adolfo Colmenares y Manapat (or Adolfo Manapat Colmenares in Filipino, the son of Inocentes Colmenares and Nazarina Manapat) and Rosario Montelíbano y Locsin (or Rosario Locsin Montelíbano in Filipino, the daughter of Aniceto Montelíbano y Guanzon, or Aniceto Guanzon Montelíbano in Filipino, and Esperanza Locsin). Inocentes was Spanish (Galician). The surnames Guanzon and Locsin are of Chinese origin. Aniceto was the son of Pedro Montelíbano and Sylvestra Guanzon y Locsin, or Sylvestra Locsin Guanzon in Filipino. Sylvestra’s maternal grandfather, Wo Sin Lok (later Agustín Locsin), was a Chinese immigrant, from Xiamen.
Angel’s maternal grandparents were Jaime Bayoneta and Erlinda Araneta.
Sources: Angel’s birth record – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7L-BZRX
Marriage record of Angel’s father Angel Montelibano Colmenares, to Linda Villamor Arcenas – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-9PSD-9J
Marriage record of Angel’s maternal aunt Estela Araneta Bayoneta, to Felino Carza Cajanding – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-25XP-G