Birth Name: Jorge Abner Drexler Prada
Place of Birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of Birth: September 21, 1964
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*French, Portuguese, Spanish-Uruguayan (mother)
Jorge Drexler is a Uruguayan musician and actor.
Jorge’s father, Günther Schlein Drexler, was a German Jew who escaped the Holocaust in Germany and moved to Uruguay with his family, at the age of four. Jorge’s mother, Lucero Prada da Silveira, is a Christian, of French, Portuguese, and Spanish-Uruguayan descent. Jorge was raised Jewish.
Jorge’s partner is actress Leonor Watling.
Jorge’s paternal grandparents were Josef Georg Drexler (the son of Samuel Drexler and Sara Rebeka Blumenfeld) and Ruth Schlein.
Jorge’s maternal grandfather is Abner Manuel Prada Rousse (the son of Manuel Prada Candamo and Paulina Gabriela Teresa Rousse Labraux). Jorge’s great-grandfather Manuel was the son of Manuel Prada and Antonia Candamo. Paulina was the daughter of León Rousse and Gabriela Labraux.
Jorge’s maternal grandmother was Wanda Walkiria da Silveira López (the daughter of Lourival da Silveira and Luisa López García). Lourival was the son of José Senandes da Silveira and Carolina Costa. Luisa was the daughter of Ramón López y López and Luisa García López.
Source: Genealogy of Jorge Drexler – https://www.geni.com
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