Birth Name: Zabdiel de Jesús Colón
Place of Birth: Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Date of Birth: December 13, 1997
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [Spanish (including Cantabrian), likely small amount of Sephardi Jewish, possibly other], small amount of Irish
Zabdiel de Jesús ia a Puerto Rican singer. He is best known as of the members of the Latin boyband CNCO. His bandmates include Richard Camacho, Erick Brian Colón, Joel Pimentel, and Christopher Vélez.
Zabdiel is the son of Carlos “Charlie” de Jesús González and Noemi Colón Gandia.
Zabdiel’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his third great-grandfather, Florencio de Jesús y Giménez, of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico.
Zabdiel’s paternal grandfather is named Wilfrido “Willy” de Jesús Santiago (the son of César de Jesús y Sánchez and María Obdulia Santiago y Acevedo). Wilfrido was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico. César was the son of Miguel Ángel de Jesús y Abrams, whose own maternal grandfather, Lemuel Abraham (or Manuel Abrams Bates in Spanish), was American, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and of Lastenia Sánchez y Cardona. The surname Abraham is likely of Sephardi Jewish origin. However, it is unclear if Lemuel had Sephardi Jewish ancestry. Obdulia was the daughter of Valoy Santiago y Nieves and María Acevedo y Vélez.
Zabdiel’s paternal grandmother is named Felicita González Rodríguez (the daughter of Juan, later Juan Abad, González y Rodríguez and Carmen Luisa Rodríguez y Acevedo). Felicita was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Abad was the son of Juan José González y Santiago and María del Carmen Rodríguez y Cuevas. Zabdiel’s great-grandmother Carmen was the daughter of Marcelino Rodríguez y Carrasquillo and Micaela Acevedo y Escobar.
Zabdiel’s maternal grandparents had the surnames “Colón” and “Gandia”.
Sources: Birth record of Zabdiel’s paternal grandfather, Wilfrido de Jesús Santiago – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Zabdiel’s paternal great-grandparents, César de Jesús y Sánchez and Obdulia Santiago y Acevedo – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Zabdiel’s paternal great-grandparents, César de Jesús y Sánchez – https://www.familysearch.org
Zabdiel’s paternal grandmother, Felicita González Rodríguez, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Zabdiel’s paternal great-grandfather, Juan González y Rodríguez – https://www.familysearch.org
Zabdiel’s paternal great-grandmother, Carmen Luisa Rodríguez y Acevedo, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
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