Birth Name: Rocco John Ritchie
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: August 11, 2000
Ethnicity:
*English, some Irish, distant French (father)
*Italian, French-Canadian, with remote Swiss-French and English, extremely remote Spanish (mother)
Rocco Ritchie is the son of English filmmaker Guy Ritchie and American musician and actress Madonna. He is the younger half-brother of Madonna’s daughter, Lourdes Leon.
Rocco’s paternal grandparents are Captain John Vivian Ritchie (the son of Major Stewart John Ritchie and Doris Margaretta McLaughlin) and Amber Parkinson. Doris is the daughter of Vivian Guy Ouseley McLaughlin and Edith Jane Martineau; Edith was born in Brazil, to English parents, William Martineau and Margaretta Sarah Mason. Her surname comes from her own French great-great-great-grandfather, David Martineau. Through Edith, Rocco shares common ancestors with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. The McLaughlins have a pedigree going back to King Edward I of England.
Rocco’s maternal grandparents are Silvio Anthony Ciccone (the son of Gaetano I. Ciccone and Michelina Dijulio) and Madonna Louise Fortin (the daughter of Willard Fortin and Elsie Fortin). Silvio’s family was Italian. Rocco’s grandmother Madonna’s family was French-Canadian, with remote Swiss-French and English, and extremely remote Spanish, ancestry.
Sources: Genealogy of Rocco Ritchie – http://www.geni.com
http://www.harrymclaughlin.com
http://edition.cnn.com
Genealogies of Rocco’s mother – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Rocco’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
One of Rocco’s French ancestors – http://www.perche-quebec.com
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