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)
Family Background: Eldest son of American musician Madonna and English filmmaker Guy Ritchie. He is the younger half-brother of Lourdes Leon.
Rocco’s paternal grandparents are Amber Parkinson and Captain John Vivian Ritchie (son of Major Stewart John Ritchie and Doris Margaretta McLaughlin). Doris Margaretta McLaughlin 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).
Source:
Genealogy of Guy Ritchie (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
http://www.harrymclaughlin.com
http://edition.cnn.com
Genealogies of Rocco’s mother, Madonna – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Rocco’s mother, Madonna (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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