Birth Name: Jaydy Michel Brixon
Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Date of Birth: December 20, 1975
Ethnicity:
* Mexican (Spanish, Indigenous, African), as well as distant French (father)
* English, Norwegian, remote Welsh (maternal grandfather)
* French Canadian, Irish (maternal grandmother)
Jaydy Michel is a Mexican actress and fashion model. Her father, Octavio Michel Peiro, is a Mexican dentist. Her mother, Marie Annette (Brixon) de Michel, is American, from Los Angeles, California. She is married to footballer Rafael Márquez. She was previously married to Spanish musician Alejandro Sanz.
Jaydy’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her third great-grandfather, Guadalupe Michel.
Jaydy’s paternal grandfather was Gustavo Alfonso Michel Martínez (the son of Juan Nepomuceno Michel Sanjuán and Micaela Martínez Arreola). Gustavo was listed as “mestizo” on his marriage record. Juan was the son of Leonardo Michel Betancourt and María del Refugio Sanjuán Gil. Micaela was the daughter of Luis Gonzaga Martínez Ledesma and Nicolasa Arreola Rodríguez. Nicolasa’s parents, José Lino Arreola Cortés and María Petra de los Ángeles Rodríguez Ángel, were listed as “mulatto” and “mestiza”, respectively, on their marriage record.
Jaydy’s paternal grandmother was María del Rosario Peiro Castro (the daughter of José Estanislao Peiro Orrantia and Rafaela Castro Inzunza). Jaydy’s grandmother María were classified as “blanca” (white) respectively on her marriage record. Estanislao was the son of José Melesio Peiro Castro and María Isabel Gumecinda Orrantia Inzunza. Rafaela was the daughter of Juan Exequiel Castro López and María Pánfila Altagracia Inzunza Sánchez.
Jaydy’s maternal grandfather was Elsworth Willis Brixon (the son of Alfred Reinhardt Brickson, later Brixon, and of Gova Willis). Alfred was the son of Norwegian immigrant Ingebright Thorstensen Lahd (later Albert Thomas Brickson), of Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, and of Mathilda Johanna Dolen, whose parents, Olavus Jensen Døhlen, later Dolen, and Anne Marie Olsdatter Holte, were also Norwegian immigrants, from Nannestad, Akershus. Gova was the daughter of English immigrant Walter Willis, of Faccombe, Hampshire, and of Achsa Cornelia Gifford.
Jaydy’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Marie Brady (the daughter of Patrick Lawrence Brady and Marie Desanges Almeria Carrier). Patrick was orphaned at an early age, and was the son of Irish immigrants. Almeria was born in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada, to Joseph Théophil Lebrun dit Carrier and Marie Léa Béland. Joseph was the sixth great-grandson of Zacharie Cloutier (c. 1590-1677), a prominent early Quebec settler.
Jaydy’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her tenth great-grandmother Renée Armange, of Angers, Anjou (now Maine-et-Loire department), France.
Sources: http://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2011/01/07/quien-es-jaydy-michel
Birth record of Jaydy’s mother – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLNK-HHV
Marriage records of Jaydy’s paternal grandparents, Gustavo Alfonso Michel Martínez and María del Rosario Peiro – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5JJ-SS2C & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95JJ-S3RB (Civil) / https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-316W-S (Church)
Birth record of Jaydy’s paternal grandfather, Gustavo Alfonso Michel Martínez – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPVR-S4RN
Baptismal record of Jaydy’s paternal grandfather, Gustavo Alfonso Michel Martínez – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-PYQ2-L
Baptismal record of Jaydy’s paternal grandmother, María del Rosario Peiro Castro – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS5W-CT6
Marriage records of Jaydy’s maternal grandparents, Elsworth Willis Brixon and Dorothy Marie Brady – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3C1-7BT
Jaydy’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy Marie Brady, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3C1-7BT
Baptismal record of Jaydy’s paternal great-grandmother, Micaela Martínez Arreola – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-GY94-9D
Jaydy’s maternal great-grandfather, Alfred Reinhardt Brickson, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M937-396
Jaydy’s maternal great-grandmother, Gova Willis, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9SS-WTK
Baptismal Record of Jaydy’s maternal great-grandmother, Marie Desanges Almeria Carrier – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8993-WN7Q
Baptismal Record of Jaydy’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Ingebrigt Thorstensen Lahd – https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8393/34
Jaydy’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Mathilda Johanna Dolen, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM1-Z5B
Marriage record of Jaydy’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Walter Willis and Achsa Cornelia Gifford – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFLZ-87K
Baptismal record of Jaydy’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Théophil Lebrun dit Carrier – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G993-NZGX
Baptismal record of Jaydy’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Marie Léa Carrier – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-676W-C7S
Marriage record of Jaydy’s paternal great-great-great-grandparents, José Lino Arreola Cortés and María Petra de los Ángeles Rodríguez Ángel – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-K7SZ-JP & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-K7SZ-7P
Baptismal Record of Jaydy’s maternal great-great-great-grandfather, Olavus Jensen Døhlen – https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/529/81
Baptismal Record of Jaydy’s maternal great-great-great-grandmother, Anna Marie Olsdatter Holte – https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/529/61
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