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Birth Name: German Molina Moreno
Date of Birth: October 4, 1933
Place of Birth: Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippine Islands
Date of Death: January 8, 2016
Place of Death: Quezon City, Philippines
Ethnicity: Filipino [Tagalog], Spanish [Castilian, Andalusian], Catalan, some Chinese
German Moreno was a Filipino television host, presenter, actor, comedian, talent manager, producer, writer, and director. He was known as Kuya Germs and The Master Showman.
He was the son of Aurora Molina de León, or Aurora de León Molina in Filipino, and José Moreno y Calvo, or José Calvo Moreno in Filipino. He had a son, who was adopted. His grandson is archer and actor Luis Gabriel Moreno.
Germán’s paternal grandfather was Sixto Moreno y Alonso Cuevillas (the son of Gregorio Moreno Gil and Luisa Ignacia Alonso Cuevillas y Ruiz de Vallejo). Sixto was Spanish, from Quel, La Rioja. Gregorio was the son of Casimiro Moreno Castroviejo and Feliciana Gil Barrón. Luisa was the daughter of Ignacio Alonso de Cuevillas y Zapatero and Anacleta Dominga “Dominica” Ruiz de Vallejo y de la Torre.
Germán’s paternal grandmother was Natividad Lina Ana Leona Calvo y Sigüenza (or Natividad Lina Ana Leona Sigüenza Calvo in Filipino, the daughter of Vicente Inocencio Víctor Calvo y Olivares, or Vicente Inocencio Víctor Olivares Calvo in Filipino, and of Regina Sigüenza y Soto, or Regina Soto Sigüenza in Filipino). Germán’s grandmother Natividad was born in Agaña, Mariana Islands, now Hagåtña, Guam. Vicente was born in Intramuros, Manila, the son of Félix Calvo y Noriega, who was Spanish, from Santoyo, Palencia; and of María Expectación Olivares y de León, or María Expectación de León Olivares in Filipino, who was from Manila, and whose own father, Francisco Olivares, was Spanish, from Puerto Real, Cádiz.
Germán’s great-grandmother Regina was born in Binondo, Manila, the daughter of Agustí Sigüenza i Sagri, or Agustín Sigüenza y Sagri in Spanish, who was from Barcelona, Spain; and of María Lina Soto y Barcinas, or María Lina Barcinas Soto in Filipino, who was of part Chinese descent.
Germán’s maternal grandfather was named Joaquín Molina.
Germán’s maternal grandmother was named Flaviana de León Mercado.
Sources: Genealogy of German Moreno – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of German Moreno – https://familysearch.org