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Birth Name: *Isabel Castro Granada (in Filipino) *Isabel Granada y Castro (in Spanish)
Date of Birth: March 9, 1975
Place of Birth: Quezon City, Philippines
Date of Death: November 4, 2017
Place of Death: Doha, Qatar
Ethnicity: *75% Spanish *25% Filipino [Tagalog]
Isabel Granada was a Filipino actress, singer, pilot, and athlete. She also held Spanish citizenship.
Isabel’s father, Humberto Cube Ordóñez Granada (or Humberto Cube Granada Ordóñez in Spanish), was a chief marine engineer, of half Filipino [Tagalog] and half Spanish descent, from Majayjay, Laguna. Isabel’s mother, Isabel Castro Campos, is Spanish, from Ferrol, A Coruña.
Isabel was married to Arnel Principe Cowley, until her death. She had a son with her former husband, actor Jericho Genaskey “Geryk” Aguas.
She had said :
[I’m] Seventy-five percent [Spanish]. I’m an only child. I was born in the Philippines but I was raised in El Ferrol del Caudillo [Ferrol, A Coruña], Spain, which is quite far from Madrid. Twenty days after I was born, I was brought by my parents to Spain. My father was half-Filipino and half-Spaniard while my mother is pure Spaniard.
[I’m] Seventy-five percent [Spanish]. I’m an only child. I was born in the Philippines but I was raised in El Ferrol del Caudillo [Ferrol, A Coruña], Spain, which is quite far from Madrid. Twenty days after I was born, I was brought by my parents to Spain. My father was half-Filipino and half-Spaniard while my mother is pure Spaniard.
A picture of Isabel’s mother and son can be seen here .
Isabel’s patrilineal line can be trace back to her fourth great-grandfather, Avelino Granada.
Isabel’s paternal grandfather was Crispín Italia Granada (the son of Román Granada y Sobreviña, or Román Sobreviña Granada in Filipino, and of Leoncia Italia). Crispín was born in Majayjay, Laguna. Román was the son of Gabino Granada y Lorayna (or Gabino Lorayna Granada in Filipino) and Teresa Sobreviñas y Colandra (or Teresa Colandra Sobreviñas in Filipino).
Isabel’s paternal grandmother was named Wenceslawa Cube y Ordóñez (or Wenceslawa Ordóñez Cube in Filipino; the daughter of Ángel Cube and Paula Ordóñez). Wenceslawa was born in Majayjay, Laguna.
Isabel’s maternal grandfather was named Antonio Castro V.
Isabel’s maternal grandmother was named Isabel Campos T.
Source: Genealogy of Isabel Granada – https://www.geni.com