Ohana in 2009, photo by Starfrenzy/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Maria Cláudia Silva Carneiro
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: 6 February, 1963
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, Sephardi Jewish, Indigenous, possibly other]
Claudia Ohana is a Brazilian actress and singer.
Her name Ohana comes from her maternal grandmother. Her half-sibling is screenwriter, film director, and author João Emanuel Carneiro. She has a daughter, actress Dandara Guerra, with her former partner, Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter Ruy Guerra.
Claudia’s maternal grandfather was named Romeu Rodrigues Silva.
Cláudia’s maternal grandmother was the daughter of Joseph Abraham “José Abraão” Ohana and Eudóxia/Eudácia Nogueira. José was born in Faro, Portugal, to Sephardi Jewish parents from Morocco, Abraham Haim Ohana, who was from Fez, and Rachel Amzalak. Eudóxia was born in Amazonas, the daughter of Miguel Nogueira, and was of at least partial Indigenous Brazilian descent.
Source: Genealogy of Cláudia’s maternal grandmother – http://www.geni.com
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