Latina Mag Tests Our Skills With 'Stars You Never Knew Were Latino'!

Team Blogamole would like to think we can spot anyone from our comunidad on a dime, but we were recently proved wrong by Latina's "Stars You Never Knew Were Latino" series.

We already knew that Jersey girl Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was of Chilean descent (she was adopted and raised by Italian parents), but stars like Nicole Richie, Shar Jackson, and Chevy Chase's daughter Marisol Nichols had us taking a second look!

Socialite, reality star and sometimes actress, 28-year-old Nicole Richie is known as Lionel Richie’s adopted daughter—the key word there being, “adopted.” Richie was actually born Nicole Camille Escovedo to a Mexican mother.

For ten seasons, 25-year-old David Gallagher played Simon Camden, a member of one of TV’s whitest families on the long-running family drama, 7th Heaven. But who would’ve guessed that this blonde haired, blue-eyed kid—who also played Mikey Ubriacco (John Travolta’s son) in 1993’s " Look Who’s Talking Now" —was Latino? Gallagher was born in Flushing, New York to Cubana Elena Lopez.

"Secret" celebrity identities aside, the population of Latinos in the U.S. continues to grow by leaps and bounds. According to the Los Angeles Times, among Latinos, there are nine births for every one death, according to census data. For whites, the ratio is 1-1. "That's a huge difference," said Michael Stoll, a professor of public policy at UCLA. The Associate Press also reports that Multiracial Americans, the fastest growing U.S. demographic group, are also adding to minority gains.

For more stars you never knew were Latino, visit Latina.com.

Were you surprised by the stars profiled in this post or did you already know? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3!

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