Romário
Birth Name: Romário de Souza Faria
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: 29 January, 1966
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, African, as well as Indigenous, likely Italian]
Romário is a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, and politician. He was a Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro, from 1 February, 2011 to 1 February, 2015, and a Federal Senator from Rio de Janeiro, since 1 February, 2015 to 1 February, 2023. A striker, he plays for America-RJ. He was previously with Vasco da Gama, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Flamengo, Valencia, Vasco da Gama, Fluminense, Al Sadd, Miami FC, and Adelaide United, and the Brazil national team. He managed the Brazil national team, initially on an interim basis.
Romário is the son of Manuela Ladislau Faria and Edevair de Souza Faria.
A DNA test taken by Romário stated that his genetic ancestry is:
*56% European
——–*37% Iberian Peninsula
——–*6% Italian
——–*5% Sardinian
——–*5% Eastern Europe
——–*3% Western Europe
——–*2% Balkans
*30% African
——–*21% Costa da Mina/West African Coast
——–*4% East African
——–*3% Mandé
——–*2% Khoisan
——–*2% West African
*10% Indigenous Americas
——–*10% Amazonian
*3% Jewish
*2% Middle Eastern
2 or 3% Jewish as well!
His African DNA matches with Khoisan people, quite cool
He is 30% African 56% European 10% indigenous 2% MENA
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Hard to believe he’s really 56% European, he’s quite dark. I was guessing something like 43% Euro, about 37-39% black, and the rest native.