Meet these celebrities that you didn't know were Latino and Irish.Shutterstock
Happy St. Patricks Day! St. Patrick was the beloved patron saint of Ireland. He was born in Britain and around the age of 16 he was captured by Irish raiders and became a slave. Patrick escaped after six years in captivity and went received religious training. He was ordained as a priest and his mission was to convert the Irish pagans into Christians.
St. Patrick's day had been celebrated by the Irish in Europe as far back as the ninth and tenth centuries. In the early 1600s the feast day, as it was known, was placed on the universal liturgical calendar. It was until 1903 when it became an official public holiday in Ireland.
As we celebrate the Irish, let's also celebrate the Irish-Latino celebrities that are in media, bet you didn't know about them! Who were you most surprised to find out they were Latino AND Irish? Scroll-through the photo gallery above and find out who has Latin and Irish roots!
Bella Thorne is Cuban from her father's side and has confirmed she has Italian and Irish ancestry.JWoww, infamous for her wild antics on MTV's "Jersey Shore," confirmed she was Spanish and Irish, not Italian as we all thought she was.Jake T. Austin, best known for his role on "The Wizards Of Waverly Place," is Latino (Argentine, Puerto Rican) from his mother's side and Irish from his father's side.The Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte, is Irish from his father's side, while his mother was born and raised in Cuba.Sara Paxton's mother was born in Monterrey, México, while her father is of Irish descent.The former "7th Heaven" star is Irish-Latino from her dad and mom, respectively.Louis C.K. is an Emmy-award winning comedian and is also an Irish-Latino thanks to his mother of Irish ancestry and his father with Mexican roots.The Backstreet Boy, Howie Dorough, was born to a Puerto Rican mother and an Irish-American father.The "Eye Candy" star, Victoria Justice, is of Irish descent from her father's side and Puerto Rican from her mother's side.
