Originally Posted by
brucelee
Here's some info from wikipedia regarding Paquito Diaz.
Francisco Bustillos Diaz, who is better known by his
screen name Paquito Diaz (born
May 28,
1945 in
Pampanga,
Philippines), is a veteran
Filipino actor and
movie director who specialized in
action and
comedy. His father was an
American citizen of
Mexican (
Spanish and
Native American) descent. His brother, the late
Romy Diaz, and children
Joko and
Cheska are also actors.
Like many of us from the Philippines, we can trace our origin to Spanish ancestors. That's why there are many Filipinos who look like Mexicans.
Besides, I believe Spanish was the medium of instruction in the Philippines before. Our national hero even wrote his books in Spanish. I really love "Noli Me Tangere" and "El Filibusterismo". Pacstraight and Julius, have you read those books already?
I hope your not mixing up mexicans from spaniards. Mexican from mexico, spaniards from spain. I don't think anybody from mexico ever came to the philippines back then. More filipinos came to mexico to help conquer california under spain.
Philippines was occupied not conquered.
Fpj had spaniard blood not mexican. Plus fpjs real name isn't fpj at all, he just took up that name in honor of his father. Fernando Poe, Like Edgar Allen Poe Fpj's real name was Ronald Allen Poe, anyways His father was pure Spainish his grandparents from his fathers side were from Mallorca, Spain. Fpj's father had a first wife who was also pure spanish, Fpj's mother whom is his fathers second wife is pure Filipina. Therefor Ronald Allen Poe or as we know him Fernando Poe Jr is half spaniard half filipino just my 2 cent
My mother told me this story almost all the time
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