CELEBRITY GENEALOGY
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Revolutionary Ancestors
Uncovering a dramatic multiracial love story in the “Hamilton” creator’s past
Not long ago, a fan of Lin-Manuel Miranda expressed surprise at the fact that he was in Texas for a family reunion. In response, he tweeted:
It shouldn’t be any surprise, but he’s right. While Miranda is rightfully proud of his three-quarters Puerto Rican heritage, that last quarter leads to some unexpected places.
It makes perfect sense that someone who has as much respect for history as Lin-Manuel Miranda would be well acquainted with his roots, but I couldn’t help being curious about them myself, so decided to climb the branches of his family tree. What I hadn’t counted on was the obsession that would take hold of me.
One of the things I love most about genealogy is tripping across the unanticipated and getting sucked into a historical wormhole I might otherwise never have explored, and that’s exactly what happened here. More than a month of…
