I have a question about Julian Castro...

[Archae]

Just a bit of curiosity, is Julian Castro any relation to Fidel or Raul Castro in Cuba?

[flor-de-jasmim]

1. No.

[SouthernProgressive]

2. I think his family has been in the US since the early 1900's.

His grandmother immigrated from Mexico.

[George II]

3. Google will answer that question in 15 seconds.

[Archae]

4. I have no doubt right-wingers will connect (somehow) Julian Castro to Fidel.

"He's got the same name as Fidel, so he's a communist/socialist!"

[hlthe2b]

5. No... Castro is from his Mother's side and his Grandmother came from Northern Mexico

Their mother was a Chicana political activist who helped establish the Chicano political party La Raza Unida,[8] and who ran unsuccessfully for the San Antonio City Council in 1971.[5] Castro once stated, "My mother is probably the biggest reason that my brother and I are in public service. Growing up, she would take us to a lot of rallies and organizational meetings and other things that are very boring for an 8-, 9-, 10-year-old".[9] His father, Jessie Guzman, is a retired mathematics teacher and political activist. Never married, Rosie and Jessie separated when Castro and his brother were eight years old.[8] Castro's Texan roots trace back to 1920, when his grandmother Victoria Castro joined extended family members there as a six-year-old orphan from northern Mexico.[5]

Wiki page

[Sneederbunk]

6. And I have it on good authority that Elizabeth Warren is not related to Earl Warren.

[SCantiGOP]

7. But Bernie Sanders

is Colonel Sanders grandfather

[UTUSN]

8. No, but Jose Diaz Balart is. Wiki/Google will verify.