Birth Name: Robert Isaac de la Rocha
Place of Birth: Wilmar, California
Date of Birth: November 26, 1937
Ethnicity: Mexican, some Converso and Spanish
Robert de la Rocha is American painter, graphic artist, and muralist of Mexican (including Spanish and some Converso) descent. His parents, Isaac de la Rocha Beltrán and Cecilia Torres Cañedo, are Mexican immigrants. He is the father of musician Zack de la Rocha.
Robert’s paternal grandparents were José Isaac Acosta (later de la Rocha; the son of an unknown father and of Cecilia Acosta) and Sahara Beltrán Ojeda (the daughter of Juan Beltrán López and María Loreto Ojeda Félix).
Robert’s maternal grandparents were Francisco Torres Angulo (the son of ? Torres and ? Angulo) and María Josefa Cañedo Benítez (the daughter of Francisco Cañedo Aguilasocho and Elodia Benítez Lizárraga).
Sources: Robert’s birth record – https://familysearch.org
Zack’s paternal grandparents, José Isaac Acosta and Sahara Beltrán Ojeda, on the 1940 US Census – https://familysearch.org