Millie Corretjer

Life & family

Millie Corretjer is a Puerto Rican singer and actress.

She is the daughter of Milagros Maldonado and Jesús Francisco Corretjer. She is married to American professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya, with whom she has three children. Her step-daughter is model and socialite Atiana De La Hoya.

All of Millie’s paternal great-grandparents were listed as “White” on civil records.

Millie’s paternal grandfather was Juan Antonio Corretjer y Montes, who was a poet (the son of Diego Corretjer y Hernández and María Brígida Montes y González). Juan Antonio was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico, and was a poet, journalist, and pro-independence political activist, who opposed U.S. rule in Puerto Rico. Diego was the son of a Spanish emigrant, Antoni Corretjer i Caire (or Antonio Corretjer y Caire in Spanish), of Pineda del Mar, Barcelona, and of María Dolores del Río Hernández y Gerena. Millie’s great-grandmother María Brígida was the daughter of Juan Montes y Núñez and Baldomera González y Manzano.

Millie’s paternal grandmother was Camila Ruiz y Curbelo (the daughter of Ricardo Ruiz y Mari and Camila Curbelo y González). Millie’s grandmother Camila was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ricardo was the son of a Spanish emigrant, Antonio Ruiz, of Andalusia, and of a Martinican emigrant, Marie-Louise Mari (or María Luisa Mari in Spanish), of Martinique. Millie’s great-grandmother Camila was born in Canary Islands, Spain, the daughter of Baltazar Curbelo y Delgado and Agapita González y del Pino.