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Eva Longoria explores ‘family heritage’ on Searching for Spain

Eva Longoria learned more about her "Spanish heritage" while shooting her new documentary. The 50-year-old actress previously explored the culture and food of Mexico on 'Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico', her 2023 docu

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Published 18 June 2025, 8:00 · Updated 18:13

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Eva Longoria explores ‘family heritage’ on Searching for Spain

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Eva Longoria learned more about her “Spanish heritage” while shooting her new documentary.

The 50-year-old actress previously explored the culture and food of Mexico on ‘Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico’, her 2023 documentary series - but Eva admits that she learned much more about her own family heritage while filming the follow-up series, ‘Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain’.

The Hollywood star - who has Mexican and Spanish ancestry - told Byrdie: “I’m Mexican American and I always felt at home in Mexico.

I knew [the country] and learned even more while doing ‘Searching for Mexico’. “But my dad had always said we were also from Spain. I used to say, ‘No, we’re not.’ Then I took a DNA test, and it was confirmed.”

Eva jumped at the chance to film a follow-up series in Spain, and it proved to be hugely informative for the actress.

She said: “When CNN wanted to do the next season, I said, ‘We should do Spain because my ancestors are from Spain.’ Shooting ‘Searching for Spain’ was different, though, because I didn’t know [the country] as well.

“In this series, you’ll see that my questions are genuine and my curiosity is heightened. I was excited to learn more about my Spanish heritage.”

Eva loves that she has such a personal connection to the new documentary series.

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