Juana Sosa was descended from indigenous Tehuelche from Patagonia in Argentina's south and his father, Mario Perón's forbears emigrated to Argentina from Spain, and the Italian island of Sardinia; in later life Perón would publicly express his pride in his Sardinian roots.
Juana Sosa was descended from indigenous Tehuelche from Patagonia in Argentina's south and from immigrants to Argentina from Spain, and his father's forbears emigrated from Scotland and the Italian island of Sardinia. The Perón branch of his family originated in Sardinia, from which his great-grandfather emigrated in the 1830s; in later life Perón would publicly express his pride in his Sardinian roots.