Was Gomez Addams Supposed to Be Hispanic? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 01-02-2012, 08:51 PM

Or was it just a name that sounded like that?

Frump · 01-23-2012, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Or was it just a name that sounded like that?

Yes it was stated that Spain was Mama's and Gomez's ancestrial land.

I think Morticia was of French decent.

Laugh30 · 02-06-2012, 11:41 PM

Charles Addams, when asked to name the characters for the TV series, had two names and ethnicities in mind for the father. He did considered him to have Spanish ancestry and had the name Gomez on ready. His other choice was Italian and had created the name "Repelli", suggesting repellent. But he wanted to have a normal sounding name in there somewhere and chose Gomez.

Babalu · 06-22-2014, 06:18 PM

Generally today, hispanic refers to South and Central America natives and not Spain. Natives of Spain are Caucasian.

Marvo301 · 06-22-2014, 07:58 PM

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Generally today, hispanic refers to South and Central America natives and not Spain. Natives of Spain are Caucasian.

The term `Hispanic`refers to any country where Spanish is the main spoken language. And that would certainly include Spain!

Prince Michael · 10-28-2014, 02:41 AM

There was one episode where Gomez ( John Astin ) and Grandmama ( Blossom Rock ) had relatives visiting from Spain .

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Laugh30 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 688	Charles Addams, when asked to name the characters for the TV series, had two names and ethnicities in mind for the father. He did considered him to have Spanish ancestry and had the name Gomez on ready. His other choice was Italian and had created the name "Repelli", suggesting repellent. But he wanted to have a normal sounding name in there somewhere and chose Gomez.
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Babalu Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2014 Posts: 4,779	Generally today, hispanic refers to South and Central America natives and not Spain. Natives of Spain are Caucasian.

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Prince Michael Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2011 Location: Helena, Montana Posts: 296	There was one episode where Gomez ( John Astin ) and Grandmama ( Blossom Rock ) had relatives visiting from Spain .