Rubén Blades discovers that his last name is not legitimate and that he is the grandson of the best poet in Panama

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“Life gives you surprises; surprises gives you life, woe, god...”: the chorus of Rubén Blades’ most emblematic song, today challenges the saltier himself. At 76 years old, the outstanding singer-songwriter has just discovered that his biological grandfather is not Rubén Nathaniel Blades, as he believed all his life. This was revealed to him by the American academic and literary Henry Louis Gates, in his program Finding your roots; in which genea…

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The result was made through the comparison of DNA profiles from public databases.