Editing Ricky Martin (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:San Juan, Puerto Rico (2529298606).jpg|thumb|Martin was born in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]].]]
Enrique Martin Morales was born on December 24, 1971, in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/pop-stars-real-names/|title=Pop Stars' Real Names|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 26, 2014|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127091717/https://www.billboard.com/photos/pop-stars-real-names/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/ricky-martin-reveals-hes-gay-20100330-r92b.html|title=Ricky Martin reveals he's gay|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=March 30, 2010|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127092507/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/ricky-martin-reveals-hes-gay-20100330-r92b.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NBC PR">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/national-puerto-rico-day-parade-brings-generations-boricuas-together-n1015521|title=National Puerto Rico Day Parade brings generations of boricuas together|publisher=[[NBC News]]|last=Aviles|first=Gwen|date=June 9, 2019|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127092624/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/national-puerto-rico-day-parade-brings-generations-boricuas-together-n1015521|url-status=live}}</ref> His mother, Doña Nereida Morales, is a former accountant; his father, Enrique Martín Negroni, is a former psychologist who previously worked as a regional supervisor for a Puerto Rican mental-health agency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20200610fo942ppzqq/ricky-martin-jwan-yosef-marriage-problems-1/|title=Ricky Martin opens up about the issues he faced with husband Jwan Yosef following the birth of their daughter|work=[[¡Hola!]]|date=June 10, 2020|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127095301/https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20200610fo942ppzqq/ricky-martin-jwan-yosef-marriage-problems-1/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="People Favorite">{{cite news|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-my-favorite-martin-vol-51-no-24/|title=My Favorite Martin|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|last=Schneider|first=Karen S.|date=June 28, 1999|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127103226/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-my-favorite-martin-vol-51-no-24/|url-status=live}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was two years old, and although his mother had [[Child custody|custody]] of Martin, he could also move freely between his father's house in the middle-class suburb of University Gardens in San Juan, and his paternal grandmother's house nearby. In an interview with ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', he told the magazine that he "never had to make decisions" about who he loved more, and he was "always happy". Martin has two older maternal half-brothers, Fernando and Ángel Fernández, two younger paternal half-brothers, Eric and Daniel Martín, and a younger paternal half-sister, Vanessa Martín.<ref name="People Favorite"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.es/estilo/gente/abci-resuelto-misterio-hermano-desaparecido-ricky-martin-201710062017_noticia.html|title=Resuelto el misterio del hermano desaparecido de Ricky Martin|work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|language=es|last=Mellado|first=Ana|date=September 10, 2017|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127103621/https://www.abc.es/estilo/gente/abci-resuelto-misterio-hermano-desaparecido-ricky-martin-201710062017_noticia.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Martin has Spanish heritage of [[Basques|Basque]] and [[Canarian]] descent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/abci-ricky-martin-nunca-abierto-respecto-sentimientos-como-ahora-201609160149_noticia.html|title=Ricky Martin: 'Nunca fui tan abierto con respecto a mis sentimientos como ahora'|work=ABC|language=es|last=Pita|first=Pablo Martínez|date=September 16, 2017|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127151750/https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/abci-ricky-martin-nunca-abierto-respecto-sentimientos-como-ahora-201609160149_noticia_amp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As he explained to ''[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]'', the Martins traveled from [[Segovia]], Spain to Puerto Rico in 1779.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/abci-ricky-martin-nunca-abierto-respecto-sentimientos-como-ahora-201609160149_noticia.html|title=Ricky Martin: 'Nunca fui tan abierto con respecto a mis sentimientos como ahora'|work=ABC|language=es|last=Pita|first=Pablo Martínez|date=September 16, 2017|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127151750/https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/abci-ricky-martin-nunca-abierto-respecto-sentimientos-como-ahora-201609160149_noticia_amp.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=0tfyb5uPCOMfjGuX&v=RNa9v3UOjRw|title=The Genealogy of Ricky Martin|year=2024|via=YouTube|accessdate= April 17, 2024}}</ref> He also has some [[Corsicans|Corsican]] origins through his paternal grandmother.<ref name="rickybook">{{Cite book|title=Me|last=Martin|first=Ricky|publisher=Celebra|pages=9, 16, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 46, 48, 50, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 65, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 89, 90, 94, 103, 104, 108, 109, 111, 145, 243|year=2010|isbn=9780451234438}}</ref>

Martin grew up [[Catholicity|Catholic]]. The people closest to him called him "Kiki" (a nickname that comes from Enrique). He began singing at age six, using wooden kitchen spoons as make-believe microphones; he often sang songs by Puerto Rican boy band [[Menudo (group)|Menudo]], as well as English-language rock groups such as [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Journey (band)|Journey]], and [[REO Speedwagon]]. His mother's side of the family was musically inclined and his maternal grandfather was a poet. Martin later reflected on his time spent with his family as a child: "Every time I find myself in front of an audience, be it twenty people or one hundred thousand, once again I feel the energy that consumed me back at the family gatherings of my youth." He attended Colegio Sagrado Corazón, a bilingual Catholic grade school in University Gardens since fourth grade and was an "average" student there. When he was nine years old, he began appearing in television commercials for products such as soft drinks, toothpaste, and fast food restaurants, including [[Orange Crush]] and [[Burger King]]. In a year and a half, he starred in 11 commercials.<ref name="People Favorite"/><ref name="rickybook"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.out.com/celebs/2020/12/15/ricky-martins-first-professional-gig-was-soda-commercial|title=Ricky Martin's First Professional Gig Was This Soda Commercial|work=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]|last=Street|first=Mikelle|date=December 15, 2020|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127164623/https://www.out.com/celebs/2020/12/15/ricky-martins-first-professional-gig-was-soda-commercial|url-status=live}}</ref>