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Categorized as Jewish

How it is it possible to categorize her as Jewish? Her father has Jewish mitochondrial DNA. ALL mitochondrial DNA is inherited from the mother. I know this is original research but OR is permitted on talk pages. This leads to the further deduction that's she's related to Alan Dershowitz which is patently falsifiable. Hope someone can clean this up one day. Wlmg (talk) 15:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to call 66.76.32.254 (talk) 03:23, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Idle Hands

Using the adjective "little seen" to the movie Idle Hands in the Acting Career section seems a bit pointy and irrelevant, especially since the movie's page describes it as having a cult following. 2603:8080:3600:1849:6883:4739:B7FD:B5E8 (talk) 21:13, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Being sexy

Being sexuest woman on the planet 2600:100C:B0AD:FE05:0:22:2B5:8C01 (talk) 10:34, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The part about Alba's genetic breakdown appears to be simply incorrect

I'm challenging this edit on 4 January 2015 by User:Anen87. The part of Alba's Finding Your Roots 2014 episode where she was presented with her genetic breakdown is widely available on YouTube and it is drastically different than what was added in that edit on 4 January 2015. For example, she is 33.5% British and Irish and 20.8% Native American, not 22.5% East Asian/Native American. The test found that only about 1.2% of Alba's DNA is "Broadly Native American and East Asian". Any objections before I pull what appears to be flatly incorrect information? Coolcaesar (talk) 22:40, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1996 kidnapping

I swear this used to be in the article, but I don't see it in some older versions I checked. Anyway, seemed like an important incident to overlook. 178.67.196.87 (talk) 09:54, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 January 2025

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Under the Personal Life section: "Alba was raised a Catholic[132] throughout her teenage years,[133] but left the Church because she felt she was being judged for her appearance, explaining, "Older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman."[134]"

The sources provided (133, and 134) provide context that this quote was about her experience in the born again Christian Church she joined after leaving the Catholic Church, not the Catholic Church. Below is the provided context from the linked sources.

From 133:

“I would go to the beach,” says Alba, “and my born-again friends would be like, ‘Your jeans are too tight! You’re tempting me!’ ” In church, her youth pastor forced Alba to wrap a sweater around her swelling posterior to hide her sin as he read from the Bible; soon the only stories she could relate to were those of Bathsheba and Jezebel.

From 134:

"After four years as a born-again Christian, Alba backed away from religion because "older men would hit on me and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex, that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and of being a woman."

I would suggest that this section is changed to "Alba was raised a Catholic throughout her teenage years but left the Catholic Church due to feeling unaccepted because of her multi-ethnic appearance. After a four-year stint as a born-again Christian, she backed away from religion because she felt she was being judged for her appearance, explaining, "Older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman."[134]"

No new sources are necessary as the provided context is found with the previously provided sources. 128.118.7.164 (talk) 16:58, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]