Her parents were both decended from Spaniards.
“Her parents were both decended from Spaniards.”
So did most Puerto Ricans. I saw my Puerto Rican grandfather’s grandmother’s birth certificate from Andalucia, Sp. and another one from an ancester from the Canary Islands (Spanish). He was born just after Spain ceded PR to the US at the end of the Spanish American war. Not actually sure when American citizenship was granted to the citizens of the island, but he was a fiercly proud American. Too old to fight in WWII, but his younger siblings did.