Fausto Xavier Aguilera is the father of singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality Christina María Aguilera. Fausto’s daughter Christina Aguilera rose to fame in 1999 with her self-titled debut album, which has singles including Genie in a Bottle, What a Girl Wants, and Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You). She is regarded as one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Fausto Xavier Aguilera: Bio Summary
| Name | Fausto Xavier Aguilera |
| Famous as | father of Christina Aguilera |
| Date of birth | 4 November 1949 |
| Place of birth | Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Parents | Edna Aguilera and Fausto Aguilera |
| Spouse | Shelly Loraine Kearns |
| Children | Christina Aguilera and Rachel Aguilera |
| Occupation | US Army sergeant |
Who Is Christina Aguilera’s Father?
Christina Aguilera’s father is Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera. Fausto was born on 4 November 1949, in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador. He will be celebrating his 74th birthday on November 4, 2023. His parents are Edna Aguilera and Fausto Aguilera. Fausto holds Ecuadorian nationality.
Fausto Xavier Aguilera has not provided much information about his early life. He may have siblings or not. His family’s details have been hidden from the public domain. Information regarding his education has not been revealed. However, Fausto Xavier Aguilera was a United States Army sergeant.
Fausto Xavier Aguilera became a soldier in the US Army and achieved the rank of sergeant. He was married to Shelly Loraine (née Fidler) in 1980. Fausto and Shelly Loraine are said to have met in college. Shelly was a violinist in the American Youth Symphony. She later became a Spanish translator.
Fausto Aguilera and Shelly Loraine welcomed two children into the world. Their children are Christina María Aguilera and Rachel Aguilera. Fausto and his family moved from one place to another because of his work. They moved to several places including Japan. In 1983, the family moved to Japan and lived in Sagamihara for at least two years.
The family returned to the US and settled in Pennsylvania, where Rachel Aguilera the youngest of their two children was born. Christina Aguilera was born in New York City, New York. In 1987, Shelly filed for divorce from Fausto. She moved out with her children to her mother’s home in Rochester, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
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The reason for the divorce is unknown. Fausto Xavier Aguilera’s wife Shelly Loraine remarried after the divorce. She married James Kearns with whom she had a son named Michael Kearns. It is unknown if Fausto remarried after his divorce or not. He has kept his life private.
Fausto’s Relationship With His Daughter Christina
Fausto Xavier Aguilera and his daughter Christina Aguilera had an estranged relationship. During Christina’s childhood, her father, Fausto was physically and emotionally abusive. Christina has spoken about her father’s physically and emotionally abusive behavior. She used music to escape her turbulent household.
She said: ‘Growing up I did not feel safe. Feeling powerless is the worst feeling in the world. ‘I turned to singing as an outlet. The pain at home is where my love for music came from.’ According to daily mail, Fausto denied the allegations of being abusive towards Christina and her sister Rachel. Fausto said:
“My relationship with her mother was tense and I wasn’t perfect. But I love Christina and her sister Rachel. I never abused them in any way and they know that. Shelly and I disagreed on a lot of things and we both had hot tempers. I’m sorry to have ever raised a hand to my wife, but it was never brutal like Ike and Tina Turner.”
When Fausto Xavier Aguilera and his wife Shelly Loraine divorced, it affected their children. Christina once said that her father was “very dominant with my mom, and I always knew I was never going to let a man take advantage of me like that.” Despite her relationship with her father, Christina still wanted to keep her father’s last name.
Christina Aguilera revealed that she has been fighting for her last name her “whole life.” She said: “I remember when I was first coming up, there was a big debate around me on changing my last name because all the businessmen around me thought it was too long, too complicated, and too ethnic,” she says.
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“‘Christina Agee’ was an option, but that clearly wasn’t going to fly. I was dead set against the idea and I wanted to represent who I really was. Being Latina, it is a part of my heritage and who I am.” Christina also added: “There was another time in my childhood when I was being asked to legally change my name to my stepfather’s to be legally adopted and I was again dead set against it.”
“I‘ve been fighting for my last name my whole life.” In 2012, following decades of estrangement, Christina Aguilera expressed interest in reconciling with her father. She revealed that she last saw her father in 1999 but wants to meet up with him. In an interview with Latina magazine, Christina said:
“I’ve talked about how rough things were for me and I’m sure he’s heard it. He can’t be thrilled about it. So maybe one day we can do lunch … I’m 31 years old now. Maybe it’s time.” The father and daughter are said to have reunited.
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