The Secret Wedding Of A.B. Quintanilla: A Date To Remember

A.B. Quintanilla, the older brother of singer Selena, has been married five times. His first wedding to Evangelina Almeida, also known as Vangie, took place on April 17, 1988, in Corpus Christi, Texas. A.B. Quintanilla was 24 years old at the time, and the couple divorced in 2000. Following his marriage to Evangelina, A.B. Quintanilla went on to marry four more times.

A.B. Quintanilla's first marriage

A.B. Quintanilla, the older brother of singer Selena, has been married five times. His first marriage was to Evangelina "Vangie" Almeida, on April 17, 1988, in Corpus Christi, Texas. At the time, Quintanilla was 24 years old.

The couple had two children together: Martika Quintanilla, born on September 21, 1989, and Svani Quintanilla, born on November 27, 1990. Vangie and Quintanilla separated in the late 1990s, and their divorce was finalised in 2000.

Quintanilla's marriage to Vangie was depicted in the 2020 Netflix series *Selena: The Series*, in which he was played by Gabriel Chavarria. In the series, A.B. is shown locking eyes with Vangie during a performance, and they later meet again at a club. In the next episode, Vangie is pregnant. However, in reality, the couple did not have a child together until 1991, three years after they were married.

After Selena's tragic death in 1995, A.B. and Vangie's marriage suffered, and they eventually divorced in 2000. A.B. went on to marry four more times, and is currently married to his fifth wife, Ángela Orellano, also known as Anjelah.

Evangelina Almeida

Evangelina "Vangie" Almeida was born in February 1966. She is best known as the first wife of A.B. Quintanilla, the brother of the late singer Selena, known as the "Queen of Tejano Music".

A.B. Quintanilla and Evangelina Almeida got married on April 17, 1988, in Corpus Christi, Texas. At the time, A.B. was 24 years old. They had two children together: Martika Quintanilla, born on September 21, 1989, and Svani Quintanilla, born on November 27, 1990.

A.B. and Evangelina separated in the late 1990s, and their divorce was finalized in 2000. A.B. went on to marry four more times, while Evangelina has moved on and had another daughter, Alana.

A.B.'s four subsequent marriages

A.B. Quintanilla has been married five times. After his first marriage to Evangelina Almeida (also known as Vangie) ended in 2000, he went on to marry four more times.

His second marriage was to Heather Grein, whom he wed in 2002. This union lasted until 2004. Despite their divorce, Heather and A.B. remained on good terms.

Mere months after his split from Heather, A.B. married Brenda Lee Ramírez on New Year's Eve 2004. This marriage was short-lived, and they announced their separation in November 2005. They reconciled briefly after Brenda gave birth to A.B.'s sixth child, but they ultimately divorced in 2009.

In 2011, A.B. married Rikkie Leigh Robertson, whom he had dated for two years. This marriage lasted about a year before they separated in 2013. They reconciled for a time, but ultimately divorced in 2017.

A.B.'s fifth and current wife is Ángela Orellano, also known as Anjelah. They married in 2019, and A.B. seems hopeful that this marriage will last. In an Instagram post celebrating their first wedding anniversary, he wrote, "You changed my world to a beautiful place."

A.B.'s eight children

A.B. Quintanilla has eight children: six sons and two daughters. He has a daughter, Martika Quintanilla, and a son, Svani Quintanilla, with his first wife, Evangelina "Vangie" Almeida. Martika was born on September 21, 1989, and Svani was born on November 27, 1990, though one source states that Svani was born in 1991.

A.B. also has a son, Gianni Mio Quintanilla, with his ex-girlfriend Summer Clary. Gianni was born in April 1999.

With his second wife, Heather Grein, A.B. has two sons: Abraham Isaac Quintanilla IV, born on October 14, 2002, and Elijah Jae Quintanilla, born on May 25, 2004.

A.B. has two more sons with his third wife, Brenda Lee Ramírez: Elrey Quintanilla, born on November 15, 2005, and Justin Quintanilla, born on September 4, 2007. During his marriage to Brenda, A.B. also had a stepdaughter, Madison Ramírez, born on May 20, 2001, from Brenda's previous relationship.

A.B. Quintanilla is also a grandfather. His son Svani has a daughter, Yvie Quintanilla, born on September 20, 2017.

A.B.'s first wife's new life

A.B. Quintanilla's first wife, Evangelina "Vangie" Almeida, has moved on with her life following her divorce from the musician in 2000. Vangie and A.B. have two children together: Svani, born in 1991, and Gianni, born in 2000. According to her Instagram account, Vangie has had another daughter, Alana, who is now in second grade. Her account is filled with pictures of her children, including Alana and her other kids.

Vangie and A.B. married in 1988 in Corpus Christi, Texas, when A.B. was 24 years old. At the time, A.B.'s family was living in a one-bedroom home with 13 people sharing one bathroom. Despite the challenges, A.B. recalls this time as a period of "hard knocks" that shaped his family's history.

A.B. and Vangie's marriage suffered after the tragic death of his sister, Selena, in 1995, and they eventually divorced in 2000. A.B. went on to marry four more times, while Vangie has seemingly found happiness in her new life as a mother to Alana and her other children.

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