Savani Quintanilla: A.B. Quintanilla's Son, Family Facts

Savani Quintanilla is a name that search engines spell two ways, and the record backs one of them. A.B. Quintanilla III's eldest son is documented as Svani Quintanilla, born November 27, 1990. The Savani spelling most fans type is a close variant, and it is the keyword readers use. This article answers under both.

His family ties need no exaggeration. His father built Los Dinos with Selena, founded the Kumbia Kings, and carries the King of Cumbia tag across Latin music. His aunt Selena remains one of music's most covered artists three decades after her death. The facts below follow only what named sources support.

Who is Savani Quintanilla?

Savani or Svani Quintanilla is the first child of record producer A.B. Quintanilla III. His father's Wikipedia entry cites three named records for the family line. They are a 2008 Furia Musical interview and an April 2008 People en Espanol feature plus liner notes. The liner notes belong to the 2013 album Blanco y Negro. That record gives A.B.'s daughter Martika Quintanilla a birth date of September 21, 1989. It lists son Svani following her on November 27, 1990.

Both children came from A.B.'s first marriage to Evangelina Vangie Almeida. The couple married on April 17, 1988, in Corpus Christi, Texas, per the same sourced record. They separated in the late 1990s, and their divorce was finalized in 2000. So Savani Quintanilla spent his early childhood inside a marriage that ended as his father's career peaked.

Quick profile

The parent record behind the name

The context matters because the father is famous for reasons beyond Kumbia Kings. A.B. Quintanilla III joined the family band Los Dinos in 1980 and played bass, per his Wikipedia entry. He produced and co-wrote Selena hits including Como la Flor, Amor Prohibido, and No Me Queda Mas. Selena was murdered on March 31, 1995, an event that shaped the family's public story.

Film and television kept that story alive. A.B. was played by Jacob Vargas in the 1997 Selena film and by Gabriel Chavarria in the 2020 Netflix series Selena: The Series. None of that dramatized coverage focused on the eldest son, so Savani Quintanilla stayed at the edge of a very public family.

The Quintanilla family record

A.B. Quintanilla has seven children, six sons and one daughter, born between 1989 and 2007, per the sourced records above. The table below lists the documented births in order. It places Svani second in the sibling line, right after his sister Martika.

The Wikipedia entry notes that some outlets count an eighth child. A.B.'s third wife brought stepdaughter Madison Ramirez into the home. The 2008 People en Espanol interview included her in the family fold. A 2017 statement during a child support case counted seven biological children. Both count systems point to the same core record.

The next generation, documented

Savani Quintanilla has one verified headline of his own, and it arrived in 2017. Per a November 7, 2017 Univision report, Svani and his then girlfriend Chatty Celeste Cave welcomed a daughter, Yvie Quintanilla. The report's title line said Selena would have been a great aunt to a new Quintanilla queen. Her birth date appears as September 20, 2017.

That report carries the family weight it deserves. Selena died in 1995, before any of her siblings' grandchildren could meet her. Outlets marked the girl as the family's new link to the Queen of Tejano. The milestone also made Yvie the first documented grandchild in the line that traces back through Martika and Svani.

What about a music career?

This page answers the searchers who assume the surname comes with credits. Persona found no named source that documents music releases or production credits for him. The liner notes and interviews that verify his birth do not name him as an album player. No major outlet has covered sessions or tours he joined.

Some biography sites list him as a producer who follows his father. None of those pages cites liner notes, a label statement, or an outlet. The claim fails the sourcing test used across this article. Until a named source documents a release, the accurate description of his career is simply none on record.

Why the spelling confusion persists

The Savani versus Svani split comes from fan pages rather than his family. His father's documented record spells it Svani, and the 2017 Univision report uses it too. The Savani form appears heavily in searches, which is why this article carries it and explains the difference once, clearly.

One more caution applies to the whole surname. Family pages that list unverified children, wives, or net worth figures for A.B. Quintanilla often mix verified facts with guesses. This article keeps each row tied to Furia Musical, People en Espanol, liner notes, or Univision, and leaves the rest out.

Per the 2008 liner notes and press items, savani quintanilla entered the record as A.B.'s son on November 27, 1990. The documented spelling Svani carries the savani quintanilla searches in two directions at once.

Per the 2008 liner notes and press items, savani quintanilla entered the record as A.B.'s son on November 27, 1990. The documented spelling Svani carries the savani quintanilla searches in two directions at once.

Per the 2008 liner notes and press items, savani quintanilla entered the record as A.B.'s son on November 27, 1990. The documented spelling Svani carries the savani quintanilla searches in two directions at once.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Savani Quintanilla?

He is the second child and eldest son of A.B. Quintanilla III, the producer behind Selena's hits and the Kumbia Kings. The documented spelling of his name is Svani Quintanilla, and he was born November 27, 1990.

Who is Savani Quintanilla's mother?

His mother is Evangelina Almeida, known as Vangie, A.B. Quintanilla's first wife. They married in April 1988 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and divorced in 2000, per records cited by his father's Wikipedia entry.

Does Savani Quintanilla have siblings?

Yes. The documented record lists sister Martika, born 1989, and five younger half brothers born between 1999 and 2007. They came with three different mothers, plus a stepdaughter his father counted during one marriage.

Does Savani Quintanilla have a child?

Yes. Per the Univision report of November 7, 2017, Svani Quintanilla and Chatty Celeste Cave welcomed daughter Yvie Quintanilla, born September 20, 2017. Univision framed the birth as a new link to Selena for the family.

Is Savani Quintanilla in the music business?

No verified source documents music credits for him. Persona found no liner note credit, label statement, or outlet report naming releases or productions. The accurate answer is that no career record exists.

Is he related to Selena?

Yes. Selena was his father's younger sister, which makes Savani Quintanilla her nephew. Her March 31, 1995 murder is the defining event of the family's public history.

Conclusion

Savani Quintanilla sits inside one of Latin music's best documented families, yet his own record is small and cleanly verified. Sources from Furia Musical and People en Espanol reach through Blanco y Negro liner notes to the 2017 Univision report. They confirm his parentage, his November 27, 1990 birth, and his daughter Yvie. The gaps are equally clear. No verified source documents a music career, an official middle spelling, or personal details beyond the family line. When biography sites fill those blanks, they borrow his father's fame without adding facts. The honest profile is the one this page keeps. It reads: second born of seven, nephew of Selena, father of Yvie, and otherwise outside the record.

Related reading: For another record sorted this way, see our pieces on Peter Buchignani and Solomon Marrow.