- Ability over Appearance: Yessika was originally written as a Mexican-American East LA native, but once Julissa Calderon was cast, Yessika was re-written to be a Dominican girl from New York.
- Actor-Shared Background:
- Joaquín Cosío, like "Pops", is native Mexican.
- J.J. Soria (Erik) and Bianca Melgar (Nayeli) are Mexican American.
- Julissa Calderon (Yessika) is an Afro-Latina of Dominican descent, and an activist.
- Fake Nationality: Some members of the Morales family are played by non-Mexican actors: Ana is played by Karrie Martin who is Honduran American, and Chris is played by Carlos Santos who is Puerto Rican.
- Word of God: Where the three cousins' parents are; the show only explicitly says that Beatriz is Ana's mother while Chris' parents are in Idaho. The creators
clarify that Pops is their paternal grandfather, Erik's father is in jail (which is implied by a few flashbacks), his mother is in Mexico, and Ana's father is dead.
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