Alessia Cara

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Cara in 2015, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Alessia Caracciolo

Place of Birth: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: July 11, 1996

Ethnicity: Italian

Alessia Cara, or simply Alessia, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her songs include “Here,” “Scars to Your Beautiful,” “Growing Pains,” “Trust My Lonely,” the collaboration “Stay,” and, in a featured role, “1-800-273-8255” and “Querer Mejor.” She is also known for her covers of the songs “Love Yourself” and “Sweater Weather.”

Her parents, Enza (Ciccione) and Vincenzo Caracciolo, are of Italian origin. She has three siblings, Dario, Danica, and Dante. A picture of Alessia with her parents can be seen here. She was mostly raised in Brampton. Alessia has dual Canadian and Italian citizenship and speaks fluent Italian. A picture of Alessia and her mother can be seen here.

Alessia has said:

Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but then they moved to Italy. He moved back and forth, but he’s first generation Canadian because both of his parents were born and raised in Italy. My mom moved to Canada with my dad after they got married. I’m really in touch with my Italian roots. My mom’s whole side of the family is there…. [I spoke Italian] when I was younger, my mom didn’t speak English, so she always spoke to us in Italian. I had a weird accent when I was [a] kid. I didn’t really know how to speak English because they’d always speak to me in Italian. I didn’t learn how to speak English without an Italian accent until kindergarten.

135 Responses

  1. Gurrl says:

    looks like an afro influenced Peurto Rican or Moroccan.

    • follers says:

      What is the proof?

    • midori29 says:

      She needs a DNA west I bet 100% percent there is West African in her dna her brother looks biracial black/white and her features are heavy nose and mouth, rounded face, etc. I can say up to 20 percent West African.

      • midori29 says:

        He mother lied to her thats not her real daddy she is trying to pass lol

        • alexgxo says:

          Midori i actually agree. She looks a quarter west african. Like she has very recent West african ancestry. She doesnt have to say shes black she’s not, but at least own up to it!

          Same with Melissa Gorga and Mike Tricio (this guy could actually pass off as african american or looks at least 60% black). Melissa Gorga looks like an east african!

          Why is it sometimes the italian immigrants tend to be some of the most exotic looking people? Those 3 i have mentioned scream to the heavens their italian descent but look like they have signifcant ssa.

          • fuzzybear44 says:

            Wait a minute, Mike Tricio says he’s not even part black?

            This guy:
            https://tribkcpq.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/gettyimages-82883050.jpg

            If he’s not recently part black, then he has some serious throwback

          • alexgxo says:

            It won’t let me press reply to your comment Fizzybear, but yes Mike Tricio has never claimed to be part black or the dude can even pass off as the child of two African Americans!

            He once said his skin comes from his Italian ancestry but he says his father left him when he was young. So his mother either cheated, is lying about his parentage, or adopted him.

            Either that or a throwback gene happened.

      • Hill says:

        Lol actually suggesting her mom cheated just because you want her to be black. Your insecurities are showing. She’s Italian, get over it.

      • Multiethnicchick says:

        No, her brother looks Europid. White people don’t only have one look. And they both look plenty white

    • ashash says:

      Her mother is prettier than she is.

    • Andrew133 says:

      @andrew “Here is the proof she’s not fully Italian:” proof !! proof of what ?!! come on are you serious ?. that is not a proof of anything at all, she looks like that because she might have high amount of north african ancestry( north africans are very mixed they are not white) in Egypt there are a lot of women who look like her or even darker than her, she could also pass as a cuban, puerto rican, Parda(brazilian), or even mexican there are millions of mexicans who have light features than her, I’m not surprised that she is fully italian because there are italians especially in the south who have very high amount of north african ancestry and that explains their dark features

  2. Adrian1Cram says:

    ha okay!

  3. Adrian1Cram says:

    no do you?

  4. Adrian1Cram says:

    i did think this girl was trans at first, her features look masculine to me

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