photo credit: David Schexnaydre
Birth Name:
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth:
November 12, 1982
Ethnicity:
Irish, French, Native American and German
The American actress became famous for her role in the Disney comedy, The Princess Diaries. She is mainly of Irish and French ancestry but also she has distant German and Native American ancestry and mentioned this in an article on News.com.au.
Hathaway also stated that the reason why she has a very pale complexion is because she tries to avoid being in the sun as her family has a long and tragic history of skin cancer.
Source:
Celebrities sharing the same heritage:
FUZZYBEAR I commend you for doing your research many people don’t so im proud of you but its makes sense. am west indian and we could have 9 nationalities in our blood scientists say and as a child i had red hair so its so true i have scottish, irish, polish ancestry and am a black person and some of my white looking freinds their ancestry goes back to africa before mine does. To further proove your educated point. I hope more people realize that most people(a high percentage of the world) are very mixed.
To CARIBGYAL
Thank you
BTW,no their not going to want to hear that at all
Hi Jane,
Just want to update you. the recent DNA testing of the aboriginal people of Australia (who by by the way- appear to be very African even though they do not make any claims of having African decent) has shown that they are 100% Caucasian. my point is that when people got caught in that ice age some of us changed. OK we changed so now you have all of these nice varieties. i say repect ones ancetors, but remember that all life started in one place. thinking like this helps with the concept of love for humanity. and finally (in general) we all can argue till the cows come, but DNA will just answer our questions for us won’t it.
To Shadow Wolf
I want to get in this,could you show where that infro came from Please?Because last time I check Australia aboriginal left Africa maybe around 50,000yrs ago,and white pale skin didn’t pop up to around 5.5 to 6000yrs ago.Plus in my study,Caucasian is a phenotype that Australia aboriginal obviously don’t have;unless your talking about the ones who were during that period when white Australians tried to breed the black blood out the aboriginals which really did happen.I really would like to see a 100% Caucasian Aboriginal,because even white people aren’t 100% Caucasian.So get back at soon as you can
To Shadow Wolf
Still looking for what your talking about,can’t find it.However I did remember that you can look one way and yet have a unexpected blood type;although I still doubt that 100% Caucasian stuff.So like I said get back at me,I want to know what made them so special that they bypass the Asian blood types
I can’t understand why so many people are afraid to claim Black herritage.It seems like its being wiped out of history.I can’t understand why people deny their race period.Some people want to claim other ethnic groups just to give a more exotic approach to thier physical description.We all are distant relatives.
http://wiki.name.com/en/Hathaway
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Holleran-family-history.ashx
My name is Shannon Beth Hathaway
My mother’s maiden name is Holleran.
People will tell me I look like Anne Hathaway even before they know my name.
Anyway…
Fuzzybear:
I don’t believe that there were black spaniards.Maybe they were african slaves,but not real Spanish.I am from Poland,married to a woman from Spain,and she is much whiter than I am.In fact she got some violet eyes,like I have never seen,just the same color as Liz Taylor.Spanish are from Spain,Europe,and they are white,the same as Italian,Portuguese or Irish.Don’t mistake the Spanish from Spain with the people from Latin America,where everybody is mixed (black,native american indians and few white).A language IS NOT a race.
To i dont believe it
Well I’m sorry it took me so long to respond to this,but this is the first time I’ve seen it.I understand your doubt,it’s what you’ve been taught.First they weren’t even called Spaniards,they were groups of people,with a bunch of different names who migrated to area;just like ever where else in the world.Now I’m not going to get into a long history lesson,but Spain was taken over by black people for 700yrs.Now what makes a Spaniards?Could being born in that country make you one,or do you have to be white?Seville was full of black people,isn’t that in Spain,or is it you only count white people.Then you have the little half black kids,and don’t kid yourself,there were a whole lot of them,or do you have to be full white to be called a Spaniard?Also just for the record they weren’t slaves.One last thing,skin doesn’t mean jack.You can look like a full white person,and still be part black;I proved that a number of times. Also the same goes for Italian,Portuguese and the Irish.Now on the avg Europeans are still 3 to 8% black.Even Dr. James D. Watson,one of the biggest racist you have even seen,found out he was part black;and it almost kill him:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aUNWs0r0e_E/SwW0BIRxkTI/AAAAAAAAAzM/KVhOfuOKWR8/s1600/JamesWatson.jpg
Now does he look like a black man to you?
I forgot to put this about Dr.Watson:
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/watsons-black-dna-ultimate-irony/
Actually anthropologists/historians have done plenty of research and Spaniards (like Italian/Sicilians, Greeks, Portuguese, etc) are all Caucasian. Even if a lot of Europeans had 3-8% Black ancestry, it’s almost nonexistent. Once someone’s heritage reaches 1/32 (or less like 1/64), it doesn’t count anymore. I have a friend who claims she’s 1/32 black (she traced her genealogy), but looks mostly like her Irish and German ancestry and checks off Caucasian on her job and passport applications. Dr. Watson could very have (or had, don’t know if he died) black ancestry, but it certainly doesn’t show.
To Jane
Their Caucasian now,also I just put the avg percentage which was 3-8%;Sicilians are higher.Now what’s a Caucasian,a black person that’s has change,because of environment,food etc.Now the avg might be small to you,and that’s only because of time,but it’s still there.Also who’s to judge what counts?Now you friend probably does have recent black lineage ,I mean everyone does,even if they don’t want to admit it.Now as far as Dr.Watson goes, he does have it,but your missing my point.I wanted to show just because you look a certain way,mean nothing,as the doctor found out.Also people who are in areas now,doesn’t mean that’s what they always looked like.Also if something is almost nonexistent,why does it bother you that I mention it?
To Jane
Also forgot one other thing,I got into this because the guy was talking about there were no such thing as black Spaniards.This shows he didn’t know what he was talking about.Just because you don’t see them now,doesn’t mean they were there;Spain was very different place all those years ago.Here a quote from Elizabeth 1:
“In 1596 Elizabeth I had already decreed that all “blackamoors” should be sent back to Spain or Portugal as they were disturbing local labour markets.
Now if she was ordering them back to Spain,doesn’t that mean they came from it?
Also I do know there are black people in Spain even today
Oh wow, good for you. And no it didn’t bother me but I felt like I should’ve said something. You’re the one who sounds very offended, not me.
To Jane
Hello you,ok I’m sensing a little sarcasm here.All I was doing was proving my point,however sense neither one of us is offended,lets say we just drop it,alright
I Doesn’t Matter How Much Genes You Have, If You Have It Its There, But You Just Can’t See.
I Have A First Half Cousin (Our Dads Are Half Brothers Which Mean Instead Of Sharing 12.5% Of Genes We Share 6.25%) And We Look So Much Alike, People Thought We Were Siblings (Which I Never Really Understand Why People Would Say That I Mean Were Related, Where Gonna Have Something In Common).I Also Have A Second Cousin Whom You Share 3.125% Of Genes And We Look Totally Alike. When People See Us They Know We Are Family!
So Just Because You Can’t See Anything Doesnt Mean Its Not There!
Sorry For Bringing This Back Up!
Hi Jane,
Just want to update you. the recent DNA testing of the aboriginal people of Australia (who by by the way- appear to be very African even though they do not make any claims of having African decent) has shown that they are 100% Caucasian. my point is that when people got caught in that ice age some of us changed. OK we changed so now you have all of these nice varieties. i say repect ones ancetors, but remember that all life started in one place. thinking like this helps with the concept of love for humanity. and finally (in general) we all can argue till the cows come, but DNA will just answer our questions for us won’t it.
Actually, PAUL, Hathaway is a VERY English name; not Welsh, or Irish or even Scottish.
And, just for the record, a lot of celebrities lie and state that they have Irish/ Cherokee/
or, say, Spanish ancestry, because it is, for some pitiful reason, trendy. Knowing that fact,
and KNOWING that Hathaway is indeed an Anglo-Saxon, not Celtic surname, it is
quite probable that Miss Hathaway has far more English blood than she claims.
And there is nothing to be ashamed of if English she truly is!!!
By the way, I am an Irishman; full blooded and proud!
Yeah, but she’s said that she’s Irish, French, NA and German. Families adopt names, it’s not that unusual.
Be proud that Anne has Irish roots, she’s an amazing person.
LMAO @ ‘Isabitch’…classic. Regardless of her paleness, Anne is an attractive woman. I love the ‘simplicity’ she gives off. In my opinion, she should have stayed with her Italian boyfriend who was a bit on the dangerous side…it gave her that: Come close, but not to close, stay your distance appeal. But, it was her decision…it’s her career…
isabitch is not even funny
To ethnic ,
Sadly no,they never talk about it.There’s a lot of things we never learned.Here’s another,did you know that some of the famous Spaniards that explored and that were down in Mexico were actually black(example:Estevanico).Or that the first person said to have circumnavigate the earth was black also(Enrique de Malacca)?
To kira,
Why thank you very much
Greenwood aka Black wall street was an interesting historical place in the US. I hope more Americans know about it.
But thats why I do this site. So people can learn more about other people’s culture and hopefully we can get less ignorant towards each other.
Admin
Fuzzybear you are very smart! :)
Its saturday ,not school ,and i still learned someting lol! :)
you do learn somthing new everyday lol!:)
This is to ethnic,
Oh yeah,people don’t know about this because they don’t put it in school history books,or teach it.Irish were slaves right along with black people,as a matter of fact,Irish were worth less.Their women were even used as breeding stock,so they could get more light skin black people.There’s a lot of things that have been hidden from black people.Here’s an example,have you ever heard of the black version of wall street?
that seems to be true. There were Irish slaves in the Caribbean and they were nicknamed redlegs because of the sunburn they sustained in the tropical heat.
This is to Ethnic
It’s most likely because of that Irish blood,being a cold climate people.When they were slave over here,they burned so easy,they got the nickname (Red legs)
heyy haayleyyy, nice comment i agree im acting so dumb lately…maybe cuz i have a pink eye
that is very distant NA… skin cancer my butt…. i have nothing aginst anne hathaway, but everyone has a natural minimul skin tone that will never change even if u do stay out of the sun…… im a seminole native and if i stay out of the sun for a year i get pale for me which is tan for white people. she should still be a lil tan if she was NA……. and isabitch blue contacts dont show up on dark eyes and blonde looks bad on dark hair
i am imagining her in blue eyes, but i cant…maybe she doesnt fit it or my head is full of imaginary crap. I literally think its my second choice. yup.