Avan Jogia
Birth Name: Avan Tudor Jogia
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: February 9, 1992
Ethnicity:
*father – Gujarati Indian
*mother – English, Welsh, some German, Irish, French-Canadian/French
Avan Jogia is a Canadian actor, singer, activist, and director. His roles include the series Caprica, Victorious, iCarly, twiƨted, Tut, Ghost Wars, Now Apocalypse, and The Stranger, the films Finding Hope Now, Ten Thousand Saints, I Am Michael, The Drowning, The Outcasts, Paper Year, Shaft (2019), Zombieland: Double Tap, The Artist’s Wife, The Exchange, and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and the made-for-tv movies A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story, Spectacular!, and Rags. He founded the LGBT organization Straight But Not Narrow in 2010. He is a member of band Saint Ivory with his brother, music producer Ketan Jogia.
His father is of Gujarati Indian descent. His mother has English, Welsh, and some German, Irish, and French-Canadian/French, ancestry. Some of Avan’s mother’s family moved to Canada from the United States, where they lived for many generations. He has citizenship in Canada and the U.K. Avan has said that he speaks “a little bit of French and a little bit of Gujarati.”
Avan’s paternal grandfather was named Ramanlal Jogia.
Avan’s paternal grandmother was named Sharda Lodia.
Avan’s maternal grandfather was Hugh Adney Tudor (the son of Adney Jennings/Jenning Tudor and Lucille/Lucile Marie Jorden). Avan’s grandfather Hugh was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Avan’s great-grandfather Adney was born in Calgary, Alberta, and was the son of Edward Emerson Tudor and Pearl Dorothy Reed. Lucille was born in Illinois, U.S., and was the daughter of James Daniel Jordan and Lula Belle File.
Avan’s maternal grandmother was named Edith Marjory/Joan Griffiths/Griffith. Edith was born in London, England.
Sources: Just Jared interview with Avan Jogia – http://www.justjared.com
Genealogy of Avan Jogia – https://www.geni.com
Obituary and genealogy of Avan’s maternal great-grandfather, Adney Jennings/Jenning Tudor (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Avan’s maternal great-grandmother, Lucille/Lucile Marie (Jorden) Tudor – http://www.findagrave.com
Looks spanish. Definitely could see him in spain blending in. I can also see him blending in south or central mexico.
I could see him blending into a Gypsy population of Spain, not as much as an ethnic Spaniard. Even the darkest of Spaniards such as Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz have more Mediterranean features and olive tones to their skin rather than brown undertones like him.
He could blend into most parts of Latin America much better, but I think only at first glance or as an exception. He doesn’t have a particularly ‘Native American’ look beyond the complexion/hair/eye color.
I think he could pass easily in any latin american country, indeed there are millions of latin americans who look more European than him 100 times
He wishes he looked like Johnny Depp. I don’t see any resemblance whatsoever.
He look Indian. More Indian then
Hrithik Roshan ..Hrithik Roshan is 100% Indian.
Not Turkish people look 100% European. and
I can spot a Persia in India.
Btw- and wtf is Persian
Persia is not a race..
he pretty much looks like a standard Med and could pass in Southern Europe, Turkey, Levant, Iran, and lot of Middle Easterners from those countries could conceivably pass in Southern Europe too
i’d probably guess him as Turkish or Persian first, but if he told me has Spanish or Greek I’d believe him too
a lot of Indian/Euros mixes look fully white due to all Indians pretty much being structurally Caucasian and having significant Caucasian admixture, especially North Indian/Euro mixes
He Looks Ambiguous. Could Pass Easily In Any Latin American Country.
he doesn’t look Latin American, all Latinos i’ve met look Native admixed or Negroid too
he could pass as white Latino
you must be dumb, white latino look European not this gut, this guy doesn’t look any kind of European at all, if he is in mexico, no mexican will consider him as a European, he looks very mestizo
the latinos you have met are native americans not mestizos at all