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Birth Name:
Cherilyn Sarkisian
Birth Place:
El Centro, California, USA
Ethnicity:
Cherokee, English, German and Armenian.
The singer was born Cherilyn Sarkisian. Her Mother, Jackie Jean Crouch is of Cherokee, English and German descent and her father is of Armenian Descent.Her father, John Sarkisian was an Armenian refugee who worked as a truck driver in the US.
Her biological father’s name was John Sarkisian and she adopted the name LaPeirre from her step father, who was named Gilbert LaPierre.
Source:
- http://www.wargs.com/other/sarkisian.html
- http://www.filmreference.com/film/23/Cher.html
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cher definitely has the Armenian features. Especially back in the 70s! the dark long hair, larger nose, high cheekbones, larger eyes and lashes.
But with aging and media, she tampered with her face as most of the rich and famous do.
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Those are definately native american features !!
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And here I was all these years assuming she was Italian for some reason XD
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cher has repeatedly said that all claims of her being part-cherokee are false.
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do you have a link to her saying that?
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She is part Cherokee Indian.
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Cher is awesome
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I think you can also see the Armenian in her. She looks similar to Kim Kardashian who is also half Armenian.
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i agree about the armenian and kim kardashian i thought the same thing
however i could be the surgery aswell
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they did surgery to look like all the other celebs!
Armenians have dark features, high cheekbones, hook noses, oilve skin, big and dark eyes!
They both have similar features, but with all the money, keep poking at themselves!
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No not all armenians have those facial features
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You can totally see the native in her, or maybe its the plastic surgery:X
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