Cindy Crawford
Crawford in 2012, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Cynthia Ann Crawford
Place of Birth: DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 20, 1966
Ethnicity: English, one eighth Danish, as well as Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, German, distant Irish and Welsh, remote French and Jersey Channel Islander
Cindy Crawford is an American supermodel, actress, and television personality. She was one of the biggest models of her era. She also starred in the film Fair Game.
Cindy is the daughter of Jennifer Sue (née Walker; re-marriage surname Moluf) and Daniel Kenneth Crawford. Cindy is married to businessperson and model Rande Gerber; their children are Presley Gerber and Kaia Gerber, both of whom have also modeled.
Cindy has English, one eighth Danish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, German, distant Irish and Welsh, and remote French and Jersey Channel Islander, ancestry. Some of her family lines have lived in the United States since the 1600s.
Cindy, along with her then-husband, actor Richard Gere, were selected People Magazine’s “Sexiest Couple Alive” in 1993 (instead of the annual “Sexiest Man Alive”).
Cindy’s paternal grandfather was Kenneth Leroy Crawford (the son of David P. Crawford and Amelia Christina/Christine Maria/Marie Hansen/Hanson). Kenneth was born in Luck, Polk, Wisconsin. David was in Ballymoney, co. Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, the son of James Paul Crawford and Isabella McCaughey. Amelia was born in Wisconsin, the daughter of Danish parents, Ebbe Hansen and Agathe Mary/Marie Christine Christenvisen/Christensen.
Cindy’s paternal grandmother was Ramona Eileen Hemingway (the daughter of Frank Randall Hemingway and Hazel Mae/May Brown). Ramona was born in Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota. Frank was the son of Louis Randall Hemingway and Carrie May/Mae Salisbury, whose parents were Canadian. Hazel was the daughter of Thomas William Brown, whose parents were English, and of Mary Jane Marsh.
Cindy’s maternal grandfather was James Richard Walker (the son of James D. Walker and Leola M. Wheeler). Cindy’s grandfather James was born in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. Cindy’s great-grandfather James was the son of William Samuel Grundy Walker and Mary Williams Sneed. Leola was the daughter of Samuel S. Wheeler and Rachel/Rachael Jane “Jennie” Carman.
Cindy’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy May/Mae Montgomery (the daughter of Almon Montgomery and Ada Belle Kallembach). Dorothy was born in DeKalb County, Illinois. Almon was the son of Thomas Jefferson Montgomery and Rachel Ann Lemasters/Le Master/LeMaster. Ada was the daughter of Frederick/Fred J. Kallembach and Sarah/Sally/Sallie C. Pardon.
Sources: Twitter comment about her ancestry – https://twitter.com
Genealogies of Cindy Crawford – https://www.geni.com
https://www.wikitree.com
https://famouskin.com
Genealogies of Cindy’s paternal grandparents, Kenneth Leroy Crawford and Ramona Eileen Hemingway – http://www.findagrave.com
When I was little, I saw Claudia Schiffer and Linda Evangelista and I thought they were Europeans however with Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford and Christine Turlington there was something exotic about them. Cindy looks a bit to Evan or viceversa. She has brown eyes, and her eyebrows something in her face scream a bit of native american because French and Arab could affect but the result is slightly different. I always thought it that way, in the past women lost their last names as they married maybe she has it but she doesn’t know it yet :)
I meant Eva Mendes, they look alike…sory I ate my words :P
I honestly read somewhere that Cindy had Native American Indian ancestry too. She had a different dad than the rest of her sisters and that he was estranged.
What is with “Maluf”? Sounds like an Arab name to me. Not that I care of course. She is gorgeous but she needs to stop lecturing people how to look good while she clearly had botox treatment to begin with and I wish she stopped repeating how “all American” she is. Enough. Gorgeous though, that is another thing.
Her maternal ancestress, wife of Daniel Kallembach, was Theresa Widiom. I am kinda perplexed with her surname. On her scarce biographical records, it says she was born in Baden, Germany, yet the surname ‘Widiom’ doesn’t sound too German to me.
http://users.tbc.net/~walkdkb/genealogy/D0000/G0000049.html#I1415
It could be a more English spelling of a German surname, or it could be a rare German surname.
correction; yes her eyes are hazel and yes her eyes are brown but saying hazel brown would be like saying amber yellow, it should be listed as hazel with light brown in brackets or just simply hazel
Brown eyes have ceased to exist. Everyone now has hazel or forest green eyes :)
Her eyes look brown to me.
how correct smiley brown eyes have suddenly ceased to exist along with people who obtain them like George Clooney. and alice her eyes are brown but they contain golden colouration around the edges making them hazel, the person who uploaded this did list her eyes as hazel-brown and I said it was best left at just hazel