Froy Gutierrez

Gutierrez in 2017, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Froylan Gutierrez III

Place of Birth: Highland Park, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 27, 1998

Ethnicity:
*father – Mexican/Caxcan Indigenous
*mother – three eighths Norwegian, one quarter Hungarian, English, Irish, some German and Swiss-German

Froy Gutierrez is an American model, actor, and musician. He has appeared on the series Teen Wolf, Light as a Feather, Wireless, and Cruel Summer and in the films A Cowgirl’s Story, Initation, and Hocus Pocus 2.

His father, Froylan, is from Mexico. His mother, Heather J. Lee, is a reporter and documentary filmmaker from Stonington, Maine.

He has deep ancestral roots in Mexico and is proud of his native heritage. He has said:

I am very passionate and vocal about issues facing people of color, so I find it odd that I am often referred to as a white boy. I totally acknowledge the privilege that comes from being “white passing,” but it bothers me when my Caxcan-native and Mexican roots are erased. When people refer to mixed people as white, they are feeding into the same systems of oppression that erase the stories of POC. There’s a lot of pressure to either tokenize or whitewash myself, and I hope I do not do either of those.

Froy’s maternal grandfather is Thomas “Tom” Jenson (the son of Paul Gerhard Jenson and Elizabeth Ann Dybdal). Paul was born in Minnesota, the son of Canute Thorvald Jenson and of Emma Mathilda Rohne, both of whom were the children of Norwegian parents. Elizabeth was born in Minnesota, the daughter of Tenny Benjamin Dybdal, whose parents were Norwegian, and of Hedwig A. “Hattie” Leuzinger/Leitzinger, whose father was from Switzerland and whose mother was of German descent.

Froy’s maternal grandmother is Susan E. “Sue” Wyard/Wiard (the daughter of Robert Campbell Wyard/Wiard and Helen Kardos/Cardis). Susan was born in Connecticut. Robert was born in Massachusetts, the son of John Buckley Wyard/Wiard and Alice Campbell Barden. Helen was born in Connecticut, to parents from Hungary, James Kardos/Cardis and Elizabeth Shea, who were listed as Hungarian-speakers on the 1930 U.S. Census.

Sources: Marriage record of Froy’s maternal grandparents, Thomas “Tom” Jenson and Susan E. “Sue” Wyard/Wiard – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Froy’s maternal great-grandparents, Paul Gerhard Jenson and Elizabeth Ann Dybdal – https://findagrave.com

Obituary of Froy’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Ann (Dybdal) Jenson – https://www.legacy.com

Obituary of Froy’s maternal great-grandmother, Helen (Kardos/Cardis) Langley – https://www.legacy.com

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  1. stlucas says:

    *mother – Norwegian, one quarter Hungarian, English, Irish, some German and Swiss-German

    Froy’s maternal grandfather is Thomas “Tom” Jenson (the son of Paul Gerhard Jenson and Elizabeth Ann Dybdal). Paul was born in Minnesota, the son of Canute Thorvald Jenson, whose parents were Norwegian, and of Emma Mathilda Rohne, whose parents were also Norwegian. Elizabeth was born in Minnesota, the daughter of Tenny Benjamin Dybdal, whose parents were Norwegian, and of Hedwig A. “Hattie” Leuzinger/Leitzinger, whose father was from Switzerland, and whose mother was of German descent.

    Froy’s maternal grandmother is Susan E. “Sue” Wyard/Wiard (the daughter of Robert Campbell Wyard/Wiard and Helen Kardos/Cardis). Susan was born in Connecticut. Robert was born in Massachusetts, the son of John Buckley Wyard/Wiard and Alice Campbell Barden. Helen was born in Connecticut, to parents from Hungary, James Kardos and Elizabeth Shea, who were listed as Hungarian speakers on the 1930 U.S. Census.

    Marriage record of Froy’s maternal grandparents, Thomas “Tom” Jenson and Susan E. “Sue” Wyard/Wiard – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWR2-T18
    Genealogy of Froy’s maternal great-grandparents, Paul Gerhard Jenson and Elizabeth Ann Dybdal – https://findagrave.com/memorial/242175932/paul-gerhard-jenson
    Obituary of Froy’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Ann (Dybdal) Jenson – https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/news-press/name/elizabeth-jenson-obituary?pid=18680419
    Obituary of Froy’s maternal great-grandmother, Helen (Kardos/Cardis) Langley – https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldtribune/name/helen-langley-obituary?id=50395703

  2. andrew says:

    How do you know that?
    Why do you guys stick with this stereotype that people from Andalusia should look more exotic than the rest of Iberians? It does not make much sense tbh.

    So are you claiming his father looks more Amerindian than Spanish? That is ridiculous.

  3. andrew says:

    His father is of Mexican descent (Froylan Gutierrez)

    His mother is not (Heather Lee)

  4. callmecharlie says:

    CORRECTION: It is spelled Caxcan, not Caxan. Also, I believe that he should be listed as indigenous Mexican, as Caxcan people are indigenous people of Mexico.

    • andrew says:

      There are pics of his father in the web and he does not look Amerindian at all. He looks Iberian.

      • NOTREALLY says:

        just looked it up, he doesn’t look Iberian in the slightest, if only there was an “Iberian” look anyways, you clearly have no clue whatsoever about the Iberian paradigm, his father looks Andalusian, literally anywhere in the north or east coast Spain he would seem exotic

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