Gareth Bale
Bale in 2014, photo by Maxisports/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Gareth Frank Bale
Place of Birth: South Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales
Date of Birth: 16 July, 1989
Ethnicity: Welsh, English
Gareth Bale is a Welsh professional footballer. He plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the Wales national team. He held the world record transfer fee, of £85.1 million (€100.8 million), to Real Madrid.
Gareth was born in South Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales, to Deborah (Pike), an operations manager, and Frank Bale, a school caretaker. He is the nephew of Cardiff City footballer Chris Pike. Gareth was eligible to play for England through his grandmother. Gareth is married to Emma Rhys-Jones, with whom he has three children.
Gareth’s paternal grandfather was surnamed Bale.
Gareth’s paternal grandmother was surnamed Bell-Langford.
Gareth’s maternal grandfather was Dennis Pike (the son of Frederick Walter Pike and Elizabeth M. Griffiths).
Gareth’s maternal grandmother was named Patricia A. Watson.
Source: https://www.findmypast.co.uk
So, which grandparent is English?
I’m glad not the only one who thought he kind of looked like a monkey. I think the projected jaw/lower face gives him that look.
Good player none the less.
son of Frank G. Bale and Deborah A. Pike.
Gareth’s paternal grandparents’s surnames are “Bale” and “Bell-Langford”
Gareth’s maternal grandparents are/were Dennis Pike (the son of Frederick W.Pike and Elizabeth M. Griffiths) and Patricia A. Watson.
records:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV7V-P25S
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV75-DJTV
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVDR-GTPS
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZR-NCKH
excellent player