Gigi Hadid

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Hadid in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Jelena Noura Hadid

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: April 23, 1995

Ethnicity:
*Arab Palestinian (father)
*Dutch (mother)

Gigi Hadid is an American model and television personality.

Gigi’s father, Mohamed Hadid, who was born in Nazareth, Israel, is an Arab Palestinian. Gigi’s mother, television personality, model, and interior designer Yolanda Hadid (née Yolanda van den Herik), is Dutch, from Papendrecht. Her siblings are Bella Hadid and Anwar Hadid, who are both also models, with Bella also being an equestrian.

Gigi has a daughter with her former partner, British singer and songwriter Zayn Malik.

Gigi’s father is of the Muslim religion, and has said, “I wouldn’t call myself a ‘devout’ Muslim… but I’m very proud of my heritage.” However, Gigi’s sister Bella has said, “He [their father] was always religious, and he always prayed with us. I am proud to be a Muslim.”

A DNA test whose results Gigi displayed on her Twitter page stated that Gigi’s genetic ancestry is:

*69.2% European
——–*21.5% Italian
——–*16.7% French & German / Netherlands
——–*8.0% Broadly Southern European
——–*6.0% British & Irish
——–*6.0% Broadly Northwestern European
——–*5.9% Broadly European
——–*4.1% Spanish & Portuguese
——–*0.6% Greek & Balkan
——–*0.3% Ashkenazi Jewish
*26.9% Western Asian & North African
——–*15.3% Western Asian
——–*7.0% North African & Arabian
——–*4.6% Broadly Western Asian & North African
*3.5% Unassigned
*0.3% Sub-Saharan African
——–*0.1% Senegambian & Guinean
——–*0.1% Broadly West African
*0.1% East Asian & Native American
——–*0.1% Broadly East Asian & Native American

Gigi’s paternal grandfather was named Anwar Mohamed Hadid.

Gigi’s paternal grandmother was named Kharia Daher. Gigi’s father has said that he is descended from Zahir al-Umar, an autonomous Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century.

Gigi’s maternal grandfather was named Gerard van den Herik.

Gigi’s maternal grandmother is Johanna “Ans” Groenenberg (the daughter of Jacobus Johannes “Jan” Groenenberg and Maaike “Maai” van Gelder). Jacobus was the son of Jacobus Teunis Groenenberg and Johanna Knikman. Maaike the daughter of Adrianus van Gelder and Elizabeth den Ottelander. Ans is pictured here.

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Hadid in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com

Source: Genealogy of Gigi Hadid – https://www.geni.com

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169 Responses

  1. sparkles180 says:

    It doesn’t matter what you think, most americans don’t consider a half palestinian to be white and you all know that. She’s not white, she’s mixed. End of story.

    • cwm85 says:

      She’s white you idiot.

      • sparkles180 says:

        Even Gigi herself admits she’s not white despite looking white and had trouble in the modeling industry for being a woc. Palestinians are not white, no one considers them to be white. Now leave me alone, I’m not going to agree with you.

        • ashash says:

          Do you have a source for this?

        • ashash says:

          I looked up interviews where Gigi referred to herself as a woman of color and could find none. She is a woman of color, I guess, but I have a hard time believing she had trouble in the modeling industry. She has the stereotypical look of what they look for in their average model (tall, blonde, colored-eyes). Plus, her mother was a model, her father is a renowned real estate agent, and her stepfather is a music producer. Gigi is only 20 and already a famous model. Before that, she was a child model, getting lots of work. It doesn’t seem like she’s struggling to me (at all). In fact, she is better off than most (white) models.

          • sparkles180 says:

            Ashash You’re wrong. It sounds like your making stuff up so you’ll feel better. The modeling industry doesn’t hire people based on having blonde hair or blue eyes – that would count as discrimination. They hire based on body figure and height. From the way it looks, there’s more dark haired models then blondes in the industry.

        • sparkles180 says:

          That first sentence was a typo, what I ment was… Even Gigi herself admits she had trouble in the modeling industry also she’s not white despite looking white because she’s still a woc.

          I’m not saying she struggled cause of her background(it was worded wrong) I’m saying I read that she struggled and here’s the article on it, thats all. Apparently it was due to her figure. Also here’s the article on how she struggled in the modeling industry.

          http://ca.complex.com/style/2015/08/gigi-hadid-struggles-finding-agent-labeled-fat

          Anyway my point from the previous comments was, it’s wrong to disacknowledge her palestinian side which is something a lot of users are doing on here.

    • stonelord says:

      so what ARE Palestinians, Sparkles? They aren’t black,they are not Chinese/Japanese etc. No such thing as an ‘Arab race’ as an anthropologist will tell you.

      • sparkles180 says:

        Arabs are generally brown. Even white arabs have family relatives that are brown, in some families you’ll have two cousins one is white and one is brown but they are related. Sometimes two white arabs end up having a brown arab kid. The same way how the japanese are asian but some japanese people look very white yet aren’t, some arabs look very white but aren’t because arabs don’t have the same genetics as white europeans.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_(racial_classification)

        Also don’t bother forcing your view on me. Most people in america don’t consider her to be fully white, she’s half white she’s not a fully white european girl.

      • sparkles180 says:

        Actually arab can count as a race. Look up the dictionary definition of race – it’s pretty much a group of people that hold certain physical/regional/historical similarities.

  2. sparkles180 says:

    Her skin is white but her ethnicity is not white, she’s middle eastern. Having a different skin pigment doesn’t change or erase ones ethnicity. :)

  3. cwm85 says:

    I think you all have this image that her father looks like a dark indian Muslim. Her dad is European. Caucasian who is an arab. Lots of arabs are part of the Caucasian race.

    • Gurrl says:

      ” Her dad is European. Caucasian who is an arab. ” That makes no sense, and people from the Middle East are not European. They are Caucasian though and many can have Caucasian features such as coloured eyes/hair which all Caucasians can have-not just Europeans. (her father has blue eyes, but he obviously has that mediterranean look which she lacks, she looks very Dutch.)

      • cwm85 says:

        Her father is Caucasian. Caucasians aren’t only from Europe… middle east has them too. Middle east just describes people from middle east. Many of them are from the Caucasian race but many will not want to admit that. Like the prime minister of Israel is Caucasian. So is her dad. He is not indian, asian, african, he is of Caucasian orgin

      • sparkles180 says:

        She’s not european, she’s middle eastern, also indians aren’t muslim they tend to be hindus. Looking white doesn’t make someone white. I know a white looking girl from pakistan but she’s genetically still not white, her culture is still middle eastern and she has brown genetics, same with gigi hadid, she’s white looking but not white. Also her dad looks pretty middle eastern, his nose and facial features give it away. Also caucasian doesn’t mean white/european it refers to a type of skull structure. Caucasian covers everyone from sweden to north africa to sri lanka, even very dark looking people are classified as caucasian. She’s caucasian but not white european. Pretty much it’s inaccurate to call her white european or use the term caucasian to describe white people.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race#/media/File:Carleton_Coon_races_after_Pleistocene.PNG

        • cwm85 says:

          She is Caucasian.

        • cwm85 says:

          Middle eastern is not a race! Its a region in the world… this woman is Caucasian. European and her dad is muslim, Palestine. But he is Caucasian too. Religion is not someone’s race. Arabs can but Caucasians too. Arabs are more of a culture than ethnic groups.

          • Tyler says:

            People from the middle east are called middle eastern, people from asia are called asian. Also Caucasian is an outdated term to describe white people. You’re the biggest idiot on here cwm85, you know that? Obviously you’re a butthurt middle eastern.

          • marjanel says:

            Tyler Middle Eastern are also Asían.It is not about how they are called, Americans are the worse to define people that considered hispanic to be a race.

    • Tyler says:

      LOl Wtf is a Indian muslim? Indians are hindus. Arabs are brown and muslim. She’s still muslim so stop clumping them with white european people.

      • cwm85 says:

        You’re a fucking moron. And need a lesson on race and culture.

      • cwm85 says:

        Caucasians are not just white European people you ignoramus. The Caucasian race is more diverse than what Americans think. People in Iraq, syria and other middle people and north african are part of the Caucasian race too. That means in isreal… let me guess you think jews aren’t white too even if they are white as snow and blonde haired. The world view is one of narrow view on race. Caucasian people don’t just exist in Europe, America, south America, Canada… etc… smh… people really need to read a Damn book and not just listen to what ya narrow minded racist say.

        • Tyler says:

          Anyone of European descent is white, people in the middle east are not of European descent and have a completely different genetic makeup then white europeans, they are arabc, berbers etc. This is why they aren’t white. Also Indians are not muslim, and people from Iraq on average are light brown-skinned not white.

          The only uneducated person here is you.

      • Tyler says:

        Wow cwm85 you’re quite unmannered, immature and uneducated. Did you really need to call me a “moron”? I never said Caucasians are white europeans, I’m actually telling you that are aren’t You didn’t read what I wrote. You’re clearly uneducated with anti-white hatred and strong racist views. You need an education on white people and white culture. Also I’ll be reporting you, I noticed you’ve already called 4 people on this site an idiot.

        • cwm85 says:

          You called cursed at me and I fought back. So you get what you deserve asshole.

          • Tyler says:

            Nice, how about I print screen this and send it in as online harassment? You’re close to getting banned.

          • Tyler says:

            I never cursed at you, i asked a question. You’re the one that called me an, let me repet…”asshole”, “moron.

        • cwm85 says:

          You called me and idiot so I fought back. Report me. I can report you too asswipe. And I’m not middle eastern. Middle eastern is not a race.

        • cwm85 says:

          I don’t care what you do. You called me out of my name and I fought back. I will screen shot you for calling me a fucking idiot. So report me. I have reported you.

          • Tyler says:

            Let me repeat….You harassed multiple users on this website. It’s not just me reporting you.

          • Tyler says:

            Also I never called you an idiot, you called me an idiot LOL You’re making crap up, the mods check exactly what people wrote so your excuse won’t work.

  4. sparkles180 says:

    She doesn’t look dutch to me though, she looks more southern european, doesn’t look middle eastern at all. I thought she was fully white but shes only 50% and actually very ethnic.

    • Connerfromvine says:

      That is a photo of her mother, her stepfather, and her sister. I’m not sure if you think that’s her biological father but it is definitely not.

      • cwm85 says:

        Her dad looks white. She is white.

      • sparkles180 says:

        She’s not white of european descent, she’s still middle eastern. Looking white doesn’t make someone white, it’s your genetics as well. Also I saw her dad and he looks very non-white, even her brother has middle eastern features. She still has half her dads genetics despite looking different, it may not show but it is part of her and will show up down the line. She’s not white for sure.

  5. sparkles180 says:

    Interesting, she looks like a typical white girl but shes not. I guess her dutch genes were stronger. Her dad looks very ethnic though and her last name gives her muslim side away.

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