Gigi Hadid
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.
Hadid in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com
Source: Genealogy of Gigi Hadid – https://www.geni.com
Where did all the comments go?
Lmao!! All the middle eastern people on here keep ranting that she’s white. She’s not white european and you’re racist to white people if you think so. Arabs and europeans are completely different. The fact that people on here think italians and palestinians are exactly the same is pathetic and racist. These are completely different people with different cultures.
So now we’re gonna categorize white people into”strictly white” and “generally white”?? How racist. She’s either white or she’s not and she’s not because the modeling industry hired her due to her heritage, affirmative action. White people don’t get that benefit. Only middle eastern people and anti-white racists consider her white. Nothing is going to change my mind. End of story.
I’m not saying that she was actually hired out of affirmative action as if its a fact, I’m saying that they possibly hired her for that reason because that sort of thing can happen. Just stating my opinion so don’t take me literally damn.
i agree italians and arabs look nothing alike
Where has she made anti white statements? Why hate what she is? Like or not she is white and seen as such. Her mother his dutch. Her dad looks like a regular white male that your see in your local super market. He maybe Muslim but it Doesn’t mean he is not white or classified as such…
his dad is not a “typical” Palestinian Arab, he would stick out like a sore thumb in a Palestinian crowd.
*her dad
do you also consider Moroccans as “Mediterraneans” because Morocco is bordered by Med sea? Are Egyptians and French the same thing? They’re both Mediterranean, after all. Dumb logic. Do you really believe Palestinians and Italians are similar ethnic groups? LOL.
Yes because they are both Caucasian.
All Europeans, North, East nd South, North Africans and Middle Easterns belong to the same racial group (Cacucasian) and therefore the individual ethnic groups are similar.
Trade between north africa and southern europe across the med since ancient times has let to intermarriage which is why many Southern Europeans (Spanish, Italians, Greeks) share many physical characteristics with both Northern Europeans and North Africans.
that only happened in the south of france, the osuth of italy and the south of spain + greece
agreed, but what does that have anything to do with race and ethnicity?
It has. Just 2 or more North African men walking together in a Southern European town look foreign.
Yes, you really have no idea to think “modern day Italians and Greeks are closer to Middle Eastern populations than to other Europeans”.