Katy Perry
Perry in 2010, Left Eyed Photography/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 25, 1984
Ethnicity: Portuguese/Azorean (3/16ths), along with German, English, Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, distant French, remote Manx/Isle of Man
Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her hit songs include “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot n Cold.” She is also known as Katy Hudson and Katheryn Perry.
Katy is the daughter of Mary and Maurice Hudson, who are Pentecostal pastors. She has a daughter with her fiancé, English actor Orlando Bloom.
Katy’s father has English, and smaller amounts, to varying degrees, of Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, French, and remote Manx/Isle of Man, ancestry. Katy’s mother is of three eighths Portuguese, one eighth Irish, one quarter German, and approximately one quarter English/British Isles, descent. Three of Katy’s maternal great-great-grandparents were from the Azores, islands belonging to Portugal; including from Horta, Faial Island, in the Azores. Katy’s uncle, her mother’s half-brother, was director Frank Perry. The family’s Perry surname was originally Pereira.
A DNA test whose results Katy displayed on her Instagram page stated that her genetic ancestry is:
*86.7% Northwestern European
——–*36.1% British & Irish
——–*34.4% Broadly Northwestern European
——–*13.9% French & German
——–*2.3% Scandinavian
*11.3% Southern European
——–*5.3% Iberian
——–*4.9% Broadly Southern European
——–*1.0% Italian
*1.8% Broadly European
*<0.1% Ashkenazi Jewish
*<0.1% Unassigned
Katy’s paternal grandfather was Robert C. Hudson (the son of Robert Carlock Hudson and Merla Douglas). Katy’s grandfather Robert was born in Tennessee. Katy’s great-grandfather Robert was the son of Joseph Sidney Hudson and Lula Ada Carlock.
Katy’s paternal grandmother was Annie/Ann Pearl Robison (the daughter of Hulet Lender Robison and Lassie Leodifyne Meadows). Annie was born in Arkansas. Hulet was the son of Julius Walter Robison and Millie Maud Knight. Lassie was the daughter of Joseph Hasard Meadows and Nannie N. Garrett.
Katy’s maternal grandfather was Frank Joseph Perry (the son of Antonio Perry and Sarah Adeline Denis). Frank was born in California. Antonio was of Portuguese descent, the son of Frank Perry. Sarah was the daughter of Vincente Denis, a Portuguese immigrant, and of Hannah A. Mulhaire, who was Irish, from Eyrecourt, County Galway.
Katy’s maternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Vilsack (the daughter of Aloysius Joseph “Ollie” Vilsack and Gladys Matilda Brace). Mary Elizabeth was born in Pennsylvania. Aloysius was of German descent, the son of Leopold Vilsack, a famous brewer and banker, and of Dorothea/Dorothy A. Blank. Gladys had English ancestry, and was the daughter of Napoleon Collins Brace and Mary Elizabeth Craig.
Katy is a second cousin, once removed, of politician Tom Vilsack. Katy’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Leopold Vilsack and Dorothea/Dorothy A. Blank, were also Tom’s paternal great-grandparents.
Katy is also a third cousin of actress Cozi Zuehlsdorff. Katy’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Napoleon Collins Brace and Mary Elizabeth Craig, were also Cozi’s maternal great-great-grandparents.
Sources: Genealogies of Katy Perry – http://www.geni.com
http://gw.geneanet.org
Family history of Katy Perry, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (at The Huffington Post) – http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Katy’s paternal grandmother, Annie/Ann Pearl Robison, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Katy’s maternal grandmother, Mary Elizabeth (Vilsack) Perry Walton – https://findagrave.com
Katy’s maternal grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Vilsack, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Portuguese people (from Portugal, which is part of West Europe) are White just like Italians, Spaniards, French, etc.. In these countries, people speak Latin languages but that does not define their race. This fact confuses dumb people pretty easily.
Summary of Racial Origins:
Northern Europe = Nordic Whites
Southern Europe = Mediterranean Whites
Central / Southern America = Latinos
Some people keep referring to Cristiano Ronaldo as the typical Portuguese, which is not realistic. Cristiano Ronaldo is from the Madeira island which stands to Portugal as Hawaii stands to the US.
Besides, Cristiano Ronaldo is 1/4 Cape Verdean, which is part of Africa. Not but not least, race has a broad variety of looks, so let’s not define an entire population by the looks of one single person, otherwise we might as well say that all Americans are dark because Oprah Winfrey has nice dark skin! Dahha?!
Your summary is wrong.Latino is not a race,it is only relationed with language.In Central and South America there are many people from many parts of the world and different races.And the real latinos were the Romans, Italians,Spaniards….
American census wants to change the real meaning of the words.
And not all Central and South Americans countries are latino.Also there are latino countries in North América like Mexico
She looks like a beautiful german/portuguese hybrid.
like lyndsy fonseca
who is also portuguese/german hybrid
Katy is unattractive. Lyndsy is a goddess.
Perry is attractive from the head down.
To me she looks Scottish, she looks like this Scottish person I knew. So the strongest blood in her to me would be the West European side
I agree Portuguese people aren’t as dark as some think but they actually are tanned naturally like Cristiano Ronaldo i.e and usually have dark eyes and hair. Katy Perrys real haircolour isn’t even black but some shade of blonde so I don’t get why she would look distinctive Portuguese to anyone. I would never guess beside the fact its just very little of her ancestry. She looks pretty much Irish/English to me(- black hair)
I grew up near Alameda and there was and still are Portuguese there. Yeah, Katy looks Portuguese. Weird that people don’t think Portuguese are white but they’re as white as English or French for the most part with some mediteranean ‘elements’ I would say. But pretty damn white if you ask me.
Some African elements too. Portugual has the ihghest amount of subsaharan African DNA for any European country.