Kris Jenner
Jenner in 2010, kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Kristen Mary Houghton
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States
Date of Birth: November 5, 1955
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh, remote Jersey Channel Islander and Cornish
Kris Jenner is an American socialite, television personality, and businessperson. She has also been known as Kris Houghton and Kris Kardashian.
Kris is the daughter of Mary Gorden/Gordon/Jo (Campbell) and Robert True Houghton. With her first husband, Robert Kardashian, a lawyer, she is the mother of socialites Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, and Rob Kardashian. With her second spouse, Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner), she is the mother of socialites Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner. Her stepsons are musician Brandon Jenner and socialite Brody Jenner. Among Kris’s grandchildren are Penelope Disick and North West.
Kris is from a family that has lived in the United States for many generations. She has English, as well as Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, and remote Jersey Channel Islander and Cornish, ancestry.
A 23andMe DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2018) stated that Kris’s daughters Kourtney and Khloé’s genetic ancestry is:
*53%-58% European
——–*4.5% French
*41.6% Middle Eastern & North African
The test also evidently stated that the Kardashians have a fraction of Native American DNA, presumably under .4% in Khloé’s case, given her 58% European and 41.6% Middle Eastern results.
Kris’s paternal grandfather was True Otis Houghton (the son of Otis Sewall Houghton and Lula Laura Barnard/Bernard). True was born in Oklahoma. Kris’s great-grandfather Otis was the son of Reuben A. Houghton, who was born in Weld, Franklin, Maine, and of Sarah Elizabeth Mantor, who was born in Massachusetts; Otis had Colonial American ancestry, with deep New England roots. Lula was the daughter of William B. Barnard/Bernard and Elizabeth Gililland/Gililand.
Kris’s paternal grandmother was Mary Lee Pickens (the daughter of Charles/Charlie Luran A. Pickens and Lizzie/Elizabeth Mae/May/Mary A. Douglas/Douglass). Kris’s grandmother Mary Lee was born in Texas. Charles was the son of Andrew Jackson Pickens and Sarah Hines Merrit/Meritt. Lizzie was the daughter of Eugene Murphy Douglas and Martha Jane Wilson.
Kris’s maternal grandfather was Gorden/Gordon Lowe Campbell (the son of Jefferson Davis Campbell and Freedonia/Fredonia/Fredom May Teaney). Gorden was born in Mounds, Creek, Oklahoma. Jefferson was the son of Morton Campbell and Mary Elizabeth Northern. Freedonia was the daughter of James Daniel Teaney and Martha J. Lambert.
Kris’s maternal grandmother was Lou Ethel Wyatt (the daughter of Walter Alba Wyatt and Mary Tiny VanZandt/Van Zandt). Lou was born in Mississippi. Walter was the son of John E. Wyatt and Margaret A. “Maggie” Bradley. Mary was the daughter of Jacob James VanZandt/Van Zandt and Margaret Elizabeth Magee.
Kris’s matrilineal great-great-great-grandmother, S. Margaret “Maggie” Gray, was born, c. 1833, in Mississippi.
Jenner with granddaughters North West (left) and Penelope Disick (right) in 2015 – photo by Prphotos
Sources: Genealogy of Kris Jenner – https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Kris Jenner (through Kris’s daughter Kim Kardashian) – http://famouskin.com
Genealogy of Kris Jenner (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Kris’s paternal grandmother, Mary Lee Pickens, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Kris’s maternal grandparents, Gorden/Gordon Lowe Campbell and Lou Ethel Wyatt – https://www.familysearch.org
Kris’s maternal grandmother, Lou Ethel Wyatt, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
@ Gigi: you sound like such a racist. your hatred and jealousy is so evident. you must be an ugly poor girl, right? Middle eastern people and those from North Africa are recognized by the U.S. Federal gov’t as caucasians/white. Even the whitest hispanic is not considered a caucasian. With a name like Gigi, it can be argued that you are a latina or a French girl–the first isn’t white, the latter has dark Frenchmen and Frenchwomen. Speak with the facts because Kris Jenner is half scottish and half dutch. You seem to think that all white people are pale faced blue eyed blondes or have brown or red hair–which is absurd. There are darker or olive skinned whites like Italians and Southern French and even Yugoslavians or Romanians. You just pump hate speech and sound so ignorant!
Kris is not white looking. She looks like she has black or subsaharan ancestry. None of her kids are fair, including her children with Jenner. If she were English and Dutch only, her children would have been lighter, especially the two younger girls. She must be either African or Middle Eastern with her coloring, which is not what could be called white. That is probably why her children only date black men, since they cannot relate to white people.
That’s the most silly comment I’ve ever heard. They have two parents you know. Robert Kardashian (the father) was Turkish Armenian and Russian Armenian. Armenian’s are darker complected, they don’t look Black at all. Technically speaking they are white, but also Armenian. Two of the three sisters just seemingly happen to prefer to date black men. Tons of people everywhere date interracially now. Doesn’t mean they don’t identify with a certain race.
Are you blind? Can you not see properly? I feel really bad for people like you who see people weirdly. Kendall and Kylie are both REALLY fair and have white skin, as well as khloe. And Kim? Pshh she is white but she wears fake tan a lot. The only one out of the five girls I would say that isn’t white is kourtney.
I just want to clarify something. Many asian ancestries will show up on a dna test as native american. Keep in mind that native americans were asians that crossed Bering Strait. Yes it probably came from their mother, but it isnt for sure.
No many native american ancestries will show up as asian ;p
It is Kris who has native american(asian) roots, not R.Kardashian.
to the moderator this is so bias, you’ve assumed that white latin americans were mixed solely based on the fact that they’re from latin america (pitbull), while a genetic test has proven that the Kardashian sisters have native american ancestry (obviously not from their father who isn’t from the Americas originally) and you neglect to mention that and just write the mom off as plainly European? so many double standards on here..
also why are things like cuban or argentinian ethnicities but american is not?
Cuban, Argentinian, and Brazilian are not ethnicities or races. They are nationalities much like American is one.
And yes, Kim Kardashian’s DNA test did prove that she has distant Native American ancestry, which must have come from her mother, considering that her father is not native to the Americas.
Hey, don’t be too sure. Cher’s father was Armenian but he had Native Bloodlines. That nationality of folks are gypsies with mixedblood. Some can be anything from Greek, Spanish, Russian, Native or Indians from India.
Double standards galore on this site!
If you actually take the time to research the family history, you will find that her mother is dutch and scottish , but that her grandmother is actually Jewish on her side, which of course makes her Jewish.