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.

Kris Jenner, North West and Penelope Disick Sighted in Los Angeles on November 23, 2015

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

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109 Responses

  1. Black British says:

    DEENA: Spaniards from Spain are considered to be white but not Mexicans, they are of Aztec or Mayan Indian ancestry, with some African and European blood. They speak Spanish because they were conquered and enslaved by the European Spanish some 400 years ago.

    • Misaaaaaa says:

      Kris is not Mexican. So why are you even speaking about them?

      I am also sure you would say Catherine Zeta Jones, Sean Connery, Cheryl Cole, Colin Farrell, Russell Brand, Frankie Sandford, and Lily Allen would look foreign to the Brits if it were not for the fact that they are white British folks.

      You are not fooling anyone. I bet you are not even European.

  2. Black British says:

    Hispanics, Mexicans are not white, they are descendants of Aztec and Mayan indians , some have both African and European ancestry. They speak Spanish because the Spanish from Europe conquered them enslave them and forced their culture on to some 400 years ago. Pure blood Spanish people look like Italians where as American latinos do not look like that, ie Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Alba look hispanic and nothing like Penelope Cruz who is pure Spanish, I can always see the differences.
    Kris Jenner doesn’t look like a typical Scots or Dutch person, she is mixed with something else. Scottish people have very pale skins and much lighter hair and so do the Dutch, I know this because I live in Britain and seen lots of Scots and they do not look like her. I do find that a lot of white Americans are not honest about their ethnic background, or maybe they are just unaware of it, they tend to look like a white person that is mixed with a little
    something. I was born in England and I can you that pure white English people and other Northern Europeans have a different look. If Chris Jenner lived in England she would be described as foreign looking by British whites.

  3. rose says:

    The whole family are gold diggers. smh

  4. Michael says:

    She is Amerindian mix, her daughters had DNA test and it shows they are Native American blood from mother’s side

  5. K says:

    Wasn’t it mentioned she had Native American ancestry in her? I recall reading that on Wikipedia but it’s not there anymore.

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