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Birth Name:
Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari
Birthplace:
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Date of Birth:
January 5, 1987
Race or Ethnicity:
Italian, German
Kristin Cavallari is well known for her appearance in the MTV reality TV series Laguna beach and The Hills. She is of Italian heritage on her father’s side, her mother’s side is German. Cavallari has admitted that she is a fan of the other reality series Jersey Shore, based on the lives of Italian Americans, and she stated that her favorite character is “The Situation”.
Source:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/
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To Nick the Historian
Nick you are correct in stating the Greeks are white but so are Italians and you should be aware that Sicilians as confirmed by genetics are at least 50 % Greek via DNA. Remember that that Sicily and S Italy in ancient days was known as Magna Grecia cause were more Greeks via colonization living in Italy then Greece itself in ancient days and that Syracuse in Sicily was the 2nd cultural center of the Greek world next to Athens.
Do to a common genetic hertitage Greeks and Italians ( yes Sicilians are Italian) Greeks and Italians look similar. Sylvester Stallone has what people would describe as a GreoRoman look. and Greeks and Italians can range from blond to dark brunette hair.
While no race is 100% pure and yes there is some Germanic blood in Italians and some Slavic blood in Greeks genetic studies show that the ancient genes still predominate thats why Greeks and italians loiok similar
Take it from me a Greek Italian Historian and the latest DNA research
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her mother’s side is German
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/i/f/Eric-W-Eifrig/GENE7-0004.html
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Italians are Europeans just like the French and Germans. Sicilians are also Italians. Yes, it is a possibility that some have mixed with North Africans and Greeks (which by the way are also Europeans) which have given them darker olive-toned complexions but I assure you…..I am full Italian and nothing else and everyone, EVERYONE is convinced I’m Irish due to the fact that I have very fair skin and blue eyes with red hair. I have also been compared to a slew of actresses who are EITHER at least half Irish OR are of either Swedish or Norweigan descent in part! Italians are Europeans. They are not Africans or Turkish. This is such a misconception because hollywood only chooses to display Italians that are darker in complexion OR have Italian characters played by individuals who are not Italians at all and are played by Greek or Jewish actors and actresses to give them a darker look. Jersey Shore hasn’t helped either. Half of the Jersey Shore cast are not even Italian and if they are they are only half! Unless Italy has moved from where I remember it on the map, it is still considered European. It annoys me when I tell people I’m Italian and everyone says that my ancestors MUST be from northern Italy! Italy is Italy and I have researched on the origins of the names of all my great grandparents and they all were names derived from Naples which is in mid-Italy! We are Europeans!
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I know so true im European and i have never heard the likes of people im guessing American saying that Spanish and Itilians are not white all the time on this site its ridicilous,
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Hey ethnic, I think Kristin Cavallari is also German, hence her mother’s maiden last name is “Eifrig” which is a German last name. So I think she’s Italian & German.
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Cavallari is not sicilian, at least not according to my grandmother and grandfather. We are definately Italian. Also, having that dark golden blonde hair myself, I assure you all that she is italian too.
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italion, at least northern italion, is simply a nationality belonging 2 the white european race.the only reason some might think there not white is because in southern italy alot of the italions mixed with other races so in some areas in italy there not white and the confusion comes in these italians that have mixed with darker skinned races,when asked what they are they simply say there italian,when in reality thats not all they are.like on jersey shore those people look more like sicilian or mexican not italian.real italians with only european blood running through their veins look like kristin cavallari or gwen stephani,they look like white people bc thats what they r.and they can have light or dark hair
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(real italians) huh,lol
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“southern italy alot of the italions mixed with other races”
wtf are you saying? Italians, north or south,looks alwais the same. Impossible nowadays distinguish one from another,only when u open mouth I’d say where he comes from.. Stop sterotypes
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I’ve seen pictures of her when she was 12 or something like that in an old Seventeen magazine. Her natural hair color is a really dark golden blonde color. She’s probably Northern Italian American.
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I made a mistake: Cavallaro is a Sicilian surname, not Cavallari..
Cavallari is from the Middle and the North
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She is definitely not 100% Italian! I look WAY more Italian than her and I am 1/2 Italian.
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Soooo, you’re lighter in skin color? Northern Italians are much lighter then say Sicilians. Either way she’s full Italian both her parents look Italian.
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mmh her greatgrandparents are from genua (liguria,north-ovest of italy) and fano (marche,a region near rome).so,she’s not southern italian.
She stated in the interview for save ellis island
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Regarding the comments above, none of you are anthropologically educated. First of all Italy/Roman culture was started by Greeks (period), no if’s and’s or but’s. But later the Romans mixed their blood during the Roman occupation of other continents and soldiers brought women back from the semitic countries. I’ve been to both Greece and Italy, and the Greeks are much more of a white race then Italians. When Greeks conquered other continents they weren’t allowed to bring any spouses or children back to Greece, this was the law set by Alexander the Great’s mother. And during the Turkish occupations of Eatern Europe, the Greeks and the Slav’s wouldn’t inter marry with the Turkish people. Look at Greek actresses: Melina Kanakarides, Nia Vardalos, Debbie Mattenopoulos, they are all white looking people and they are full blooded Greek. Also look at Costas Mandylor and Mike Chiklis, John Cassavettes and Kurt Rambis, they are also full Greek and they are white. Now look at the Italian actors: Nick and John Tarturro, Vincent Pastore, all of who look like Arabs. Sorry but in modern times most Greeks resemble Slavik people, and many of them even look Nordic European, this is why Greece had the best basketball team in the world in 2004 beating the American Allstar Team, because many Greeks are tall, and most Italians are short and chubby. Even the brunnett Greeks are pure Caucasians. I’ve been to northern and southern Italy and didn’t see much of a difference, most Italians look Jewish or Labanese. Yes I did see a few blone Italians and i asked them their background, and they told me that one parent was Italian and the other was Swiss. I’ve been all over Greece and seen many types of looking Greeks, but most of them are white. The brunette Greeks have straight noses and more fair skin, different from those dark Italian types. And DNA has even proven that the Greeks are 99.9 percent “non- mixed race” meaning most Greeks are pure caucasians. And just so you guys know, the brunette caucasoid is the true caucasian, the blonde hair and blue eyes is an albino gene that came from incest which caused a lack of protein to exist, which caused a genetic malfunction. So dark brown and black haired and light olive to white skinned caucasoids are the original caucasoid people. As the Black haired Irish/Celts are the true Celts, not the albino and redheaded looking ones. This has all been documented by DNA studies by Forensic Scientists all over the world. Greeks are the Oringinal and True Europeans, and Greece is the oldest country on the continent of Europe and the Greeks are the ones who educated and Christianized all of Europe. Me being Irish have a Great respect for Greece and its history. All you people in the posts above need to get properly Educated in Human Genetics.
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You think you can generalize an entire nation’s genetic history by cherry picking a couple of Hollywood actors that don’t have a “typical” look to them. You’re an ass.
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