Liam Payne

Liam Payne – “I Am Bolt” World Premiere in 2016 – Arrivals – Odeon Leicester Square – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos

Birth Name: Liam James Payne

Place of Birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 29 August, 1993

Ethnicity: English

Liam Payne is an English singer and songwriter. He is a member of boy band One Direction, along with Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and, previously, Zayn Malik.

Liam is the son of Karen J. (Harris) and Geoffrey R. Payne. All of his great-grandfathers worked on the railways.

Liam has a son with his former partner, television personality, musician, singer, and dancer Cheryl.

Liam’s patrilineal line appears to trace back to George Wade Josiah Payne, who was born, c. 1799, in Lambeth, London.

Liam’s paternal grandfather was Kenneth E. Payne (the son of Thomas William Payne and Rosina Biddulph). Kenneth was born in Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England. Thomas was the son of Thomas Payne and Agness/Agnes Reed. Rosina was the daughter of Walter Biddulph and Mary Ann Hopkins/Botterill.

Liam’s paternal grandmother was June Lilian Duncan (the daughter of Albert E. Duncan and Lily E. Norton). June was born in Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England.

Liam’s maternal grandfather was Douglas Harris (the son of Henry/Harry Harris and Amelia Perry). Douglas was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. Henry/Harry was the son of John Robert Harris and Elizabeth Fletcher. Amelia was the daughter of George Henry Perry and Hannah Amelia/Ameila Woodcock.

Liam’s maternal grandmother was Myra Taylor (the daughter of John Taylor and Florence Bertha Meredith). Myra was born in Birmingham North, Warwickshire, England. John was the son of John Taylor and Caroline Underhill. Florence was the daughter of George Meredith and Caroline.

Liam Payne

Payne in 2011, image via Featureflash / Shutterstock.com

Sources: Notations on some of the ancestry of One Direction members – http://www.mirror.co.uk

Genealogy of Liam Payne – https://www.geni.com

Marriage records of Liam’s maternal great-great-grandparents, George Henry Perry and Hannah Amelia/Ameila Woodcock – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Liam’s maternal great-grandparents, John Taylor and Florence Bertha Meredith – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Liam’s maternal great-great-grandparents, John Taylor and Caroline Underhill – https://www.familysearch.org

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45 Responses

  1. roman2886 says:

    Most English people are mongrels they are a bit of everything Liam Payne is pure English he has no Irish Scottish and Welsh in him not even a drop some he is pure blooded English people are inbred but English people are Mongrels England has been invaded so many times English people have ancestry in other parts of the UK that makes English people Mongrels i’m a Mongrel Brit my ancestry is British and Filipino altogether my ancestry is English Irish Scottish and Welsh.

    • stonelord says:

      You do know that every European coluntry has been invaded many times, the British isles is not different or exceptional. Obviously the countries that make up the UK have been intermingling for thousands of years (before they were countries.)

  2. picnic says:

    he tweeted this picture today and it´s winter https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcU99RcIYAAxzd0.jpg:larg but yeh he looks british, why no?

  3. johnie says:

    Typical Jewish look.

  4. indo says:

    correction; his eyes are light brown.and i thought he was british?

  5. follers says:

    Liam Payne’s skin color seems to be getting progressively darker. He is pretty much at the Rafi Gavron level now.

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