Mandy Moore

Moore in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Amanda Leigh Moore

Place of Birth: Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 10, 1984

Ethnicity:
*75% British Isles [English, Irish, Scottish]
*25% Ashkenazi Jewish

Mandy Moore is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion designer. Early in her career, she was labeled as one of the “pop princesses,” along with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

Mandy is the daughter of Stacy and Donald Moore. She is married to singer, songwriter, and guitarist Taylor Goldsmith, with whom she has a son.

Mandy’s father has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Mandy’s maternal grandfather was a Jewish American soldier, of Russian Jewish and Galician Jewish descent. Mandy’s maternal grandmother was an English war bride, who also had some Irish ancestry. The two married in 1945. Mandy was raised Catholic.

Mandy is described on the internet as having Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear where this claim originated, if Mandy herself has stated so, or if her Cherokee Native American ancestry has been verified/documented.

Mandy is a step-sister of actress Carly Craig.

Mandy’s paternal grandfather was named Benjamin B. Moore, Jr. (the son of Benjamin B. Moore).

Mandy’s paternal grandmother was Mildred Karen Croley (the daughter of John Quincy Adams Croley and Minnie Lee Page). Mildred was born in Alabama. John was the son of John Tyler Croley and Susan Martha Thomas. Minnie was the daughter of Jeptha Amos Page and Colie Rebecca Lee Stephens.

Mandy’s maternal grandfather was Julian Leonard Friedman (the son of Samuel Wolf Friedman and Anna Rotter). Julian was born in Maryland. Samuel was born in St. George In The East, London, England, to Russian Jewish parents, Harry F. Friedman and Jennie Wolfson. Anna was born in New York, the daughter of Jewish emigrant parents, Adolf/Adolph Rotter, who likely was from Oświęcim, Galicia, and Becky/Beckie/Bettie/Betty Kellner, who was born in New York, to an Austrian Jewish father and a Russian Jewish mother.

Mandy’s maternal grandmother was Eileen Mary Hardy (the daughter of William Hardy and Caroline Ellen Barney). Eileen was born in Hackney, London, England. Caroline was the daughter of Sydney Barney, whose mother was Irish, from Cashel, and of Maria Smith. Sydney’s parents lived in Australia for a time.

Moore in 2009, photo by Kate Gardiner

Sources: Mandy’s appearance on Who Do You Think You Are?, 2018 – https://www.youtube.com

Genealogy of Mandy Moore – https://www.geni.com

Obituary of Mandy’s maternal grandfather, Julian Leonard Friedman – http://articles.orlandosentinel.com

Birth record of Mandy’s maternal great-grandfather, Samuel Wolf Friedman – https://www.familysearch.org

Mandy’s maternal great-grandmother, Anna Rotter, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Anna Rotter on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Mandy’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Adolf/Adolph Rotter and Becky/Beckie/Bettie/Betty Kellner, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

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32 Responses

  1. andrew says:

    You havent a clue about Asian ppl

    • nunya says:

      Uh you haven’t a clue about Asian people. I thought the very same thing too that she had Asian in her, I see she has Cherokee, I knew she wasn’t just white.

      There’s a lot of Eurasian people that look like her for example Vanessa Carlton, Michelle Branch, and many others so you never know.

  2. Jessi says:

    I think its deceptive how people try to categorize people by facial structure. Some people have the weirdest ideas like Asian just b/c someone has high, prominent cheekbones doesn’t mean you are native or asian. Sometimes you just happen to have different features since when is it an exotic trait. I say this without reference to Mandy Moore b/c I don’t know what ancestry she has its just something Ive noticed

  3. myspace celebrity says:

    She’s always looked partially Native American to me. I know some people who think that she’s partially Asian.

  4. ethnic says:

    Hi Maria, thanks for the comment. BTW which South American country are your parents from?

    Ethnic
    Admin

  5. Maria says:

    I always thought she had Native in her. I`m half South American Native, I have fair skin, almond shaped eyes and high cheebones like Mandy. In fact, my mother and husband (who is Norwegian) say I resemble to her (or her to me). It`s nice to see I also have more or less the same ethnic background as her since I like her as an actress.

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