Mariah Carey
Place of Birth: Huntington, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 27, 1969 (see here)
Ethnicity:
*paternal grandfather – Cuban/African-Cuban
*paternal grandmother – African-American
*mother – Irish
Mariah Carey is an American singer, actress, and television personality. She is the daughter of Patricia (Hickey), an opera singer and vocal coach, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer.
Mariah’s paternal grandfather was a Cuban immigrant, with African-Cuban ancestry (he was almost certainly not from Venezuela, as some sources state). Mariah’s paternal grandmother was African-American. Mariah’s mother, who is white, is of Irish heritage. Mariah stated in an interview that her mother is a third generation Irish-American. A picture of Mariah with her father can be seen here. A picture of Mariah with her mother can be seen here.
Her name is from the song “They Call the Wind Maria,” of the 1951 musical Paint Your Wagon.
Mariah’s biracial family was the target of racial slurs and hostility while Mariah was growing up. Her parents divorced when she was three, and she was raised by her mother. She was raised at least partly in Greenlawn, on Long Island.
Mariah has two children with her former husband, actor and television personality Nick Cannon.
Mariah’s paternal grandfather, Roberto Nuñez (later Robert Edward Carey), was the son of Alfred and Margaret. Roberto is sometimes described as being from a family from Venezuela. Mariah stated in an interview with Latina Magazine, “we don’t know if he was Venezuelan and white or Venezuelan and black… We’re confused,” and also, seemingly speaking about Roberto Nuñez’s father, stated, “apparently he had red hair and freckles, but he could’ve been black or white. We just don’t know.” Mariah stated in the same interview that Roberto’s mother was named Margarita Nuñez, and that Robeto took the surname Carey after his own biological father (according to Mariah, Roberto’s parents were not married).
The marriage record of Mariah’s paternal grandparents lists Mariah’s grandfather as having been born in Cuba. The 1930 United States Census also lists Roberto Nuñez (then Robert Carey) as having been born in Cuba, to Cuban parents, and as having moved to the United States in 1907. The family may have covered up their background, as some other Cubans did, due to anti-Cuban sentiment in the U.S. The 1930 United States Census lists Roberto’s race as “Negro” (Black).
A picture of her grandfather can be seen here (near the bottom of the page).
Mariah’s paternal grandmother was Addie Cole (the daughter of Will/William Cole and Emma McQueen/McQuean). Addie was born in North Carolina, to a North Carolina-born father and an Alabama-born mother. Addie and her parents were African-American. Emma was the daughter of William/Bill McQueen and Eliza/Liza. A picture of Mariah’s grandmother Addie can be seen here.
Mariah’s maternal grandfather was John Wesley Hickey (the son of John Hickey and Mary Mowen). Mariah’s grandfather John was born in Illinois, and was of Irish ancestry.
Mariah’s maternal grandmother was Ann Elizabeth Egan (the daughter of Charles Thomas Egan and Anna Elizabeth Blanchfield). Mariah’s grandmother Ann was born in Illinois. Charles was born in Illinois, to Irish-born parents. Mariah’s great-grandmother Anna was the daughter of James S. Blanchfield, whose own parents were Irish, from Dublin, and of Mary A. Ryan, an Irish immigrant.
Sources: Interview with Mariah Carey, Latina Magazine, 2003 – http://www.mariahjournal.com
Genealogies of Mariah Carey – http://www.wargs.com
https://www.geni.com
Mariah’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Mariah’s paternal grandparents, Roberto Nuñez (later Robert Edward Carey) and Addie Cole – https://www.familysearch.org
Information about Mariah’s paternal grandparents, Roberto Nuñez (later Robert Edward Carey) and Addie Cole – http://www.genealogue.com
Mariah’s maternal grandfather, John Wesley Hickey, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
I think her paternal side had to have some kind of race mixture because she looks more white than black.
Halle Berry and Jessica Alba both have white mothers and non white fathers, but they came out more like their father, as well as Alicia Keys.
Big puffy cheeks are a giveaway of African admixtures. Blacks have more fat around the cheeks. Her skin and hair are white but her facial structure is black.
That’s a lie, anyone can have fat cheeks. I see white people with fat cheeks all the time, and even Asians and Hispanics. “Puffy cheeks” doesn’t mean someone is part black. Mariah gained a lot of weight now that she got older, so that’s why her cheeks look fat. She didn’t have those cheeks when she was younger.
She looks white.
She looked whiter in the 1990s, even with the curlier hair and pre-nose-job.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3927/1011/1600/mariah_carey_boobs2.jpg
http://www.wma.com/mariah_carey/imgs/MARIAH_CAREY_1.jpg
http://seenheardknown.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Mariah+Carey+90s_dress-1990-funny-humor-advice-shk.png
http://www.phootoscelebrities.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Mariah-Carey-smile.jpg
http://mariahsource.free.fr/1990/1025_snl/002.jpg
Frances O’Connor used to remind me of her, and I thought they looked similar:
http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2000_Bedazzled/000BDZ_Frances_O_Connor_006.jpg
http://www.wallpaperglow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mansfield.jpg
http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2000_Bedazzled/000BDZ_Frances_O_Connor_004.jpg
http://www.moviepilot.de/files/images/0670/5616/Frances_O_Connor_1.jpg
She still doesn’t look fully White though. You can definitely tell she has non-White features. I’d say Nicole Richie looks Whiter than she does.
I thought she was a Mexican woman when she first came out.
and I know Mexican isn’t a race, before some asshole starts bitching at that. What I meant is, she looks more like a Mestiza Latina instead of a mulatto.
She favors her white side. She looks mixed but it’s hard to tell what she’s mixed with from looking at her. Some mixed people are ambiguous.
go watch her in “all I want for christmas” and “up out my face” music video. she looks like a black with light skin and nose job to me. so I can say she got black in her dna.