Pete Wentz
Wentz in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III
Place of Birth: Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 5, 1979
Ethnicity:
*father – German, English, distant Welsh, French, Irish, and Swiss-German
*mother – African-Jamaican
Pete Wentz is an American musician, singer, songwriter, A&R consultant, author, and record executive. He is a bassist, primary lyricist, and backing vocalist for rock band Fall Out Boy. Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley, and Joe Trohman are also members of the band.
He is the son of Dale, a high school admissions counselor, and Pete Wentz II, an attorney. Pete’s father is white and Pete’s mother is black. Pete’s father is of German, English, and distant Welsh, French, Irish, and Swiss-German, descent. Pete’s maternal great-grandparents were all black Jamaican immigrants. A picture of Pete with his parents can be seen here. A picture of Pete, along with Pete’s mother, and President Joe Biden (then-Senator), can be seen here.
Pete has a son with his former wife, singer, songwriter, and actress Ashlee Simpson; and two children with his partner Meagan Camper.
Pete’s paternal grandfather was Roy Albert Wentz (the son of Roy Albert Wentz and Mina L. Regnold). Pete’s grandfather Roy was born in Illinois, and was of mostly German and English descent.
Pete’s paternal grandmother was Phyllis Norbury (the daughter of Frank Garm Norbury and Mary Elson Barnes). Phyllis was born in Illinois. Frank was the son of Frank Parsons Norbury and Mary Garm. Pete’s great-grandmother Mary was the daughter of Charles Albert Barnes and Madge G. Martin.
Pete’s maternal grandfather was Arthur Winston “A. W.” Lewis (the son of Arthur Shirley Lewis and Marion/Marlon “Dottie” Coote). Pete’s grandfather Arthur was born in New York, to black parents, from Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. He was a career diplomat, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, from 1983 to 1986.
Pete’s maternal grandmother was Dolores Laura Kirlew (the daughter of Harold Aubrey Kirlew and Laura Shields). Dolores was born in New York, to black Jamaican parents.
Pete’s grandfather Arthur was a cousin of General Colin Powell (likely through his Coote line).
Sources: Pete mentions that his mother is of Jamaican ancestry – https://www.altpress.com
Pete’s paternal grandfather, Roy Albert Wentz, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Pete’s paternal grandmother, Phyllis Norbury, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Pete’s maternal grandfather, Arthur Winston “A. W.” Lewis, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Arthur Winston “A. W.” Lewis on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Pete’s maternal grandmother, Dolores Laura Kirlew, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Pete’s maternal step-grandmother, Frances Anne (Leary) Lewis – http://www.washingtonpost.com
wow, but remember even afro-jamaicans are like 20% european, so hes not a proper mulatto
Lol oh please. Then Southern Europeans have 20% African dna!
It’s official: Pete Wentz’ maternal grandparents are both black.
No “Hawaiian” as rumored.
Do you have pics of his mother and his grandparents?
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His mom looks heavily mixed besides African. No wonder he looks all white. His mom probably is 50-50 or less african descent.
Yes, sometimes you can say something right. It would be more reasonable to write “his mother has Black African and likely other ancestry” but it seems that it doesn’t count.
Fefe dobson is mixed and rock/pop musician very good but African-American americas don’t claim her because it isn’t r and b or rap or gospel. There used to be so many African-Americans in rock and into back in the day before 1970s and rap.
@cwm85
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(Fefe dobson is mixed and rock/pop musician very good but African-American americas don’t claim her because it isn’t r and b or rap or gospel.)
How are you going to speak for the African American people, and what kind of music they listen to. You admitted to hanging out with mostly white kids. therefore, you have no idea what AA kids may listen to when you’re not around. The kids around here listen to as much techno music as they do rap. George strait is my favorite country singer.Crystal kay is one of my favorites singers. Also although the Korean pop group T-ara changes members every 5 days, I still like them ,and I don’t even understand them
Whatever fuzzybear I went by my experience and what I’ve heard people listen too. I will say more Caucasian young people listen to rap these days. Are you going to reply and troll my every comment on comments on people who have some African descent? Are you obsessed with me? Are you gay?
@CWM
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( Are you going to reply and troll my every comment on comments on people who have some African descent? )
The thing is, until I saw your earlier comments, I was going to leave you alone. HOWEVER
Now you mean troll as in the way you do Midori
? How you follow her to different pages, and accuse anyone you disagree with as being her Alias. Or perhaps how you were Stalking Neiltennant from page to page asking gender information. Which I find odd seeing how you didn’t like it
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( Are you obsessed with me? )
You’re not Mariah Carey, so no
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(Are you gay?)
You’re the one going to Matt Lanter page saying how Handsome he is. To josh hutcherson page saying ( He’s a cutie pie). and how you think Kendall Schmidt is Hunky
So if anyone’s GAY around here, it’s you
Fuzzybear44 Get a life. Stop trolling me or replying to my comments. I have the right to make estimates to make my own opinion. You just are an ass who have no life and are obviously obsessed with all of my comments to whomever or about every celebrity and quoting things. Are you a creepy old man or something? I’ve read other comments of you just seem to try to argue with anyone who disagrees with you. Anyway I’m done with your pathetic, creepy ass. The mods really need to clean up this site. Lot of sick people on here.
@cwm85
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( Get a life. Stop trolling me or replying to my comments)
You get a life, you keep commenting to me.
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(You just are an ass who have no life and are obviously obsessed with all of my comments to whomever or about every celebrity and quoting things. )
You’re just some ass wipe, coming on here an attacking anyone who doesn’t agree with you. showing constantly that you know nothing about ethnicity , history , other people culture or mixed people in general. also constantly going on and on, about your ethnic break down, whether people want to know it or not.
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(quoting things.)
The only thing I’m quoting, are your dumbass contradicting comments back to you.
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(Are you a creepy old man or something? )
Are you that 22 year old that lives in his dads basement? The one that stands in the window ,and watches the little girls go by to school.
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( I’ve read other comments of you just seem to try to argue with anyone who disagrees with you.)
I’ve read your comments, and I’m not doing anything different than what you’re doing. So you can take you head and stick it up your two shaded ASS. Oh wait, I mean three shaded ASS, I keep forgetting about that 6% native ancestry
You’re pathetic man. You seem like a real miserable troll. Go play in traffic.
Lenny Kravitz is mixed. He isn’t just African-American but Jewish European too. There’s a few mixed people in rock… but they aren’t big time famous acts. Rock music today is assumed to be for white audience’s. Its interesting because but in high school I was rocking out to alternative rock and metal rock and black classmates weren’t really into it. So I befriended a lot of Caucasians because of it. At 17 was in a local band playing guitar and was the only person in the band of African-American, native American descent. Plus European descent. It was cool. I was also the only person of color my guitar instructor taught…
Slash is mixed and he is very famous.
His mom looks mixed. He favors her a lot.