Birth Name:
Renee Kathleen Zellweger
Birth Place:
Texas, USA
Date of Birth:
April 25, 1969
Ethnicity:
Sami, Finnish and Swiss
The American actress was born in Baytown, Texas. Her mother was Norwegian–born but of Finnish and Sami ancestry.The website below, whildonen.net shows a list of Renee Zellweger’s ancestry. On her maternal side there are relatives with Finnish names.
Askmen.com website states that she has some Sami ancestry. Sami is the name of a group of Indigenous people who inhabit countries like Norway, Finland and Sweden. Her father was a Swiss-born American.
Source:
http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress/43_renee_zellweger.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/10/28/bfzell.xml
http://www.whildonen.net/slekt/p258.htm
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Thank you for your blog.Really thank you! Awesome.
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I kind of semi agree with Risten – maybe Risten is Sámi herself, because Risten is a Sámi name?
In any case, has she ever said herself that her mother was of Sámi ancestry? Is that not just a rumour, based from her place of origin?
I’ve never seen any evidence that her mother is a Sámi (but as Risten points out, she has Finnish ancestry).
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Her cheekbones really are very high but her facial structure is strong like Lappids. Her cheekbones are the least I notice as compared to Native Americans.
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