Tinashe
Tinashe in 2014, photo by PR Photos
Birth Name: Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe
Place of Birth: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Date of Birth: February 6, 1993
Ethnicity:
*father – Shona Zimbabwean
*mother – Irish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Scottish
Tinashe is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, model, dancer, actress, and director.
Her name “Tinashe” means “We are with God” in Shona; a Bantu language, native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe and southern Zambia.
Tinashe has said:
#MyHeritage is Norwegian, Danish, Irish, a teeeeny bit of Scottish and English, and half Zimbabwean!
Tinashe’s maternal grandfather is Michael Fitzgerald (the son of Ralph A. Fitzgerald and Lillian D. Hexom). Ralph was of Irish ancestry, the son of John Fitzgerald and Abigale Malanaphy. Lillian was of Norwegian descent, the daughter of Helmer Hexom and Stella Arness.
Tinashe’s maternal grandmother was Patricia Jorgensen (the daughter of Arthur C. Jorgensen and Cleone J. Kennard). Arthur had Danish ancestry. Cleone was the daughter of Glenn Clyde Kennard and Myrtle Irene Simerson.
Source: Genealogy of Tinashe (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.strandnet.com
Obituary of Tinashe’s paternal great-grandmother, Lillian D. (Hexom) Fitzgerald – http://www.findagrave.com
Tinashe’s maternal great-grandmother, Cleone J. Kennard, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
CORRECTION: Tinashe is also Lithuanian and Spanish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinashe#Early_life
Her surname Kachigwe means little rope in chewa, a language spoken in Malawi & it’s a common surname. Lots of Malawians migrated to Zimbabwe, her dad must have Malawian roots
I don’t see what’s so special about mixed-race people. They look the same. They all have black facial features, curly hair and light brown skin.
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LMFAOOOOO you really have to ask why??? Just watch and listen to ANY of her songs and music videos.
Her facial features aren’t black at all. You need to look up a full black african before you say that. Her and Lupita Nyongo look nothing alike and if you took Tinashe to Zimbabwe, she would stand out among the black Africans.
A proper mulatta.
And what the f*ck is a “proper mulatta”??? There’s no certain look to them….
A lot of jealous people on here. Tinashe is pretty and talented, don’t know what some of you have against her. Did she steal your man?
Exactly, so many haters getting mad about her mixed ancestry.