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Trey Songz

by · June 13, 2014

LOS ANGELES - FEB 10: Trey Songz arrives to the Grammy Awards 2

Songz in 2013, DFree/BigStock.com

Birth Name: Tremaine Aldon Neverson

Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 28, 1984

Ethnicity: African-American

Trey Songz is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, and record producer. He is known for his songs “Can’t Help but Wait,” “Say Aah,” “Bottoms Up,” and “Heart Attack.” His roles include the films Preacher’s Kid, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Baggage Claim, and Blood Brother. He is also known as Trigga Trey and Mr. Steal Yo Girl.

Trey is the son of April (Gholson) and Claude Neverson, Jr. His parents are both African-American. He was raised as a military brat, with his mother and stepfather. Trey has a son with Caro Colon.

Various web sites state that Trey has a grandfather who was from Cameroon. This is not accurate.

Trey’s paternal grandfather is Claude McArthur Neverson (the son of Edward Calvin Neverson and Lucy Estelle/Estell Lundy). Claude was born in Virginia. Edward was the son of James David Neverson and Daisy Epps.

Trey’s paternal grandmother is Ann Elizabeth Gregory (the daughter of Paul Benjamin Gregory and Pinkie Harrison). Ann was born in Virginia. Paul was the son of Peter Gregory and Rosa Wyche. Pinkie was the daughter of Pleasant Harrison and Bessie Thweatt.

Trey’s maternal grandfather is Cornelius Gholson (the son of Thomas Gholson and Gertrude Geraldine Tucker). Cornelius was born in Virginia. Thomas was the son of Thomas Gholson and Ollie/Olive Bridgeforth. Gertrude was the daughter of Clarence Tucker and Vinie Gilliam.

Trey’s maternal grandmother is Rose Anna Jones (the daughter of Charlie/Charles William Henry Jones and Luella Starrling/Starling). Rose was born in Virginia. Charles was the son of Columbus Jones and India Parker. Luella was the daughter of Jim Starling and Emma Simon.

Sources: Genealogy of Trey Songz (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Marriage record of Trey’s paternal grandparents, Claude McArthur Neverson and Ann Elizabeth Gregory – https://www.familysearch.org

Trey’s paternal great-grandfather, Edward Calvin Neverson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Marriage record of Trey’s paternal great-grandparents, Paul Benjamin Gregory and Pinkie Harrison – https://www.familysearch.org

Trey’s paternal great-grandfather, Paul Benjamin Gregory, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Troy’s paternal great-grandfather, Paul Benjamin Gregory – http://www.legacy.com

Marriage record of Trey’s maternal grandparents, Cornelius Gholson and Rose Anna Jones – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Trey’s maternal great-grandparents, Thomas Gholson and Gertrude Geraldine Tucker – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Trey’s maternal great-grandparents, Charlie/Charles William Henry Jones and Luella Starrling/Starling – https://www.familysearch.org

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49 Responses

  1. Capricious says:
    April 3, 2015 at 5:06 am

    Him and Chris Brown are the most hottest black men for me.

    He is African alright, but a bit more “ethnic” or “exotic” than the typical West African American. He kinda looks like he has North African blood – Berber, Egyptian or Mauritanian (to the northwest)…

    He doesn’t strike me as a full on Subsaharan African, like Akon and Eddie Murphy (who are both cute, mind you).

    Or maybe just simply, he has European ancestry…

  2. Mafia888 says:
    March 10, 2015 at 4:47 am

    He looks Ethiopian.

  3. midori29 says:
    February 9, 2015 at 1:27 pm

    Trey Songz is BLACK

  4. fuzzybear44 says:
    February 9, 2015 at 4:10 am

    Hello follers, how have you been?I can see you’ve been busy

  5. Kerrywhite says:
    February 7, 2015 at 6:07 pm

    “Correction’

    He tweeted this along time ago – “I just want to tell my fans that I’m not full Black, I’m mixed. My mother is bi-racial and my dad is a quarter White. I’ve kept my ancestry to myself because I didn’t want it to impact my career and I was unprideful of it. I hope you, my fans can forgive me.”

    • tinasheeeee says:
      February 7, 2015 at 6:23 pm

      could you link this tweet? and what type of white? italian? irish? english?

      • Check7t says:
        February 7, 2015 at 7:32 pm

        I just Googled that ‘not fully African-American’ quote and couldn’t find any reliable sources or anything from his Twitter to substantiate it too.

        • Kerrywhite says:
          February 7, 2015 at 7:50 pm

          Your just going to have to put Bi-racial(white and black) for his mom and African American+25% white for his dad. I really don’t know how you re going to put that without emphasis on the type of ancestry he has lol

          I can put the URL of the fb fan site if you want. -https://m.facebook.com/649324715131203/photos/a.649354415128233.1073741827.649324715131203/847466058650400/?type=1&source=46&ref=bookmark

        • tinasheeeee says:
          February 8, 2015 at 9:26 am

          Yeah, I also found on a question on answers.com (I don’t know if it’s reliable site) about his ethnicity. Someone said he’s Dominican, Puerto Rican, Native American & African American

          • Kerrywhite says:
            February 8, 2015 at 11:07 am

            Invalid. Trey never said anything about Puerto Rican, Dominican or Native American in the tweet. He only mentioned white blood but never went on to explain what type of white ancestry. I was trying to find out why he deleted the tweet and I think people were starting to argue over his race/ethnicity so he was forced to delete the quote.

      • Kerrywhite says:
        February 7, 2015 at 7:42 pm

        He tweeted a very long time ago and there’s no possible way to find the URL of the tweet unless you sit down for hours or even days looking through his twitter page. I got the quote again by fan pages/communities on Facebook and Google after I lost it just recently. It seems to be going viral a little bit. And the quote didn’t give any analysis on the type of white ancestry. I’ll be glad if he takes a DNA test though.

    • fuzzybear44 says:
      February 8, 2015 at 4:52 am

      There are very few full blood black celebs walking around the u.s.a,,their mixture hasn’t hurt their careers .So what if his mom is bi-racial, no big deal.If he actually wrote that, he must not think much of his fans

      • Kerrywhite says:
        February 8, 2015 at 5:56 am

        I don’t think he’s considered a Black celeb when none of his parents are Black. His mom is bi-racial and his dad is a quarter white.

      • Kerrywhite says:
        February 8, 2015 at 6:21 am

        Unless you are referring his father. But not even him is “socially” full Black.

        • fuzzybear44 says:
          February 8, 2015 at 6:34 am

          Well who is black in the u.s then, I mean what’s the cut off point?Blair underwood is 26% euro, is he no longer black either?The Avg black American is said to be between 12.5 to 20% euro, which makes them mixed-bloods, so are there no longer any black people in the u.s.?

          • Kerrywhite says:
            February 8, 2015 at 11:02 am

            Well let’s see. Trey Songz’s mother is 50% Black and 50% White. His father is 25% White and 75% Black. If you do the math Trey is estimated to be 60% Black and 40% White, way more than the average African-American.

          • fuzzybear44 says:
            February 8, 2015 at 2:12 pm

            Your adding is off.trey would get 12.5% from his father, and 25% from moms.however are you saying your cut off is 20%? Also again, is Blair underwood black to you?

          • Kerrywhite says:
            February 8, 2015 at 11:02 pm

            Yeah, he’s a typical African-American.

          • fuzzybear44 says:
            February 9, 2015 at 4:06 am

            Well you did side step my other question.I find it interesting that you consider Blair a typical black, but trey father who is less white, you don’t(i’m going by what you stated trey father to be).if I was to see Blair or trey walking down the street, and not knowing who they were.I could truly say all I would see is two black men

        • midori29 says:
          February 9, 2015 at 1:28 pm

          @KerryWhite, your reasoning is really off. Trey is BLACK

    • follers says:
      February 8, 2015 at 2:50 pm

      Songz clearly didn’t say this quote. For the record, all of his paternal great-grandparents were black, at the least.

    • lxyluv says:
      April 16, 2015 at 9:31 pm

      I am in tears,

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