Zayn Malik
Malik in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Zain Javadd Malik
Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 12 January, 1993
Ethnicity:
*father – Pakistani [Punjabi]
*mother – English, some Irish, distant Welsh
Zayn Malik is a British singer and songwriter. He has also been credited simply as Zayn. He was previously a member of boy band One Direction, along with Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson.
His father is Pakistani, from Jhelum, Punjab. His mother is of English, some Irish, and distant Welsh, descent. His father was born a Muslim and his mother converted to Islam; Zayn was raised Muslim.
Zayn has a daughter with his former partner, American model and television personality Gigi Hadid.
Zayn’s maternal grandfather was Walter Brannan (the son of Thomas Brannan and Florence Lauretta Boldy). Walter was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Zayn’s maternal grandmother was Jean Ruberry (the daughter of Cyril Ruberry and Hilda Bairstow). Jean was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Cyril was the son of John William Rubery and Lily Bromley. Hilda was the daughter of Joseph Bairstow and Mary Ann “Polly” Chippendale.
Sources: Genealogy of Zayn Malik (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Birth record of Zayn’s paternal great-grandmother, Florence Lauretta Boldy – https://familysearch.org
Malik in 2010, photo by Prphotos
correction; his eyes are hazel (light brown) and his hair is virtually black (noirette) I think it should be listed
Why do you keep calling Hazel light brown? Hazel is a Brownish Green colour, it’s mixture of Green and Brown, not light brown.
Here’s an example of Hazel coloured eyes
http://i.imgur.com/hCn7NYR.jpg
That’s green. This is hazel:
http://www.glamour.com/images/beauty/2014/06/mila-kunis-eyeliner-eyes-how-to-close-w540.jpg
I thought he was 100% Pakistani because of his appearance, I mean there are more Caucasian looking Pakistanis like Imran Khan.
He definitely doesn’t look full Pakistani, he actually looks way more white than he does Pakistani, he has pale skin and white features
And what are you talking about? Amir Khan looks full Pakistani
http://i3.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article1507259.ece/BINARY/Boxer+Amir+Khan
He could pass for full Pakistani.
Somebody put this sexy thing a photo….
I thought he was a light skinned Indian btw.
No, he’s not Indian, he doesn’t even look remotely Indian, he actually looks like a medium toned Pakistani because I’ve seen Pakistanis lighter than him.
There are also Indians who are lighter than him. Many North Indians and Pakistanis are from the same ethnic group. It was the same nation not too long ago.
I also thought he was full Pakistani.
Really?Same ethnic group?
Eastern Pakistanis(Punjabis) might resemble Indian Punjabis, but Punjabis make up 42% of Pakistan’s population compared to only 2% of India’s population.
Pakistan also has many Pashtuns(the most in the world),Baluchis,Kashmiris and Sindhis as well as some North Indian immigrants.
Pashtuns are the second largest ethnic group in Pakistan, and India barely has any so I don’t think all North Indians resemble Pakistanis, except Kashmiris but they aren’t even Indian
Pakistan (and Bangladesh) were separated from India because of religion.They are predominant Muslim while in India the main religion is Hinduism. Pakistan and India share some ethnic groups. If Punjabis are just 2% of all Indians it means they are a lot coz Indians are 1,210,193,422 the last Census says
That is an ignorant comment. Not every indian will be dark/brown. There are some that are light. For example i am punjab indian and i am as light as they get.
I get mistaken for half white half hispanic. And there are tons of indians my skin color/look in North India. Zayn could pass as a punjab indian but if his father is a pakistani then let them be.
he’s hansome<3 love him
His mother is half Irish and half English.