Mohamed Hadid

Hadid with former fiancée Shiva Sofai in 2014, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Mohamed Anwar Hadid

Place of Birth: Nazareth, Israel

Date of Birth: November 6, 1948

Ethnicity: Palestinian Arab

Mohamed Hadid is a Palestinian-American real estate developer. He is a citizen of the U.S. and Jordan.

He was born in Nazareth, a largely Arab city in Israel, the son of Kharia (Daher) and Anwar Mohamed Hadid. He has five children, two with his former wife Mary Butler; and three, models and television personalities Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, who is also an equestrian, and Anwar Hadid, with his former wife, television personality, model, and interior designer Yolanda Hadid.

Mohamed is of the Muslim religion, and has said, “I wouldn’t call myself a ‘devout’ Muslim… but I’m very proud of my heritage.” However, Mohamed’s daughter Bella has said, “He [Mohamed] was always religious, and he always prayed with us. I am proud to be a Muslim.”

Mohamed has said that he is descended from Zahir al-Umar, an autonomous Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century.

A DNA test whose results Mohamed’s daughter Gigi displayed on her Twitter page stated that Gigi’s genetic ancestry is:

*69.2% European
——–*21.5% Italian
——–*16.7% French & German / Netherlands
——–*8.0% Broadly Southern European
——–*6.0% British & Irish
——–*6.0% Broadly Northwestern European
——–*5.9% Broadly European
——–*4.1% Spanish & Portuguese
——–*0.6% Greek & Balkan
——–*0.3% Ashkenazi Jewish
*26.9% Western Asian & North African
——–*15.3% Western Asian
——–*7.0% North African & Arabian
——–*4.6% Broadly Western Asian & North African
*3.5% Unassigned
*0.3% Sub-Saharan African
——–*0.1% Senegambian & Guinean
——–*0.1% Broadly West African
*0.1% East Asian & Native American
——–*0.1% Broadly East Asian & Native American

Source: Genealogy of Mohamed Hadid – http://www.geni.com