Ariana Greenblatt
10/29/2018 – Ariana Greenblatt – Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” World Premiere – Arrivals – Dolby Theatre, 6801 Hollywood Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Place of Birth: New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 27, 2007
Ethnicity:
*father – one half Ashkenazi Jewish, one quarter Swedish, one quarter Italian
*mother – Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, Taíno]
Ariana Greenblatt is an American actress. Her roles include the films Avengers: Infinity War, Scoob!, The One and Only Ivan, Love and Monsters, In the Heights, Awake (2021), The Boss Baby: Family Business, 65, Barbie (2023), and Borderlands; and television’s Stuck in the Middle, The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib, and Ahsoka.
She is the daughter of Solimar and Shon Greenblatt, an actor, who starred in the film Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Her paternal grandparents are Broadway producers.
Ariana’s paternal grandfather is Kenneth David Greenblatt (the son of Gilbert M. Greenblatt and Lenore Blankstein). Kenneth is from a Jewish family. Gilbert was the son of Alfred Arthur Greenblatt and Ester/Esther Silberberg/Silverberg, who were the children of emigrants from Russia/Poland. Doris was the daughter of Leo Blankstein, whose parents were from Russia/Belarus, and of Emily R. Samish/Samisch, whose family was from Germany/Czechia.
Ariana’s paternal grandmother is Sandra B. Benson (the daughter of Stanley Ebbert Benson and Marie R. Boemio). Stanley was the son of Swedish parents, Nels/Nils Frederick Benson, from Bonwarp, and Martha Pearson Hoglund, from Wenuland. Marie was the daughter of parents of Italian descent, Joseph Boemio and Nancy Narra, whose father was born in Montecalvo Irpino, Avellino, Campania.
Ariana’s maternal grandfather is named Luis Ignacio Colon.
Ariana’s maternal grandmother is named Sarah Justina O. Rodriguez (the daughter of Fidell Ramos and Juana).
Sources: https://youtu.be
https://civilianmag.com
Genealogies of Ariana’s paternal grandparents, Kenneth David Greenblatt and Sandra B. Benson – https://www.geni.com
Ariana’s paternal great-grandfather, Gilbert M. Greenblatt, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Ariana’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Leo Blankstein and Emily R. Samish/Samisch – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Ariana’s paternal great-great-great-grandmother, Lenore/Leonora/Lenora (Hersch/Hirsch) Samisch/Samish – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Ariana’s paternal great-aunt – https://obits.lohud.com
Ariana’s paternal great-grandfather, Stanley Ebbert Benson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Stanley Ebbert Benson on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Stanley Ebbert Benson on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Ariana’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Nels/Nils Frederick Benson and Martha Pearson Hoglund – https://www.familysearch.org
Who is she? I never heard of her?
She’s been everywhere lately, from Boss Baby 2, including the series, to Awake, to Barbie.
Borderlands as well.
She also said that her great grandmother is Taino.
Where did she say that?
In the video about Hispanic Heritage Month.
Looks like a young Arlene Martel.
You got the wrong parents for Stanley Benson.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W8C-612
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3H-YYD
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4GZ-YM7
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7SC-PY9
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZZ-8DT
Nels/Nils F. Benson, who was born in Landskrona, Sweden, and Martha Rachel Patterson/Pearson —> Swedish parents, Nels/Nils Frederick Benson and Martha Pearson Hoglund
Those are the same names/people as the ones in the genealogy I took it from/listed here. Though I didn’t know the Pearsons were also of Swedish origin.
I think Nils Benson and Martha Rachel Patterson were a different couple. They lived in Washington/Oregon and only had one child together (who doesn’t appear on any of the censuses I linked).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TDH-MJT2
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJ5-NG5
Hispanic->Puerto Rican [Spanish, African]
Puerto Ricans also can have Native American descent ( Taino) . Not only Spanish and African.
Definitely
Most of the Tainos were slaughtered early on. Puerto Ricans with a lot of Native ancestry…is usually because a Central or South American went to their country and mixed with them. Like my uncle was married to a PR woman, they divorced, and she moved back to PR with the kids. But they will make up many stories of a Taino grandmother which probably never existed. This is why Jennifer Lopez refused a DNA test on the George Lopez Show, while Jessica Alba didn’t (because she was open/not hiding anything). It’s funny how so many Puerto Ricans are now boasting about being Tainos when that’s probably the least of what they are. They’ve actively married whites and Mestizos…changing their African/Spanish bloodline to something else.
Also, Mariah Carey was another one who refused a DNA test claiming she was just black…but her father was half Venezuelan, I believe. She is most likely around one quarter African descent. I just don’t understand why people can’t be honest.
Pure speculation on my part, but I yes I agree, many Puerto Ricans don’t want to know their heritage through DNA analysis, because it may reveal Sub-Saharan heritage, and would prefer to be tied to the Tainos instead.
Mariah has talked about her Venezuelan heritage on the George Lopez Show, although I believe she claimed it was her from her great-grandmother instead of grandmother. She considers herself black because of US racial classification, not because she denies her mixed heritage. It’s just easier for her to say she’s black, instead of saying the more accurate mix of white, black, and mestizo and/or indigenous American.