Aaliyah
Aaliyah in 2001, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Date of Birth: January 16, 1979
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: August 25, 2001
Place of Death: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, Bahamas
Ethnicity: African-Jamaican, African-American, possibly some Native American
Aaliyah was an American R&B singer, actress, dancer, and model. She starred in the films Romeo Must Die and Queen of the Damned. She was also known as Baby Girl.
Her parents, Diane (Hankerson) and Michael Haughton, are both black. The name Aaliyah is from the word Aliyah, which is of Hebrew origin, meaning “highest, most exalted one, the best.” Her uncle is record producer and music manager Barry Hankerson, who founded Blackground Records, and was previously married to singer Gladys Knight. Aaliyah’s brother is writer, director, and screenwriter Rashad Haughton. She was said to be a cousin of Tek-N-Steele, of hip hop duo Smif-N-Wessun. Aaliyah was killed in a private plane crash.
Aaliyah had stated:
When I wake up in the morning I am African-American, and when I go to sleep at night I am African-American, and I can assure you I love who I am…
Her father is of African-Jamaican descent and her mother is of African-American ancestry.
Aaliyah has sometimes been cited as having a Native American grandmother, or as having a grandmother with some Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented. A photo of her maternal grandmother Mintis can be seen here.
Aaliyah’s paternal grandfather was Franklin Gresley Reid Haughton (the son of Solomon Ehud Haughton and Lilia Margaret Bell). Franklin was a Jamaican emigrant, from Darliston, Westmoreland. Solomon was the son of Robert Samuel Haughton and Judith Richardson. Lilia was the daughter of Joseph Zebulon Bell and Ester Jemima Walker.
Aaliyah’s paternal grandmother was Gladys Lucille Burton (the daughter of Joseph Francis Cato Burton and Adella Adelaide Allen). Gladys was a Jamaican emigrant, from Bagnold Spring, Saint Mary. Joseph was the son of Francis Cato Burton. Adella was the daughter of Henry Staines Allen and Esther Adelaide Anderson. A picture of Gladys can be seen here.
Aaliyah’s maternal grandfather was Ernest W. Hankerson (the son of Waddy/Woddie Myers and Susie Hankerson). Ernest was born in Bullock, Georgia. Waddy was the son of Henry Myers and Andenia/Hannah/Anna Hankerson. Susie was the daughter of Henry Hankerson and Rachel Peeples.
Aaliyah’s maternal grandmother was Mintis L. Hicks (who possibly was the daughter of Daniel Hicks and Anna Scott). Mintis was born in Barnwell, South Carolina. Anna was the daughter of Sam Scott and Millie.
Sources: Genealogies of Aaliyah – https://www.geni.com
https://www.wikitree.com
Franklin’s second middle name is Reid, and was from Darliston, Westmoreland. He was the son of Solomon Ehud Haughton and Lilia Margaret Bell. Solomon was the son of Robert Samuel Haughton and Judith Richardson. Lilia was the daughter of Joseph Zebulon Bell and Ester Jemima Walker.
Thank you, Manila. I find African-American and African-Jamaican ancestry incredibly interesting.
https://www.geni.com/people/Aaliyah/6000000027896874703
https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2867991&id=I04985
Aaliyah’s paternal grandfather was named Franklin Gresley Haughton. Franklin was a Jamaican emigrant, from Westmoreland.
Aaliyah’s paternal grandmother was Gladys Lucille Burton (the daughter of Joseph Francis Cato Burton and Adella Adelaide Allen). Gladys was also a Jamaican emigrant, from Bagnold Spring, Saint Mary. Jospeh was the son of Francis Cato Burton. Adella was the daughter of Henry Staines Allen and Esther Adelaide Anderson.
Remark: Franklin and Gladys were both ethnic African. Also, I have picture of Gladys’. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMV-FH4Y-S
You misplaced Mintis’ birthplace.
I think this is her grandmother:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8M-WDQK
And also suspect this is too:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5DY-QLW
Her (Minty’s) parents were Daniel Hicks and Anna Hicks (nee Scott).
Anna’s parents were Sam and Millie Scott.
Anna’s death certificate:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPM9-35X
Aaliyah’s grandfather was born in 1913. I doubt that her grandmother was born in 1902.
It’s not that big of a difference. My granny was 9 years older than my grandpa, lol.
Aaliyah was a black girl 100%. Stop trying to make every beautiful black female biracial, when she was alive she never claimed to be anything other than what she was. Back in the 90’s, black females actually embraced their blackness, now every black female actress, singer or model likes to emphasize any little ancestry they have that isn’t black & will use alot of cosmetic to look like that. It’s pathetic. Back to Aaliyah, she was a beautiful black Princess, just like my girlfriend who has too black parents, but is light skinned & most people think she’s biracial, which she kindly corrects them. Not all black people want to claim to be biracial.
Her features and mother suggest otherwise. You don’t know what a 100% black person looks like
Yeah but every mono racialbe it white,black,Asian etc is genetically mixed race to some degree due to history.The question is what is mixed and where do you draw the line?Sorry but unless you’ve got a parent or grandparent of another race ,then I just don’t consider you mixed race.Being multiracial has more to do with social/cultural setting and impact than genetics.Placing being mixed on genetics alone definitely ignores the struggles mixed race people go through for example a white boy with two white parents is culturally different from a white boy with a black mother/grandparent/grandparents.Not to mention there’s recent family ancestry (20-75%) and distant family ancestry(6-19%),the latter doesn’t make you multiracial.As far as I’m concerned a aliyah was just a black girl and a proud black girl at that.Stop making her something she was not.RIP a aliyah,you are not forgotten.
Her brother almost resembles Drake and her mom is visibly mixed. She’s between 25-40% mixed
Lol you’re an idiot, Whatever her european/ native american blood was is line with the slide scale of african american ancestry, they are technically mixed race people, but they are still black, and aaliyah was black, stop making stupid, ignorant comments.
If you have the gift of sight, Neither are ambiguous in appearance, they look black, one wouldn’t have to guess.
You don’t know what a half quarter or full black person can look like either, there’s no telling from a person’s face what their DNA breakdown is, educate yourself, african-americans are people of predominantly african blood, and lesser european and native american, she’s an african-american by definition, dumb—-.
Well yeah that’s because the black girls from the 90s were black.Girls like brandy,Monica,a aliyah,Lisa rey,pebbles etc were all mono racial with two black parents.Now we have black passing biracial fronting as black,with one white/Asian etc parents so yes they’re culturally/socially mixed.But as far as I’m concerned aaliyah was black.Being genetically mixed doesn’t make you mixed unless she had recent family ancestry of another race which she didn’t.All monoracials are mixed due to history to some degree,that don’t make us mixed race.
Stop making these stupid and offensive comments.
Hun you sound uneducated af. Being mixed is being mixed. Stop tryna through mixed into the black category it makes you sound desperate and ignorant af. The girl was mixed because her parents and grandparents were. It’s part of her genetic ancestry and it’s visibly expressed in her phenotype.
Phenotypes do not tell you everything about someone’s ancestry, when will you humanoids understand this?
I know ambigous looking african americans who are 80% african, ignorant dumb—– like you would call them mixed.
African americans are predominantly african with lesser european and native blood, she was african american by definition, read a book.
Um no I’m pretty sure Aaliyah was mixed. She is definitely predominately black but she obviously also has a significant amount of non african admixture DNA. She is undoubtedly more mixed than the average American American. There’s nothing wrong with that. What do you want us to do? Extract every European and native American out of her to the point where she looks incomplete? Also using Lisa Raye is a poor example, her parents especially her father have some questionable features.
African-american and mixed in the same sentence is an oxymoron, they are technically mixed race people, this is a widely known fact: african with lesser european and native american, she’s african-american by definition.
Besides, skin tone and features don’t tell everything about your ancestry, i know black looking people from the carriebean who are only 18% black , and an ambiguous looking african american who is 77% african, educate yourself.
Not oxymoron, synonym* , point is she had mixed anscestary like everyone else, she was black, she was black.
Are you SURE? Stop hateing the fact that some people are are bi/multi racial and that might be why they’re attractive.
Salve descendant of predominately african blood are african american, and have lesser native and european anscestary because of the practice of slave rape, aaliyah she is an african-american by definition moron.