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
I AM CHOCTAW AND CHEROKEE NATIVE AMERICAN WITH SOME TRACES OF BLACKFEET AND SEMINOLE. I AM ALSO MIXED WITH IRISH, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND A LITTLE WHITE. MY FATHER IS PUERTO RICAN. I EMBRACE ALL THAT IS ME BECAUSE I AM PROUD OF MY HERITAGE. I KNOW THAT AALIYAH WAS SOME KIND OF NATIVE AMERICAN. EVERY AFRICAN AMERICAN IS MIXED WITH NATIVE AMERICAN IN MY BOOK. 3 % OF NATIVES USED TO OWN AFRICAN SLAVES BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TO IT LIKE THE “WHITE DUDES”. NATIVES ALSO USED TO RETURN RUNAWAY SLAVES TO WHITE PEOPLE. WHITE PEOPLE USED TO MAKE NATIVES BELIEVE THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE AGAINST THEM. TO “NATIVE AMERICAN AND PROUD”, EMBRACE OTHERS AND THEIR CULTURES AS YOU HAVE EMBRACED YOURS!
I thought this was about aaliyah whether she was native american or not. She made gd music. N for da whold arguement about native americans…y does it matta? Nobody is purely one race if their family generations date baq long enough…even if dey only look straight black white whateva. Da main question is y does it matta? God wont judge u on race.
T BABBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! um hell no w/black dnt look better!!!!!!!!!!!
try cassies mix! filipino,mexican,black!!!!! tht comes out finE as HELL! OR ADRIANA LIMA WE THE GOURGEUS PORTUGESE GIRLS!
You people on here are hilarious…to the native americans that are going ooooh so hard about being native american need to pipe down about african americans and whites claiming being native american. Have you forgot that there was such thing as the slave trade that brought africans to america via the Europeans…so therefore there many people that are mixed with whatever combination of the three…so to say that a person cannot claim and recognize who and what they are is bullshit..who are you? Can you identify with this person? No..as someone who is african american I am glad to know that I am part native american (blackfoot n choctaw) even as minute it may be..it is still a piece of me that I cannot change..yes there are some people whom feel its cool to be mmixed but that’s not everyone. If you all want to look at the world through black and white goggles than try this one on for size”every member on this site celebrities, members, admins and anonymous are all african since all humanity and human existence originated from there” grow up and cut this segregation shit out..its 2010..by 3010 there probably won’t be one pure bred person left anyhow. Look at the president, mulatto. And no matter whom his daughters get with their children will be part black and white as well, evenn if slightly. That is the new and wonderful world that we live in so get with the changing times.
hey Blasian. a link to that info would be nice.
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