Adrian Grenier
Grenier in 2010, Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 10, 1976
Ethnicity:
*father – English, Irish, Scottish, German, remote French
*mother – Mexican [Spanish, Indigenous], as well as possibly 1/8th French
Adrian Grenier is an American actor, producer, director, musician, and envrionmentalist. He is known for his role as Vincent Chase on the series Entourage, and for appearing in the film The Devil Wears Prada.
Adrian’s father, John Miles Dunbar, from Ohio, has English, Irish, Scottish, German, and remote French, ancestry. Adrian’s mother, Karesse Grenier, was born in New Mexico, of approximately 7/8ths Mexican descent [Spanish and Indigenous Mexican]. Many of Adrian’s mother’s ancestors had lived in New Mexico for many generations, since before it became a state. Her other great-grandparent was possibly of French origin. Adrian was not raised around his Mexican/Latino heritage.
Adrian is married to Jordan Roemmele, with whom he has one child.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) stated that Adrian’s genetic ancestry is:
*91.56% European
*8.44% Native American
Adrian’s Native American ancestry likely comes from Indigenous Mexican roots. Adrian’s matrilineal line is Indigenous. Adrian previously incorrectly believed that he has Apache Native American ancestry.
Adrian’s paternal grandfather was Carl Sanford Dunbar (the son of John I. Dunbar and Lydia Martha Phelps). Carl was born in Ohio. John was the son of George Wesley Dunbar and Mary Elizabeth Sanford. Lydia was the daughter of Theodore Austin Phelps and Mary Ellen McCarty.
Adrian’s paternal grandmother was Esther R. Messenger (the daughter of Miles Claude Messenger and Geneva/Genevra Rice). Esther was born in Ohio. Miles was the son of Riverius Messenger and Catherine Warrington. Geneva was the daughter of George M. Rice and Louisa Schlecht.
Adrian’s maternal grandfather was Junio López (the son of Elauterio López and Josefina/Josephita Ester Blea). Junio was born in Colorado. Josefina was the daughter of Norberto Blea and Maria Cesaria Barceló.
Adrian’s maternal grandmother was Priscilla/Pricilla Grenier (originally Greenier, the daughter of Robert Emmit Greenier and Lucaria Ortiz). Prsicilla was born in New Mexico. Robert was the son of Frederick William Grenier, who was almost certainly not Hispanic (he may have had French ancestry), and of Isabel Marcial. Lucaria was the daughter of Rufino Ortiz and Sarita/Sara Maria Gonzales y Ramirez.
Sources: Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) – http://www.pbs.org
Genealogy of Adrian Grenier – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Adrian Grenier (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com
Adrian’s paternal grandfather, Carl Sanford Dunbar, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Adrian’s paternal grandfather, Carl Sanford Dunbar – http://www.findagrave.com
Adrian’s maternal grandmother, Priscilla/Pricilla Greenier/Grenier, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Definitely looks Jewish.
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Adrian+Grenier+Wall+Wall+Fusion+Collective+3Gwybla7HHQl.jpg
He looks weird. He looks off-white. Nearly white, but not quite exactly there.
he doesn’t look native american or black. he looks p a k i s t a n i, arab, and middle eastern.
p.s. it won’t let me type p a k i s t a n i without spacing the words. it says my comment is being moderated when i don’t space it. wtf? since when is that an insult? it’s an ethnicity, dumbasses!
y’all are ALL wrong. he don’t look native american or black. he looks pakistani, arab, and middle eastern.
He’s only 8.44% Native American? Really? That’s way less than I thought.
His mother is presumably 16.88% Native. She also has 1/8th non-Hispanic ancestry.
I thought he would be more for some reason. Didn’t he used to describe his mother as Spanish and Apache? Or something like that?
Yes, he used to believe that his mother was part Apache for whatever weird reason. I think it was a story his mother came up with. That was debunked on-air on Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s show (Finding Your Roots). Henry doesn’t know what tribe Adrian’s ancestry is, and his last “separate”/non-Hispanic Native ancestry is distant, i.e. likely the 1600s.
It’s kind of like Hilary Swank who described her grandmother as “Spanish and Native American.” I guess she wasn’t wrong since many Mexicans are that but just thought it was weird that her grandma didn’t see herself as a Mexican.
natives of Mexico are not hispanic. calling them like that is like calling Anglo-saxon to natives of USA, you are whitewashing them
Indigenous mexican is not hispanic, you are whitewashing them