Alexis Bledel
Bledel in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Kimberly Alexis Bledel
Place of Birth: Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 16, 1981
Ethnicity: Danish, Scottish, English, Irish, Welsh, distant French, German, and Dutch
Alexis Bledel is an American actress and model. She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls. She has also starred in the films Tuck Everlasting, Bride and Prejudice, Frank Miller’s Sin City, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and its sequel; I’m Reed Fish, The Good Guy, Post Grad, The Conspirator, The Kate Logan Affair, Girl Walks into a Bar, Violet & Daisy, The Brass Teapot, Parts per Billion, Emily & Tim, Jenny’s Wedding, and Crypto; and on television’s Mad Men, Remember Sunday, Us & Them, and The Handmaid’s Tale. One of Alexis’s paternal great-great-grandmothers was surnamed Gilmore.
Alexis’s father, Martin Bledel, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was raised. Alexis’s paternal grandfather was Argentinian-born, and was of Danish, and distant German, ancestry; and Alexis’s paternal grandmother was American-born, and had Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry.
Alexis’s mother, Nanette (Dozier), a flight attendant and gift processor, was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and moved to Mexico at the age of eight. Alexis’s maternal grandfather was a rancher in Arizona, Mexico, and Costa Rica. According to interviews, Alexis’s mother considers herself to be Mexican; she is not of Hispanic descent. Alexis’s mother’s Dozier line traces to Leonard Dozier, who was born, c. 1643, in France. Alexis’s mother also has Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Dutch ancestry. A picture of Alexis with her parents and brother can be seen here. A picture of Alexis with her mother can be seen here.
Alexis has a son with her former husband, actor Vincent Kartheiser. Alexis is fluent in Spanish, and has described herself as a Latina. She did not start speaking English until she began school.
Alexis’s maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather, John Hall Morgan, was Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, from 1837 to 1838.
Alexis’s paternal grandfather was Enrique Einar Bledel Huus (the son of Einar Rudolf Dons-Blaedel Heise and Elena Maria Huus). Enrique was born in 1917, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died in 2003. He was Vice President of Coca-Cola Latin America and the Coca-Cola Inter-American Corporation. The surname Bledel originates from Paulus Blaedel, Alexis’s distant ancestor, a German who moved to Denmark; making Alexis of at least 1/128th German ancestry, from that line. Alexis’s great-grandfather Einar was born in Denmark, the son of Poul Dons-Blaedel and Charlotte Christine Heise. Alexis’s great-grandmother Elena was born in Argentina, to Danish parents, Frits Johannes Raahauge Huus and Inger Marie Andersen.
Alexis’s paternal grandmother is Jean Campbell (the daughter of Norman Walter Campbell and Irene Slater). Jean was born in Troy, New York, and has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Jean moved to Argentina after meeting Alexis’s paternal grandfather. Norman was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the son of Robert Archibald Campbell and Evelyn Smith. Irene was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, the daughter of Warren H. Slater and Rebecca Richardson Gilmore; Rebecca’s maternal grandparents were Irish.
Alexis’s maternal grandfather was Lewis David Dozier III (the son of Lewis David Dozier, Jr. and Elizabeth Overton). Alexis’s grandfather Lewis was born in Missouri. Alexis’s great-grandfather Lewis was the son of Lewis David Dozier and Rebecca E. Lewis. Elizabeth was the daughter of John W. Overton and Mary Oliver “Mamie” Goodbar. Alexis’s great-grandmother Elizabeth re-married to Gussie Busch, the prominent brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch Companies into the largest brewery in the world.
Alexis’s maternal grandmother was Mildred Caroline/Carlene Slater (the daughter of Frank D. Slater and Ina Mae Moseley). Mildred was born in New York. Frank was the son of Charles A. Slater and Mary Augusta Davenport. Ina was the daughter of William Aaron Mosley/Moseley and Edwinna Louise/Louisa Bloom/Blum.
Sources: Genealogy of Alexis Bledel (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Alexis’s paternal grandfather, Enrique Einar Bledel Huus – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of the Bledel family, mentions Alexis’s father and paternal grandparents – http://dons.dk
Alexis’s paternal great-grandmother, Irene Slater, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alexis’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Rebecca Richardson Gilmore, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage announcement of Alexis’s maternal grandparents, Lewis David Dozier III and Mildred Caroline/Carlene Slater – https://www.newspapers.com
Genealogy of Alexis’s maternal grandfather, Lewis David Dozier III (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.genealogy.com
Alexis’s maternal grandfather, Lewis David Dozier III, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Lewis David Dozier III on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Alexis’s maternal grandfather, Lewis David Dozier III – https://books.google.com
Genealogies of Alexis’s maternal great-grandparents, Lewis David Dozier, Jr. and Elizabeth Overton – https://www.findagrave.com
Alexis’s maternal grandmother, Mildred Caroline/Carlene Slater, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Alexis’s maternal great-grandparents, Frank D. Slater and Ina Mae Moseley – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Alexis’s maternal great-grandmother, Ina Mae (Moseley) Slater Head – https://www.findagrave.com
Alexis’s maternal great-grandmother, Ina Mae Moseley, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Alexis’s maternal great-great-grandparents, William Aaron Mosley/Moseley and Edwinna Louise/Louisa Bloom/Blum, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Actually, since Alexis has Argentine heritage, doesn’t that mean that she is part-“South American”?
Also, I’d like to state that just my looking at her and her facial features, she really does look more Hispanic (whether it’s Argentine or Mexican, or whatever) than Danish, as some of you have said.
Besides, why is this website even necessary? Why does society have such a hangup over categorizing people into different races and cultures? We’re people! When someone asks me what race I am, I always say…”Human”!!
How can you look Hispanic or South American? You do realize that those are not races, right?
Most Hispanics are of mestizo background (a strong mix of Amerindian and European). However, there are many who are white, black, mulatto, and even Asian. You will find that the Dominican Republic has a population that is mostly descended from Africans, Europeans, and Tainos. They look more like Zoe Saldana and Celia Cruz (both black Hispanics) than they do Eva Longoria or Salma Hayek (Mexican).
Alexis is obviously white, not mestizo.
Argentinians and Mexicans are not the same. They are nationalities, and their cultures are very different. They are only lumped together because they are a Spanish-speaking group.
Your ignorance astounds me.
Scott…You can not compare Argentina with mexico. Racially are very different.
actually most Hispanics are White, you can search the percentage of each race within the Hispanic culture (American continent from North to South) and most are White. And the Hispanics are just a culture and not a race. And they were originally White (Spanish people), so stop trying to make them non White out of racism and hate.
Actually most hispanics are mestizo, get over it
No they arent. They are white as me myself and i said. White Latinos/Hispanics make up to 40% of the whole population, with the majority coming from Argentina, Uruguay and Brasil. Mestizos (half whites/half NA) are in second.
Dominican Republica nand Mexico are not in South America
Are you fucking retarded? First off hispanic isn’t a race. And when you say she looks more hispanic I assume you mean the typical look which is the mestizo look(mixed native and European. You’re stupid she clearly looks off full European ancestry dipshit
nope.. unless you mean in mexico or a small country such as el salvador…. bul are mestizos the majority in argentina? nope whites are. are mestizos the majority in brazil the most populous latin american country? nope mulatos and then whites are. are they the majority in venezuela or colombia? nope triracials/afromesizos are.. so yes they’re the majority in mexico but in many other countres they aren’t since you have mulato dominated countries such as the d.r. or indigenous dominated countries such a peru or bolivia
Arent whites the majority in Brasil as well? Followed by half whites/half blacks (mulattoes)?
Why does Latina magazine do the same thing and try to say everyone is Latina. They lied and said she was half Mexican and half Argentine.
she is..
Not ethnically though. She’s ethnically white. They just call her half Mexican and half Argentinian because her WHITE mom and dad were born there. That’s called NATIONALITY, not ethnicity. It’s like saying a Korean is Kenyan because they were born in Kenya….. See how stupid that sounds?
Or like saying a Nigerian is Japanese because they were born in Japan.
Some people are so damn ignorant and stupid when it comes to race, ethnicity, and nationality. Don’t they teach that shit in school!?
Being latino is relationed with language and culture not with race . She is latin because her first language is Spanish, his father is Argentian. And if you don´t know the word latino is really white. If latin Americans are latin is because their culture, language and blood were inherited from Latin Europe (Portugal, Italy, Spain, France). Latin America is multirracial and there are people from many part of the world (including Europeans, Arabs, Asians ) as USA , not only that, some countries like Argentina are whiter and received more immigrants than USA. I am Latin American with Spanish, Italian and German ancestry . I am 100 % latina because my first language is derivated from Latin.
I am a white Latin American. People need to realize that Latin American/Hispanic is not a race, it is a cultural grouping with most (not all) of the members having some ethnicity coming from the Iberian peninsula.
My parents are from Argentina and I am fluent in Spanish as it was my first language. That is why I identify with fellow Latin Americans. Latin Americans come in various colors, but some people just assume you have to be Mestizo in order to be Latin American. People get confused when they learn that most of Argentina is white, most of the Dominican Republic is Mulatto, etc, etc, etc. That is the cultural tradition that established Latin America. We were truly the first people to start mixing it up:P
Is the creator of this page serious? So wait other white latin americans are their nationality, but since she has Northern/Central European ancestry she’s suddenly not Latin America? Many people in Latin America have French, German, Dutch ancestry but despite that they don’t feel connection to it, they’re Latin Americans just like Black Latin Americans, Indigenous, Mestizo, Mulato, Asian, ect!
It seems unfair that she’s being portrayed as non Latino.
I’m Black and from Latin America, so should I now just call myself a Nigeria or Ghanan (assuming that’s where my ancestry is from)-Cuban, even though I have no connection to those lands anymore?
She speaks Spanish ffs, she doesn’t speak the other languages!
To Yamila:
Why don’t you better open an encyclopedia and read more about Latin America before you give an opinion??
Why are you saying that? I’m from latin america by the way, I think I didn’t explain myself better in my last comment but whatever :P
To Salvatore Sardo:
I forgot to mention more races that we have in Latin America and they are: mestizo (the mix of white and Indian),mulatto (the mix of black and white),zambo (the mix of black and Indian) and the mix of all this groups.Also in Latin America we have other groups (they are not races) such as Arabs (Shakira),Jews (Luis Kreutzberger),etc etc.
Yes that’s right but I think you didn’t understand what Salvatore was trying to say. I’m argentinian and like Salvatore said danish people in Argentina have their own community and their culture is very different from the rest of the country, the same with germans they have their own community. So maybe Alexis Bledel was raised with danish or german culture which are very different from the argentinian culture because we have mostly spanish and italian traditions, so calling her “latin” is not very accurate. I hope you can understand it!