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
She looks full English to me. You know, like those girls from Geordie Shore and stuff…
She sure looks Irish! (looks like my sister).
I see her grandmother is a Campbell – and they can be Irish.
And there were a lot of Irish in Argentina.
She doesn’t have any Irish though. She looks North Western Euro which is what she is basically.
She is argentinian on her father’s side. He was born and raised in Argentina.
SOurce: WIkipedia
Something I’m genuinely curious about; if her ethnicity was Danish, Scottish, English, German, French, AND Spanish, would people still be saying “she’s just a white woman?”
Would a person born to Spanish immigrants who temporarily settled in Latin America be considered Latino/a? And would a person of Danish, Scottish, English, German, and French descent who had family in Latin America for generations not be? In the end, both people are still “just white.”
I’ve even seen people call Charlie Sheen Latino, and from what the public knows, his family were all directly from Europe, although I’m sure this (people calling him Latino) is just out of ignorance. But whatever the case with the that subject, I’m just trying to understand about the former.
Latino is a confusing label and this is why people get mixed up about what it actually means. Are Spanish people from Europe Latino?
Her father is Argentinian and her mother is actually an American who moved to Mexico when she was 8. I suppose Alexis is really just an American. I think the term is just cultural and shouldn’t be used in place of a person’s nationality. Culturally Alexis could be described as Latina. That’s just my take on it and I have limited understanding because I’m not American and the term is only used in America.
Why wouldn’t they? Spain is just as white as France or Germany lol.
Odd North American logic.
Interesting, Latino is Europea word. Latinos come from Europe. Indigenous never have been latino.
Interesting!, Latino is a European word. Latinos come from Europe. Indigenous never have been latino.
Spain is in Europe
Spaniards are white
yes she will still be just a white woman
A Spaniard living in Spain is a latino they don’t have to move to Latín América .Spaniards are who made Mexico latino,do you think that Aztecs were latin? Following your logic why to called mexicans of indigenous descent latino? Sorry but the ignorant here is you.
yes,she considers herself Latina but she’s NOT LATINA women.
Alexis is of Danish origin,German,Scottish and English = white women.
how is she not a latina? all latino means is being from or descending from someone from latin america.. that’s all it fucking means, there are people who are italian, lebanese, french, polish, spanish, german, japanese, chinese in latin america.. there’s no such thing as a latino race or origin, latin america is just like north america = multiraicial.
also she’s actually white and actually latin (french) in origin while many latin americans have no latin ancestry at all.. native/black/asian.. she’s technically more latin than most “latinos” but anyways she definitely is latino, as her dad is argentine (most argentines have recent european ancestry unless you’re going to tell me argentines aren’t latino now either)
Loiro is correct. Latin-Americans have made the term very confusing for others in acting like Latin = not white (because many of them are Mexican and most Mexicans are not white), but the fact is Latino is just an ethnicity. Alexis is white, she just happened to be born in a Latin country. Gisele Bundchen is FULL German but is born in Brazil.
Ayah, she is Latino because that is her culture. Some Latinos are Caucasian as Argentinians, and many other races are in the Latin Americas. This whole thing about race for Hispanics and Latinos, no such thing, in fact you amalgamated culture with Hispanic influence, some of the things that were created are from Hispanics or Latinos. They are two different groups. Loiro, Great job for realizing that and understand that and Exotic Norway great job for some recognition because Some Mexicans are in fact Caucasian and classified as Caucasian from the mestizo side.
Sorry, but us latin Americans have not made the term very confusing, It were you in USA. Because here in Latin America we barely use the term and when we use it , we are talking about languange and culture not about race. Here in Latin America we know perfectly that there are white Latin Americans, there are countries that are whiter than USA. Not only that, the term “latin and hispanic ” are very white, it is not relationed with native or black. Indigenous in Latin America don´t call temselves “latino”
“Alexis is white, she just happened to be born in a Latin country.”
Houston is in a Latin Country? You learn something new every day!
I’m latin american and personally I think people from the USA made it complicated, here is very simple we are call “Latin America” because the majority of the countries that immigrated to South America were “latin countries” such as Italy, France, Portugal and Spain (latin languages). So ethnically Alexis is full germanic a bit latino just for the french. On the other hand, culturally she might be latina because of the way her parents raised her (latin culture).
Latino is not a race, latino is a culture that came from romance language, spanish, italians, frenchs etc are latinos. Latin americans are not FULLy latino (well some of them are) because they can just be called that way because those latino countries that came from Europe.
Ignorant, latina is not a race. Go to school! There are latinas of any race, white too.