Amber Rose
Birth Name: Amber Rose Levonchuck
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 21, 1983
Ethnicity: Cape Verdean [African, Portuguese], Irish, Italian, Scottish
Amber Rose is an American hip hop model, hip hop artist, fashion designer, and actress.
She has a son with her former husband, rapper, songwriter, and actor Wiz Khalifa; and a son with her former partner, Def Jam executive Alexander “A.E.” Edwards.
Amber has said:
I’m Black/ Portuguese/ Irish and Italian.
Her father is said to have Italian and Irish ancestry. Given the surname Levonchuck, he also may have Polish ancestry. Her mother has African-Cape Verdean, Portuguese-Cape Verdean, and Scottish ancestry. A picture of Amber’s parents and son can be seen here.
Amber has also said
Wow!!! I used that DNA kit on ancestry.com and my results just came in!…. my family is from…. Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Congo, Italy, Ireland, England, Part European Jewish, Scandinavia, Polynesia, Iraq, Iran and Kuwait. Damn I knew I was mixed but this is Awesome!
Cape Verde is a group of islands located off the coast of West Africa. Most of the population (about 71%) of Cape Verde is a mix of Sub-Saharan African and European ancestry, usually from Portugal and Spain. Another celebrity of Cape Verde descent was Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes.
Amber’s paternal grandfather possibly was Francis/Frank Joseph Levonchuck (the son of Philip K. Leonchuk/Levonchuck and Pauline Tarnowski). Francis was born in Pennsylvania, to Polish parents.
Amber’s paternal grandmother possibly was Rose Spera (the daughter of Enrico Romeo/Roma Spera/Sperie and Rose Montone). Rose was born in Pennsylvania. Enrico was the son of Italian parents, John Spera/Sperie and Elizabeth. Rose was also the daughter of Italian parents, Joseph Montone/Montani and Susana Passwell/Pasquale/Dipasquale.
Amber’s maternal grandfather was Anthony J. “Sonny” Rose (who likely was the son of Theodore “Teddy” Rose and Lillian Santos). Anthony was born in Pennsylvania, to parents who were born on Brava, Cape Verde, and were black Cape Verdeans. Theodore was the son of Jose Rose and Josephine. Lillian was the daughter of Manuel Santos and Annie.
A picture of Amber’s maternal grandfather can be seen here. A picture of Amber’s grandfather, and her son, can be seen here.
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Genealogy of Amber Rose – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of likely Amber’s paternal grandfather, Francis/Frank Joseph Levonchuck – https://www.newspapers.com
Likely Amber’s paternal great-grandparents, Philip K. Leonchuk/Levonchuck and Pauline Tarnowski, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of likely Amber’s paternal great-grandfather, Philip K. Leonchuk/Levonchuck – https://www.newspapers.com
Death record of likely Amber’s paternal grandmother, Rose (Spera) Levonchuk – https://www.findagrave.com
Marriage record of likely Amber’s paternal great-grandparents, Enrico Romeo/Roma Spera/Sperie and Rose Montone – https://www.familysearch.org
Likely’s Amber’s paternal great-grandparents, Enrico Romeo/Roma Spera/Sperie and Rose Montone, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Likely Amber’s maternal grandfather, Anthony J. “Sonny” Rose, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Amber’s likely maternal great-grandparents, Theodore “Teddy” Rose and Lillian Santos – https://www.familysearch.org
Likely Amber’s maternal great-grandparents, Theodore “Teddy” Rose and Lillian Santos, on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Black people are always trying to take a mixed person’s shine! :-(
Amber said in Wvibe Magazine that she is a white girl. Please sit down.
Her mother looks exactly like Pam Grier. There are too many Puerto Ricans on this blog praising people with white ancestry and denying those with African ancestry.
You know the drill, The lighter the better. Latin America has it own form of self suppression.
Look at Rosie Perez she look like the love child of Wesley Snipes and Nicole Kidman (The darkest and the Lightest) , but you will never hear her say anything related to African ancestry.
To deny you blood it to deny yourself.
That is false. Rosie Perez is one of the few Latinos who do acknowledge their African ancestry.
I have never read or heard Rosie Perez acknowledge African ancestry, even though it is obvious.
@Mike, I think that you are real dumb!
I knew she was mixed with something
She is nearly white. She barely has any black in her, I saw a picture of her mom and she doesn’t look black. HAHA
I guess you wear DNA vision glasses lol.
Amber stated in Vibe Magazine that she was a white girl. Her mother is NOT BLACK but looks like a brown Spaniard and her is white! She is white, not biracial. Look at her!
why ha ha? Anyway, she is half black.
She was made fun of at school because was so light and her mum was so dark.
Weirdo
Annie is smoking crack, her mom looks like Pam Grier:
http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/mom-e1298300504105.png?w=603&h=467
since when does black only account for one skin tone…
Amber is HOT HOT, who care what her race is, she is a human being.