Amber Rose
Rose in 2011
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.
12/02/2017 – Amber Rose – Casting Call For “Chocolate Rose” Presented By Amber Rose – Chocolate Lounge Las Vegas – Las Vegas, NV, USA -Photo Credit: PRN / PRPhotos.com
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
Cape verde & italian is not a race …dey r both nationalities!!! Cause it has african ppl livin in italy so therefore dey wud bd called italian …it has spanish ppl in italy n also mixed ppl so therefore their nationality wud be italian hw ever if u want to identify ppl race u state whether dey f caucasion,spanish,chinese,japanese,indian,african or mix breed…..like me im mixed breeed of caucasion,spanish,indian & african…n if it wasnt 4 the african in me my skin complexion … Wont be light skin or my brother wont be caramel n my nex bro wont be chocolate brown..so havin african mixed with any other str8 haired race is absolutely beautiful african ppl comes in all different colours like a rainbow were sooo beautiful………along with out diff textures of hair the african race is soo very unique….(but dam im so happy im mixed cus den well were im from if i has 2 negro parents i wud be dark have short hard nappy dry picky hair) but being mixed is the besttt thing….i think mixed ppl r the most beautiful….cus if dey ugly dey stll hav sum nice about them..dey thick curly beautiful hear or looks n mostly dey hav both
Nah i lied if i had to negro parents i wont of been dark i cud of been any complexion aswell
I agree most americans dont no shit about people races n history n shit dey sound soooooo friggin dumb especially when the talk about ppl of the caribbean……as tho your nationality is your race n dey sum strange ass weird idea that girls from the caribbean looks diff from girls from other parts of the world smhhh “we all exotic” jus like it have ugly women from the caribbean “fat , skinny, boney ,thick , obese, over weight ,african, indian , chinese, syrians, MIXED, etc u can find any race ” in the caribbean just like any where in the friggin world!!! Hweva u can tell ppl from anywere by dey accent aswell. Jus as hw america has pretty girls and ugly girls so does countries in the carib n jus as hw… Some white ppl say oh african ppl rob, kill steal,rape…guesss what?! WHITE FRIGGIN MEN DO IT TO JUS LIKE any other friggin race…. Wanna no sum again?! Some assholes say oh cus black person makes a random porn vid they label all africans n say thts y dey have the higest rate of aids of wateva…bitch guess what! White ppl do that 2 dey also get aids to just like any other race in the world idk wtf white ppl hav with hatin on africans butt damm white ppl were originally evil n some of dem still r !!!!
She looks mixed & thats it!! U can jus watch a person n tell if dey hav african in them….n if u cant see it in her clearly you r blind!!!!! She looks tham mixed w/ african descent ppl JUS STOP DE SHIT NAHH yuh cud watch de gul n seeee friggin dat
I think regardless of her racial background ,she’s hella pretty to pull off no hair not many women can do that and still look pretty…
See link below.
http://sandrarose.com/2009/09/amber-rose-before-she-was-black/