Ariana Grande
Grande in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Ariana Grande-Butera
Place of Birth: Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 26, 1993
Ethnicity: Italian [including Sicilian]
Ariana Grande is an American singer and actress. She has starred on the shows Victorious, Sam & Cat, and Scream Queens, and appeared in the film Don’t Look Up. Her most popular songs include “The Way,” “Problem,” “Break Free,” “Bang Bang,” “Love Me Harder,” “Focus,” “Dangerous Woman,” “Side to Side,” “No Tears Left to Cry,” “God Is a Woman,” “Thank U, Next,” “7 Rings,” “Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored,” “Boyfriend,” “Stuck with U,” “Rain on Me,” “Positions,” “Save Your Tears,” and “Die for You.”
Her mother, Joan Grande, has been CEO of the family firm, a manufacturer of communications and safety equipment. Her father, Edward Butera, owns a graphic design firm. Her parents are of Italian descent. She stated on her Twitter account that she is of half Sicilian and half Abruzzese Italian ancestry. Her maternal half-brother, Frankie Grande, is an actor, dancer, and musician. A picture of Ariana’s father can be seen here, and a picture of some of her father’s family can be seen here. A picture of Ariana’s mother can be seen here. A picture of Ariana’s paternal grandfather can be seen here, and a picture of Ariana with her maternal grandparents can be seen here.
Ariana’s paternal grandfather was Anthony Vincent Charles Butera (the son of Carlos/Charles Antonio Butera and Marie/Mary Passalaqua/Passalacqua). Anthony was born in New Jersey. Ariana’s great-grandfather Charles was born in New Jersey, to Italian parents, Antonino Butera and Magherita Azzara/Azzala, from Menfi, Provincia di Agrigento, Sicily. Marie was Italian. The surname Butera is Sicilian.
Ariana’s paternal grandmother was Florence P. Citrano (the daughter of Enrico “Henry” Cetrano and Lucia “Lucy” Ciarfella). Florence was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Italian emigrants, from Civitaquana, Abruzzo. Enrico was the son of Carmine Cetrano and Giulia/Julia Trabucco. Lucia was the daughter of Ascenzio Ciarfella and Margherita Taddeo.
Ariana’s maternal grandfather was Frank Anthony Grande (the son of Antonio “Anthony” Grande and Filomena/Felmino “Philomena”/”Phyllis” Lavenditti). Frank was born in New York, to Italian parents. Antonio was born, c. 1900, the son of Raffaela/Raffaele V. Grande (b. 1876) and Sabato/Rose Cardalisca (b. July 1877, in Lanciano, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy), and moved to the U.S. in May 1903. Ariana’s great-grandmother Filomena was the daughter of Francesco Lavenditti/La Venditti and Benedetta Perrotti. Ariana’s grandfather also had roots in Bojano and Gildone, in Campobasso.
Ariana’s maternal grandmother is Marjorie M. Damico (the daughter of John Viovanni Damico/D’Amico and Felomina F. “Minnie” Gigante). Marjorie was born in New York, to Italian parents, with roots in San Fele, Potenza, Basilicata.
Ariana also once twitted that she “just found out my grandparents are heavily greek and part north African,” and then specified “…the chart says Greece/Italy. I just thought it was funny. I’m assuming the North African bit is Moroccan or Tunisia?”
Ariana’s reference to “the chart” makes it likely that she took some sort of DNA test to map out her heritage. DNA tests for people of Sicilian descent sometimes indicate some kind of Greek or North African ancestry.
Grande in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Sources: Genealogies of Ariana Grande – https://www.geni.com
https://2.bp.blogspot.com
Ariana’s paternal grandfather, Anthony Vincent Charles Butera, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Ariana’s paternal grandmother, Florence P. (Citrano) Butera – https://www.obrienfuneralhome.com
History of Ariana’s maternal grandparents, Frank Anthony Grande and Marjorie M. Damico – https://www.youtube.com
Ariana’s half-brother, Frankie Grande, 2008, photo by Prphotos.com
So your admitting that northern European don’t have roman blood because that would mean that they have arab blood right? Since southern European have Arab blood in them
man this stuff is too complicated for you, get over it.
Southern Europeans don’t have Arab blood. Why are you quoting old DNA studies published by journalists who know no facts that show at most that 5% of a given population has nonwhite blood anyway, so even in this horrible study the vast majority (95%) of people tested 100% European even in places like Sicily? The study that this common argument came from spread like wildfire and everybody used it in an attempt to say “see, we’re all mixed” when the test was a complete joke and the results totally misinterpreted. It’s the same thing they did to Hitler in trying to claim that he had “jewish” or “black” blood because of an Hg.
you just don’t want to except the true except it already
has Rowan Atkinson “arab” heritage for you?
No he may have gypsy or roman heritage but I know he is not pure white
gypsy? I am sure you dont even know what gypsy are. And I want to forget the “Roman” part. You shouldnt be allowed to use the computer by your parents, dumb kid.
jjg show your studies. Yes, their was mixing in those invasion. DNA studies are showing. Go to Europe, europeans even admit that they were so many invasions in Europe that many people got mixed. Not all. Learn world history.
more likely to be jew than mexican
How can Rowan Atkinson be of Jewish heritage when his ancestry going back to all his great-grandparents and most of his great-great-grandparents has been traced as non-Jewish English? (not to mention his ancestors lived in parts of England where there were very few Jews).
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=atkinson1&id=I26685
follers: Jewish is a religion, not a race.
It is a “race” when annoying comedians are involved, though.
I said more likely to be jew than Mexican besides jews are everywhere
Are you aware that, for example, much of the population of Wales is pretty “dark”? People like Ioan Gruffudd, Aneurin Barnard, and John Rhys-Davies?
they are all mixed in a way remember the romans conquered northern europe
That’s an internet myth. The Welsh are not that much different than the rest of Britain. Think Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton. Every population has people with dark hair and eyes but still more people in Wales are likely to be the colouring of the actors I’ve mentioned. The British Isles aren’t in Southern Europe afterall.
@That’s an internet myth. The Welsh are not that much different than the rest of Britain. Think Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton. Every population has people with dark hair and eyes but still more people in Wales are likely to be the colouring of the actors I’ve mentioned. The British Isles aren’t in Southern Europe afterall.@
Yes! This is a myth that Welsh people are dark in general. But it doesn’t exclude the presence of strongly pigmented persons like Zeta-Jones. which are in a minority of course. Just like in all Northern European countries.
@Marc 2 Yes I agree. I was just talking about the majority but there are people with darker colouring and some with very light colouring just like most European countries. Some famous people have darker colouring and they are held up as typical but in Britain and Ireland the majority are med brown haired and blue eyed but they have a wide range of colouring. You have said it in a nutshell.
by med brown I mean medium brown.
2 Alice
Actually, i don’t see any problem with this. There’re pigmentaton maps.
http://unsafeharbour.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/maps-europelighteyes.jpg
http://unsafeharbour.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/maps-lighthaireurope.jpg
http://unsafeharbour.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/map-europefair-carletoncoon.jpg
And data from ancient authors. Tacit wrote that Britons looks like Gauls in general, Caledonians ( Northern Britons) are more light and similar to Germans and Silures (tribe from Southern Wales) looks like Iberians, tanned and with dark hair, and doesn’t have to do with historical migrations. So presence of people like dark haired English kings,Anne Bolyen, Arthur Welessley, Cheryl Cole, James Nesbitt, Victoria Adams etc. is not an exotic. However, it doesn’t mean that they’re in the total majority.
I din’t mean stereotype I meant charecterizion, only people who are pale should be called white and My name has nothing to do with Italians
do u consider Rowan Atkinson white?
nope he is not white he is European but not white
ok!
Rowan Atkinson is Mexican.
the punisher: Rowan Atkinson is white.
no he isn’t
That doesn’t even make any sense. You seem like a true simpleton. If you are European, then you are white. Someone can’t be European and not white. (and don’t bring up black immigrants and say they are European and not white, you know what I mean). All Europeans are white.
Yes, they can.Europe is like America. You can be black, Asian, White or mix and be from Europe. Have you ever watch the World Cup?You see soccer player who not white but are Europeans. Have you ever been to Europe? Ethnicity is define by the US government as cultural, socioeconomic, religious, and political qualities of human groups rather than their genetic ancestry.Ecthinicity You see many people from other races that are Europeans. Studies are also showing that Jewish do have different DNA than non jewish. They certain type of breast and ovarian cancer that are more common with jewish people than with non jewish people.
like or not,she looks hispanic
Thank you! finally some one who is not blind
the punisher: You do seem to be blind.
That’s because she tans. She is white.
Termin “white/ no white” is totally inadequate. What about Arianna, she’s 100 % europeoid
European mixed with moor and arab blood.
aaa and the punisher: Check out the 13th and 15th picture down from the top on this site to see how white she really is. The rest of the pictures are when she is tanned.
http://celebritiesways.blogspot.com/2012/05/ariana-grande.html
nobody else see’s her white just you and those who are in denial
is not about the color of her skin, but her facial features
that’s right her facial features are latin
Latins are white, you dumbass. Just stop talking. the punisher, you said anybody who is not blonde is not white therefore you lose all credibility. You’re a damn moron. Plenty of people have a facial structure like hers across western Europe. I have a cousin with the same facial structure for Christ’s sake and we are a family that is 1/2 French, 1/4 German, and 1/4 northern Italian (from Milan which is Celtic land).
If you’re really that convinced she’s not white, then send her a DNA test from 23andme and I will ridicule you when the results come back 100% European, or at least within the margin of error which still means 100% European.
Yes, these photos clearly show she is white. She is actually pretty pale for someone who lives in LA and grew up in Florida.
http://celebritiesways.blogspot.com/2012/05/ariana-grande.html
Yes, these photos clearly show she is white. She is actually pretty pale for someone who lives in LA and grew up in Florida.
South-Eastern Spaniard, maybe. Arianna is closer to Eastern-Mediterranian area by her phenotype
If she does look hispanic, it would be a white hispanic. Not a George Lopez hispanic. And this is clearly a fake tan. She’s pretty pale on TV.
Sorry, i don’t understand the term “white”. For example Mohhammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, he is “white”, furthemore, technically he is also europeoid, but feel the difference with real Europeans.
Like it or not Italians are not white
Some are white and some are not. Like white americans. Someone post some studies that where made to white americans.Most of white americans have african/native american blood in them.This are not study made with a $99 DNA test.
@the punisher November 28, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Like it or not Italians are not white@
It’s almost the same to say that Ethiopians are not black, cause they’re not so black as Kenyans :)))
Italians are superwhite, and Ariana as well. Deal with it.
@justme November 28, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Some are white and some are not. Like white americans. Someone post some studies that where made to white americans.Most of white americans have african/native american blood in them.This are not study made with a $99 DNA test.@
If you think in terms white/non white, so DNA-test should not worry you. For example, imagine a scenario, some small group of Europeans sailed to Africa and began to mix with indigenous Africans. Some generations later all of their descendants would become black outwardly, but DNA-test will show that they’re white :))
So anthropology still in the 1st place, genetics is not so indicative.
She looks like an Italian. What do people expect them to look like?
uhhh maybe white, eddie cibrian is white and he is cathegorize as Hispanic and he looks 10 times more white than ariana
well..I think Hispanic category is stupid, only Mestizos should be categorized as that. Cibrian reminds me English model David Gandy. About Ariana, I didnt know her when I saw her profile on this site, first I thought she wasnt Italian coz that picture is weird, but after all it’s just a short and brunette Mediterranean girl, you dont have to be tall and blonde to be white
That’s what I’m talking about people who are blond tall and pale face are the only one that should be called white if you don’t fit that stereotype you shouldn’t be called white at all
at least you know it’s a stereotype, a good start! OMG
It’s interesting that you don’t seem to like Italians very much, but you named yourself The Punisher, who was born Frank Castiglione.
the punisher, you’re an idiot. Only blondes who are tall should be called white? Your stupidity is incomprehensible. Do you want me to break out the genetic tables for you, and you can see how stupid and ill-informed your claims are? Because I can prove that genetically there is no difference between a blonde and a brunette European. Blondes are a minority in Germany, the UK, Ireland, Italy, France and just about every European country. So I guess according to you, 80%+ of Europeans are not white simply because the blonde gene didn’t physically show in them. Just because it didn’t show, doesn’t mean it’s not in their DNA. All Europeans have blonde in their genetic build even when they don’t have blonde hair. So your statement is perhaps one of the stupidest claims I’ve ever read and definitely the stupidest here. Anybody who thinks race is based on phenotypical characteristics like what ‘the punisher’ is saying is an ignorant buffoon who doesn’t know anything about genetics.