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
@andrew December 6, 2013 at 6:34 pm
idiot the Berbers are the indigenous inhabitants of North Africa. Zidane is a Muslim and he’s not mixed with European. He has the same skull shape of any other North African, light or dark. People like Ray Romano or Danny De Vito has nothing to share with North African.@
There’s a strong Phoenician-Egyptian-Arabic presence in Nothern Africa. Should not be confused with indigenous population of North-Western Africa- Berbers. Wich have own culture, language and physical appearance for sure. And don’t differ from Europeans on the last item INITIALLY.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Egyptian_races.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/From_Giovanni_Battista_Belzoni-_Egyptian_race_portrayed_in_the_Book_of_Gates.jpg
Berbers were the lightest people known to the Egyptians. Moreover there’re live real cromagnoids in N-W Africa in prehistorical period, just like in Northern Europe.
Sorry to let you know this. Did you know that anyone can edit Wikipedia? Just go to any Wikipedia page and there is the word edit. Press edit and you can edit.
To edit text from ancient Egyptian pharaoh tomb not so easy as Wiki page
Is very easy. It show you that anyone can put anything they want to.
Those pictures you show me are romans that die out thanks to the invasion of northern Africans and now the White Italians are a minorities, Tell me this How come northern European paly a Roman but a roman can’t play a Viking/Scandanavian because their where no Scandanavians/Viking that dark Viking Don’t look like moors like Italians/S.E do
are you conscious of your ignorance? there wasn’t such thing as an invasion of North Africans in Italy. Arabs/Berbers ruled just over Sicily between 831-1072, not Italy. Normans (Scandinavian people) and Lombards (another Germanic tribe) kicked out the Arabs and re-established the Christianity. Learn a bit of History.
The north Africans raped the southern european women and their is where the mix started. It’s been search but the southern Europeans don’t want it to reveal does History information, and Besides you din’t answer my question why northern euros play romans roles but southern can’t play northern roles?
For the record, Joel Edgerton is playing an Egyptian pharaoh in the upcoming movie Exodus (2014), and British/Australian actors generally play any ancient civilization that wasn’t outright African or Asian. I wouldn’t use Hollywood casting as an indication of anything, considering the movie The Vikings (1958) starred two Jews (Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis) and a man of Italian descent (Ernest Borgnine), as the title characters.
Kirk douglas is azkernanazi jewish something the point is he has northern European and the other Italian dude was probably one of does very little white Italian minority
what is azkernanazi???
LOL
Punisher you are becoming more and more ridiculous, please shut the fuck up and talk just about things you know. You’re not European, White or Caucasian. Deal with it
@ punisher
you seem deaf. Southern European genetically cluster with the rest of Western Europeans. Can you get the word: “Western European”. No, you’re obsessed with North/South division
You know what I mean, besides their is a division one is lighter and the otherone is moor LOL
You are being silly. Not all Europeans are blond and blue eyed. The majority would be brown eyed and dark haired. The more north you go in Europe the more blue eyes and blond hair you have. All Europeans are closely related. They are the most closely related continent by genetic stuides.
Tell that to a neo Nazi that theory and he will send you to heck I can’t say hell or they will delete me
It isn’t a theory it is fact. Neo Nazis are nutjobs and aren’t exactly known for their knowledge on subjects. They are racists and if they got a few dna tests themselves they might be in for a bit of a shock. I’ve never met a Neo Nazi in real life anyway.
punisher be careful coz many Nazi escaped to South America, you could find their descendants on your Cali way…
Italians are mad Because I say Italians are not white They should of though of that before they starting mixing with Arab people same goes for all southern europeans
Lol. You’re a complete moronic troll.
Don’t get mad at the truth! Man
@ the punisher
There’s only one person who is mad, and it’s you. You said Rowan Atkinson is mixed with gypsy and Romans are not “white”. And all the shit about the Italians. Why all the Roman roles in TV movies are played by Western and Northern European actors and Italy,a non white country to you, was allied with the racist Germany during Nazi times?
Please do not confuse US stereotypes with reality. Not always europeans are whites. US Census is a census not a DNA test. Please learn European history. The arabs are not consider white(some are white and some are not) in Europe and the Moors where black.Also you have to understand that many countries in Europe do not consider important to register race or where the person parents came from.In US you can be a mixed european and you are put as white just because you came from Europe or some Arab country.They are white italians. Part of my family was white italians but they are also mixed italians.
was part of your family from Italian colonies in Africa? (mixed Italians). I know European history better than you “Just me” who claim Moors to be black as an Afrocentric.
The concept of race is not related to skin colour btw
The reason northern Europeans play Romans is because is Hollywood They want a tall blue eyed blond person, The same reason why Italians play Latinos Because they look Latinos like Alpaccino in Scarface and in Carlitos Way Ect….. Stupid question
@ the punisher
it’s because Ancient and Modern Romans actually had and still have these features. This is the reconstruction of a famous Roman (Agrippa), compare him with modern Roman footballers
http://digilander.libero.it/agenziagiornalisti/images/mv%20AGRIPPA.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/251/c/0/marcus_vipsanius_agrippa_by_andybagira-d5dzi90.jpg
http://cdn.mondosportblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/totti.jpg
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1103486!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/daniele-de-rossi.jpg
About “Alpaccino”, those are “white” Latino roles. Can you get the difference? Andy Garcia is a white Hispanic and he could play an Italian, Al Pacino who is of Italian descent could play White Hispanics. Same thing
What I say is that not all italians are pure as well as not European are pure. Most white americans are also mixed. If you look at an italian map. The South border is near Africa and the northern border is with France and Germany. If you know European history you will know that we had so many war and commercial trades wih other continents. The south part of Italy people look different than the northern part.
This what white italians look like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLgdezFP1o
If you go to Argentina or Uruguay that is type of italians that immigrated there(most of them were this type). In the US, the italians that immigrated where mostly from the south. In many cases mixed. The guy that have light brown hair and green eyes in the video is from Argentina not Italian. Most Argentineans tend to look like any white european.Also Hispanic means a person who speak Spanish. Latino means a person who speak a language that comes from latin. Latino is a Spanish word.
She’s so cute.
“the punisher” son keeps making so many random and idiotic comments.
Just preaching the true brother! Power to the People
Well you said you only consider ‘white people with blond hair to be white’ or something like that so that must mean you don’t consider like 90% of white people to be white, so whatever.
I’m not the only one who dissents with you (everybody else on here does too) but you keep repeating yourself over-and-over, we heard you the first time.
You think I care if people Agree with m,e I’m here to tell them what is real Now if people have a problem with that is not my fault that’s life pal, You either white or your not
Not all people that are blond with blue eyes are pure. They are many who are mixed oe for a genetic defect can be born that way. That girl DNA show that she belong to the Roma gypsy family.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2471521/Blonde-girl-Roma-gypsy-home-Ireland.html
Nazi that was caught in Argentina and die in Italy a few months ago. His son Jorge lives in Argentina and looks exactly like him.His name Erich Priebke.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24493079
NOT all white people have to be blond and blue eyes. Many whites americans are mixed with native american or african but they still look white.
White is white boiii like it or not
Most white people in the US have brown hair and eyes so Ariana Grande fits in with the average American.
And if you need to be blond to be white I guess theres never been a white president.
Pixel this for you:
ixel:You cannot read your own US Census.
US Government definition of Hispanic and Latino: Hispanic or Latino as a member of an ethnic group that traces its roots to 20 Spanish-speaking nations from Latin America and Spain itself (but not Portugal or Portuguese-speaking Brazil).Hispanic or Latino can be of any race.
That make you ignorant.Cameron Diaz and Pope Francis are consider hispanic and latino. If you do not like it send a letter to your government. But first learn to read.
I from Spain and I am consider Latina and Hispanic by the US definition. I did not got this definition from the US government webpage. Yes, they have that definition.
So if Europeans are mixed and what about the 52% OF WHITES AMERICANS THAT HAVE AFRICAN OR NATIVE AMERICA BLOOD? THEY ARE ALL LATINOS OR HISPANIC?
ACCORDING TO EUROPEAN AND LATIN AMERICA DEFINITION ARE SAME:
LATINO MEANS LATIN IN ENGLISH.
LATINO : PEOPLE FROM LATIN EUROPEAN AND LATIN AMERICA
HISPANIC: PEOPLE WHO COMES FROM COUNTRIES THAT SPEAK SPANISH
YOU ARE JUST IGNORANT.
I GOT THE DEFINITION FROM THE US GOVERNMENT. I PUTTING THE WEBPAGE SO YOU CAN READ IT. BRAZILIANS ARE NOT CONSIDER HISPANIC OR LATINOS IN THE US CENSUS.
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2009/05/28/whos-hispanic/
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf
Definition of Hispanic or
Latino Origin Used in the
2010 Census
“Hispanic or Latino” refers to
a person of Cuban, Mexican,
Puerto Rican, South or Central
American, or other Spanish
culture or origin regardless of
race.
ENGLISH IS NOT MY LANGUAGE BUT IF I CAN UNDERSTAND.YOU CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT.STOP BEING SO IGNORANT.
@ Justme. You are a complete moron. You’re like free entertainment for me though. Lol. Man, I didn’t know the public education system fell so far. Do you even read the articles you post. The one you posted proves that her DNA is NOT Gypsy, and that she doesn’t belong to them, moron. You and punished are just idiots. I really hope you both don’t believe what you write because if you do, you’re complete you really need help. There’s SOME people in EVERY country that are mixed, but that doesn’t mean the entire population is suddenly not white. It’s a case by case basis. The original Italians were called “Italics.” They were white as can be, and they settled every part of Italy, including Sicily. In Sicily they were called “Sicels.” The reason Italians in the south tend to look darker is because of more sun exposure, and an admixture with Greek. This especially applies to Sicilians. They are notoriously mixed with some Greek DNA. Same thing in Greece. Many Greeks have Italic genes. That’s why there’s a saying in Italy when they are asked about Greeks, and the saying is, “Una Faccia Una Razza.” This means, “One Face, One Race.” The saying in Greece is, “Una Fatsa Una Ratsa.” As any southern Italian about that saying and they will say that Greeks are their brothers because both countries share each other’s genes. In the north of Italy, they have more of a Celtic/Germanic admixture, but are still predominantly Italic. This is all documented history, by the way. Not “The History, according to Punisher and Justme.” Lol. You two truly are complete idiots. It’s funny to watch though. No wonder you people are never able to make anything out of your lives. You’re incorrigible I know you don’t know what that means. Look it up. :)
Dan: Stop eating to much burgers is just not making you smarter but fatter. DNA tests are confirming that we are not the same in Europe. Ariana Grande may be mixed.
My grandmother used to say: Only whites can produce white children. If you are natural tan or look like Ariana Grande you were not white for her.
Unlike her I believe in DNA testing. Some Europeans are not whites and also many whites americans are mixed but still look white.
Do you even know how to read? Schools are really bad in the US. That is why 70% of US students cannot locate the US in a map.
School are really good in Europe so lets not compare.
Read this:
I want my Maria back: The Roma mother(she is Bulgarian) of ten, held twice for trying to sell babies, who says ‘I HAD to leave my blonde girl in Greece’ The girl was had an albino gene.These Roma people can be from many Europeans countries but they not white and they do not look white either.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/greece-mystery-girl-mother_n_4163343.html
If they went to US they be consider white because their nationality is a European country. DNA show that is not the case.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2475971/Bulgarian-Sasha-Ruseva-believed-Marias-mother-wants-Greece.html
In fact the DNA show that the woman was its mother.
Greece’s Mystery Girl’s Mother Found: DNA Tests Confirm Bulgarian Roma Woman Is Blond Child’s Biological Parent
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/greece-mystery-girl-mother_n_4163343.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/greece-mystery-girl-mother_n_4163343.html
How white is the mother? Now show me the DNA tests that prove what you are saying. English is your language and you write like that. No wonder, 70% why americans also flunked in English.
Gave us something to read. If you want to preach go to a therapist.
I gave you something to read so it show you that we can all can come from a country but we may have different DNA that proves that you do not belong to a certain race.That is an easy reading idiot. Even in bloodlines countries like Germany you are seeing alot of people who are Germans but are from another race.