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
There’s something about her eyes that makes people think she’s mixed like Selena Gomez or Vanessa Hudgens, mostly Mestizo Hispanic but some would even say half Filipino.
If she had some other marker than Mediterranean her DNA test would have shown. Maybe it’s her make up.
Now as an Italian descendant she is Latin. Latin European. Everyone who speaks a Romance language, i. e., Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Romanian or whose ancestors came from the former Latin speaking area is Latin as an ethnicity or by language.
Now here in the US Latina is confused with mixed race Hispanic, Mestizo, Native blood admixture when it is not limited to that. Latin Europeans are Latin and South America has 180 million Whites who speak Romance languages. Madonna and Lady Gaga are as Latin as Ariana, Frank Sinatra was Latin, Peter Facinelli, Al Pacino, Bob Deniro, Celine Dion, Ellen Degeneres and all the French Canadians are Latin just like the name of the largest French TV Channel, Australians with Italian background and even count Dracula was Latin. James Franco’s father has Portuguese and Swedish ancestry. His dark features come from his mother’s side who is Jewish.
Italian-Americans and French-Americans are Latin. Jews and Arabs in Argentina or Brazil are Latin, as well as Germans, Dutch, Polish, Norwegians, Koreans and Japanese people in Brazil, Welsh or Irish people in Argentina cuz they all speak Romance languages and an Australian with Italian background is as Latin as a French or Portuguese Canadian.
Count Dracula was a Romanian speaking Latin from Transilvania.
Speaking a latin language does not make you latin. I speak french and some Spanish and am neither. Koreans, Japanese, dutch, polish, welsh people are NOT latin. Jews are not latin and neither are arabs. Speaking a certain language does not make you ethnically a ethnic group. I speak English but I am only Only a little english ethnically. My greatgrandmother was english and native american and her husband was scottish. My grandfather was 50 percent scottish, a quarter english and a quarter Navajo. My mother is African American. All that to say speaking a language doesn’t make someone an ethnic group. My cambodian friend speaks English but is ethnically Cambodian of khmer decent. Not a mut like me lol
I thought she was Mexican. Anyway, She’s gorgeous and talented. I met her in person. She’s a sweet person. Italians have the best superstars = Lady Gaga, Madonna, Ariana etc.
I thought she was latina to be honest. But Since Italians are part of the latin race, culture its not too far fetch to say she is. Spanish, French, Portuguese are all part of latin language speaking groups.
Lol , you are stretching it . I am sure that she does not consider herself no where Latina . Even though you want her to be.
There’s something about her eyes that makes people think she’s mixed like Selena Gomez or Vanessa Hudgens, mostly Mestizo Hispanic but some would even say half Filipino.
If she had some other marker than Mediterranean her DNA test would have shown.
Now as an Italian descendant she is Latin. Latin European. Everyone who speaks a Romance language, i. e., Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Romanian or whose ancestors came from the former Latin speaking area is Latin as an ethnicity or by language.
Now here in the US Latina is confused with mixed race Hispanic, Mestizo, Native blood admixture when it is not limited to that. Latin Europeans are Latin and South America has 180 million Whites who speak Romance languages. Madonna and Lady Gaga are as Latin as Ariana, Frank Sinatra was Latin, Peter Facinelli, Al Pacino, Bob Deniro, Celine Dion, Ellen Degeneres and all the French Canadians are Latin just like the name of the largest French TV Channel, Australians with Italian background and even count Dracula was Latin. James Franco’s father has Portuguese and Swedish ancestry. His dark features come from his mother’s side who is Jewish.
Yes she’s part of the euro Latin region <3
She looks part Filipino.
No she doesn’t.
Yes she does, blind idiot. There is something very NON-WHITE about this girl. She looks mixed with Asian.
She doesn’t. Have you seen her parents? They are Europeans.
She looks nothing like an asian. If anything she looks kind of latina but she isn’t. She looks like a typical white girl in her younger pics, its just a tan and makeup effects that makes her look different.
She’s so unattractive.