Ariana Grande
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.
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
Awwww, she’s so cute.
She looks white and obviously just has features a little darker than your typical white woman, well she is Italian.
I don’t notice any visible non-Caucasian features, but Ariana is darker than your typical Italian girl by a little in my opinion.
She’s alright aesthetic wise to me also, very overrated in terms of looks tbh.
Thats probably why Punisher keeps saying she looks Latin American as shes so dark and i agree as i thought she was Hispanic, just shows the wonders of fake tan xx
Odd…no Filipino or Native American roots?
she shares her surname with this former tennis player
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Grande
http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/2866
She looks 100% Italian, I find it funny how Italians get offended when they find out a darker-skinned person is Italian(Ariana looks like you average Italian girl), it’s like they’ve got an inferiority complex.
Would they get just as ‘offended’, if Jennifer Lawrence turned out to be Italian, even though she doesn’t even look remotely Italian.NO, because she looks whiter.
Her real name is Jennifer Lorenzo.
It’s not about the skin colour. It’s about the facial features. In the pic choosen by the admin Ariana has a weird look, and she doesnt look as your “average Italian girl”. But it’s just a bad photo. I cant get why Jennifer Lawrence couldnt be Italian (pls stop to use the word “remotely” when u have no clue about what u are talking about), she looks quite this Italian swimmer (compare the 2 photos)
http://www.myhungergames.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jennifer-lawrence-great-gatsby-premiere-01.jpg
http://scarlett41.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/federica20pellegrini2015_3-ok.jpg
Jennifer Lawrence reminds me of Helen Hunt and Leelee Sobieski, which means she looks like she has one Jewish grandparent. Although she doesn’t.
I agree for Helen Hunt. I dont remember who Sobieski is right now
I don’t know why they get offended, only ignorant people don’t consider Italians white, Ariana is definitely white. If you gave her blue eyes and blonde, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between her and “Nordic” looking Europeans.
I think she looks way better than any dumb blonde anyway