Avan Jogia
Jogia in 2011, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Avan Tudor Jogia
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: February 9, 1992
Ethnicity:
*father – Gujarati Indian
*mother – English, Welsh, some German, Irish, French-Canadian/French
Avan Jogia is a Canadian actor, singer, activist, and director. His roles include the series Caprica, Victorious, iCarly, twiƨted, Tut, Ghost Wars, Now Apocalypse, and The Stranger, the films Finding Hope Now, Ten Thousand Saints, I Am Michael, The Drowning, The Outcasts, Paper Year, Shaft (2019), Zombieland: Double Tap, The Artist’s Wife, The Exchange, and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and the made-for-tv movies A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story, Spectacular!, and Rags. He founded the LGBT organization Straight But Not Narrow in 2010. He is a member of band Saint Ivory with his brother, music producer Ketan Jogia.
His father is of Gujarati Indian descent. His mother has English, Welsh, and some German, Irish, and French-Canadian/French, ancestry. Some of Avan’s mother’s family moved to Canada from the United States, where they lived for many generations. He has citizenship in Canada and the U.K. Avan has said that he speaks “a little bit of French and a little bit of Gujarati.”
Avan’s paternal grandfather was named Ramanlal Jogia.
Avan’s paternal grandmother was named Sharda Lodia.
Avan’s maternal grandfather was Hugh Adney Tudor (the son of Adney Jennings/Jenning Tudor and Lucille/Lucile Marie Jorden). Avan’s grandfather Hugh was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Avan’s great-grandfather Adney was born in Calgary, Alberta, and was the son of Edward Emerson Tudor and Pearl Dorothy Reed. Lucille was born in Illinois, U.S., and was the daughter of James Daniel Jordan and Lula Belle File.
Avan’s maternal grandmother was named Edith Marjory/Joan Griffiths/Griffith. Edith was born in London, England.
Sources: Just Jared interview with Avan Jogia – http://www.justjared.com
Genealogy of Avan Jogia – https://www.geni.com
Obituary and genealogy of Avan’s maternal great-grandfather, Adney Jennings/Jenning Tudor (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Avan’s maternal great-grandmother, Lucille/Lucile Marie (Jorden) Tudor – http://www.findagrave.com
He is at least 1/64th Irish and 1/128th French. Avan’s great-grandfather Adney Tudor (1903-1986)’s mother Pearl was the daughter of William B. Reed. William B. Reed’s father William Reed (1800-1850) born in Cork, Ireland and is listed on the census as being Catholic. Going back to William B. Reed, his maternal grandmother was Mary LeFleur who was born in France.
William Reed’s wife (the daughter of the French ancestor), Mary Beaupre, was French-Canadian; her father was also of French descent, as her mother.
Thus, Avan’s mother is 1/32 Irish and 1/32 French-Canadian.
Thank you madman I appreciate the additional information I had trouble finding. I wasn’t wrong though being that I said at least those fractions I presented. BTW you wouldn’t happen to know anything about Gina Rodriguez’s or Milo’s ancestry?
a man who clearly looks like a Mexican lol
I sent it wrong, sorry
I think he looks mostly white…
You obviously haven’t been to Spain or South Italy and France. He’s a male version of Penéope Cruz.
He does look exotic, but spanish-exotic
Uhm sorry but no. The only way he can be from Spain is as a gypsy. btw rumor has it penelope cruz is part gypsy…
he look like a mexican
He looks 100% Indian to me.
European and Indian are the same race. They’re just different types of Caucasian. ‘White’ just means light skin, it’s a description more than a race onto itself.
What about all those people of India, that are not Caucasian(of which there are many)
I think he meant both groups are indo-european or aryan. But not really the same ethnicity.
a man who clearly looks like a Mexican lolll
Hes so hot! He looks indian or mexican though, I never knew he was part white.
He looks mostly Indian.
If there’s any place in the world he’d blend in without question, it would be amongst Kurds, Persians, Pashtuns, etc.
He pretty much fits the standard stereotype of the Iranid people, (albeit slightly swarthier and with a straighter nose.)