Blake Lively
Lively in 2011, Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Blake Ellender Brown
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 25, 1987
Ethnicity: English, as well as Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh, remote French-Canadian
Blake Lively is an American actress, model, and homemaking expert. She is known for starring on Gossip Girl, as Serena van der Woodsen, and for her roles in the films The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and its sequel; Accepted, Simon Says, Elvis & Annabelle, New York, I Love You; The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Town, Green Lantern, Hick, Savages, The Age of Adaline, The Shallows, Café Society, All I See Is You, A Simple Favor, The Rhythm Section, and It Ends With Us.
Blake is the daughter of actor Ernest Lively (born Ernest Wilson Brown, Jr.) and acting teacher and talent scout Elaine Lively (born Willie Elain McAlpin). Lively is the surname of her mother’s previous husband, Ronnie Lively. She is the sister of actor Eric Lively and the half-sister of actors Lori Lively, Jason Lively (Ronald Jason Lively), and Robyn Lively, from her mother. Blake is married to Canadian actor and entertainer Ryan Reynolds, with whom she has four children.
Blake has English, as well as Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, and remote French-Canadian, ancestry.
Several L’Oréal commercials featuring Blake describe her ancestry as being partially Cherokee (Native American). It is not clear if this Cherokee Native American ancestry has been verified/documented. No Cherokee Native Americans appear among Blake’s recent and relatively recent ancestors.
Blake’s paternal grandfather was Ernest Wilson Brown, Sr. (the son of Harry Thomas/F. Brown and Sister Tiny/Tina Clark). Ernest was born in Carington, Virginia. Harry was the son of William H. Brown and Zora A. Sister was the daughter of James Granville Clark and Lucy Nicely.
Blake’s paternal grandmother was Beatrice Gray/Grey Walton (the daughter of Eric Ivan Walton and Myrtle Ellen Rigsby). Beatrice was born in West Virginia. Eric was the son of John Henry Walton and Phoebe/Pheobe Luemma “Emma” Gumm/Gum. Myrtle was the daughter of James Rigsby and Mattie Ethel/Ellen Sparks.
Blake’s maternal grandfather was James Olin McAlpin (the son of Robert Alexander McAlpin and Laura/Lara Smith). James was born in Georgia. Robert was the son of Thomas Jefferson McAlpin and Elizabeth Jane/Louisa Brown. Laura was the daughter of William Harvey Smith and Sarah Evelyn Sewell. Robert McAlpin’s great-grandfather, Blake’s great-great-great-great-grandfather Alexander McAlpin, was born in Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Blake’s maternal grandmother was Willie Inez Thrash (the daughter of Isaac Farmer Thrash and Mattie Lee Smith). Willie was born in Alabama. Isaac was the son of John Allen Thrash and Celia Blake. Mattie was the daughter of Javan Jefferson Smith and Eliza Jane Owens.
Sources: Genealogies of Blake Lively – http://gw.geneanet.org
http://www.wikitree.com
https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Blake’s father – https://www.findagrave.com
Blake’s paternal grandfather, Ernest Wilson Brown, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Blake’s paternal grandmother, Beatrice Gray/Grey Walton, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Blake Lively (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.familycentral.net
Blake’s maternal grandmother, Willie Inez Thrash, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Just heard that she was among the 90 percent of celebrities who claim to be part Native American. This says she’s isn’t. Not surprised
She is the whitest an American can get. People are still going to find “Native American” features, lol. People here are a joke.
She, or whichever parent is said to have that heritage, needs to take a DNA test.
What about Native American ancestry? Do Europeans have slanted (“”””hooded”””””) eyes? Same with Ryan Reynolds. Both of them look Native American.
She admittedly lied about it, as well someone said she was part-“Spanish” and I haven’t found that proven yet. Blake Lively used to be awfully racist to a point she said on “having a LA face and Oakland booty” to jokingly claimed she’s part -“black”. She has changed her attitudes about race and joined the social justice movement, just like Mel Gibson unlearned his high amount of bigotry against Jews, Blacks, Women and LGBT people over the years, even his ex-wife he believed can’t enter heaven because she’s an Anglican, not Roman Catholic – he was in the pre-Vatican II traditional arch-conservative minority.
Pretty
Correction. Blake also has French-Canadian ancestry as well. Through her Thrash ancestry she is a descendant of a woman named Catherine Dufour and her husband Étienne Charles LAJEUNESSE who were French-Canadian.