Brad Pitt
Pitt in 2008, cinemafestival / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: William Bradley Pitt
Place of Birth: Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 18, 1963
Ethnicity: English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish, remote Swedish, Dutch, French, Cornish, and Channel Islander/Jersey
Brad Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019). He has also starred in the films Cutting Class, Thelma & Louise, A River Runs Through It, Kalifornia, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Legends of the Fall, Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, Ocean’s Eleven (2011), and its sequels; Troy, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Babel, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Inglourious Basterds, The Tree of Life, Moneyball, World War Z, 12 Years a Slave, Fury, The Big Short, and Bullet Train. He co-founded production company Plan B Entertainment.
He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Jane Etta (Hillhouse), a school counselor, and William Alvin “Bill” Pitt, a trucking company proprietor, and was raised in Springfield, Missouri. He was raised a Baptist, but no longer practices the religion. Brad has six children with his former wife, actress, humanitarian, and activist Angelina Jolie. His brother is businessperson and philanthropist Douglas Pitt. Brad was selected People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1995, and again in 2000.
Brad’s family has lived in the United States for many generations. Brad’s documented ancestry is mostly English, with some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, small amounts of German, including Alsatian German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish, and remote Swedish, Dutch, French, Cornish, and Channel Islander/Jersey.
During an interview on Inside the Actors Studio, 2012, Brad stated that his ancestry is:
…probably… Irish-Scots, Germans who settled in the area… Native American Indian… I know we have some Seminole, and some Cherokee Indian, in us.
No Cherokee or Seminole Native American ancestors have been documented in publicly available family trees of Brad Pitt. While he did not mention English ancestry, English comprises much of Brad’s lineage.
Brad was a third cousin, once removed, of actor Tyler Christopher. Brad’s paternal great-great-grandparents, George W. Dorris/Doris and Nancy Rosalee/Rosalene Smith, were also Tyler’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents.
Brad’s paternal grandfather was Alvin Monroe Pitt (the son of Oliver Brown Pitt and Rosalee “Rosie”/Rosa Lee Dorris). Alvin was born in Oklahoma. Oliver was the son of Thomas M. Pitt and Bell Ray. Rosa was the daughter of George W. Dorris/Doris and Nancy Rosalee/Rosalene Smith.
Brad’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Jean “Bettie” Brown (the daughter of Lester Benny Brown and Una Valerie Coker). Elizabeth was born in Oklahoma. Lester was the son of George W. Brown and Cynthia Martin. Una was the daughter of Richard Ogle Coker, whose father was a Christian minister, and of Laura Trotter.
Brad’s maternal grandfather was Hal Knox Hillhouse (the son of Emery/Emory A. Hillhouse and Etta Coleman/Colemon/Colman Williams). Hal was born in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri. Emery was the son of Elijah Boyd Hillhouse, Jr. and Malinda/Melinda Burrel/Burrell Morris. Etta was the daughter of Henry Thomas “Hy” Williams and Ida Mae/May Isbell.
Brad’s maternal grandmother was Clara Mae Bell (the daughter of Finis Alonzo/Alonza Bell and Lenora Jane “Nora” Hammer). Clara was born in Missouri. Finis was the son of William Saterfield/Satterfield Bell and Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie” Neece. Lenora was the daughter of Felix Emery Hammer and Sarah Angeline Parker. Brad’s seven times great-grandfather, John Johannes Hammer, was born, c. 1683, in Libesia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sources: Genealogies of Brad Pitt – http://freepages.rootsweb.com
http://www.geni.com
http://famouskin.com
https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Brad’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
It’s insane how many people are arguing that Brad Pitt & Paul Walker do not look like the majority of their ancestry.
What’s even more insane are the people trying to make people believe average English person looks like Brad Pitt xD
Let me tell you i’ve spent quite a bit of time in Northern England and Scotland. If there were Brad Pitts around honey I missed them because most people in these areas looked very unkempt and not so great looking. It was like a total different experience from when I was in France and Italy I couldn’t stop seeing attractive men left and right.
To argue that Brad Pitt looks like something he’s not is stupid just as saying he looks like an average English person is stupid. The British didn’t earn their reputation for looking the way they do because people secretely hate them. They earned it because people who have actually been to the nation know what they look like on average well enough to know that the actors they have starring in American roles are the cream of the crop because you won’t find these actors walking down the street in England.
It’s also stupid using Americans who are mixed as examples of English people. It does not represent what English people look like regardless of their ancestry. Americans eat differently, we engage in different activities and most of the immigrants here in the states came from only a specific few regions of the countries they came from. Many English Americans came from East Anglia so they would not look like someone from say the northern area of England just like most Italian Americans do not look like Italians because most of them in America are Sicilians.
You’re making a straw man argument. People were saying that Brad Pitt doesn’t look like he could be from what the majority of his ancestry is. Whether everyone looks like Brad Pitt is irrelevant. Some of the discussions on here are ridiculous. His majority ancestry is from British Isles. Most people in any population don’t all look like actors or models. In fact I’m sure a lot of Brad’s family don’t look like him but that doesn’t change his ancestry.
I don’t see any issue in people here saying Brad Pitt can pass as German or whatever. Are you going to sit here and pretend Britain is homogeneous? What are the English but a mix of German, French and Celts or have you forgotten the English weren’t always in the isles.
New study says 45% of the English genome is french and 25% German and then there’s another 1 million Brits who have been found to have traces of DNA tracing back to Italy (no doubt from Romans). The British aren’t pure anything. They are mostly western europeans from continental Europe who then mixed with celts. So there is no crime in saying someone English looks German or French because the fact of the matter is a huge chunk of their DNA IS French and German.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3000998/Are-Welsh-truest-Brits-English-genomes-contain-German-French-DNA-Romans-left-no-trace.html
You like using strawmen arguments don’t you falisio? You are now saying that British are mixed and before you were saying that Brad Pitt doesn’t look British? (See what I’m saying?) The whole point is that most of his ancestry is from the British Isles. Most populations originated from other areas and here is some more accurate breakdown from the PoBI study.
England
Core England
35% North France
22% Denmark-North Germany
15% Germany
10% Brittany
10% Sweden-Norway
8% Belgium
1% France & Spain
Scotland & Northern Ireland
West Scotland/Northern Ireland
33% Brittany
23% Sweden-Norway
18% North France
13% Germany
6% France & Spain
5% Belgium
2% Denmark-North Germany
South Scotland/Northern Ireland
25% Brittany
24% Germany
18% Sweden-Norway
10% Belgium
8% North France
8% France & Spain
7% Denmark-North Germany
North East Scotland
25% Brittany
20% North France
18% Sweden-Norway
17% Germany
11% Belgium
7% Denmark-North Germany
2% France & Spain
Wales
West Wales
36% Brittany
31% Germany
13% France & Spain
8% Sweden-Norway
7% Belgium
5% Denmark-North Germany
0% North France
Cornwall
35% North France
25% Brittany
19% Denmark-North Germany
10% Germany
5% Belgium
4% Sweden-Norway
2% France & Spain
Just for more clarification for anyone interested the Scotland & Northern Ireland cluster is relating more to West Scotland (Highlanders) and pre-Plantation Northern Irish (e.g. the Catholic Northern Irish) and the South Scotland/Northern Ireland cluster is related to the Scots and what Americans would call the Scots-Irish e.g. the Protestant Northern Irish.
I’m not saying the British are mixed genetic data is saying they’re mixed and you’re freaking out over it because you like many of the Anglo saxon purist want to believe Britain is some homogeneous land of pure Anglo Saxons LMAO.
I can tell you’re insecure because you seem far too invested in this. Who cares if someone says a Brit looks closer to someone French or German than they do British. Once again as in the link I just posted for you Britain is not homogeneous. Most Brits do not look like Anglo Saxons so you’d have to be an idiot to disagree that an Anglo saxon Briton would look closer to Scandinavians and Germans because HEY most Brits do not look this way. David Gandy is full blooded British and I would mistake him for an Italian at first glance just as I would with Orlando Bloom. Britain is filled with people of the atlantid phenotype and a lot look closer to the French and central Europeans than they do Germanics.
The Anglo saxon purist are hilarious in their attempts to northern europeanize the French in order to claim being 100% The Irony is while you keyboard warriors over the internet argue about how pale and germanic you are real “anglo saxons” are busy tanning themselves to look darker.
@falisio
Alice is Irish-Australian
falisio droppin that truth. i don’t find the british attractive either. I live in a heavily white dominated area by people of mostly english irish and scottish descent. they definately don’t look like no brad pitts and look significantly worse than other whites. honestly i don’t see what all the rage is about from people on stormfront. pink skin is pretty gross untanned. and pink genitals look like a skinned rodent no offense to white ppl xD
No offense to white people but you go out of your way to offend and why bring Stormfront into a discussion on Brad Pitt’s ancestry? As I’ve said in my previous post beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I’m sure you’ve thought someone beautiful and another person would shrug their shoulder. I really think that people labelling whole nationalities as unattractive are showing a bias and not showing a very “attractive” trait. I’m not in the least racist and very much dislike that sort of thing.
Alice wasn’t even denying that the english are mixed so what are you talking about?
“I can tell you’re insecure because you seem far too invested in this.”
Unlike you who said the brits you met looked unkempt and not good looking.
What does that have to do with insecurity? It’s an observation one that has been observed by many different people of various origins. Noone is out to get the British as Brits would have people believe. This is a sentiment shared by everyone ranging from Americans, Scandinavians, Germans, Finns, Spanish, Brazilians ecetera.
If everyone is saying the same thing it’s not a coincidence. Entertainers are usually always attractive however one thing i’ve noticed about the British that distinquishes them from other groups is that whenever people are posting attractive examples of their ethnicity it’s always the British who post mostly models while everyone else post non famous citizens. THAT says a lot.
By the way I never argued that Brad Pitt didn’t look like his ancestry if you saw my original post I actually stated it’s stupid to argue over someone looking like something they’re not. I only said I don’t see the big deal in people saying he looks German or French MANY British people do.
The rest of my comments were direced at the Fabo guys who claims Americans and others are out to get the British which is utter nonsense. I hear the British being ugly from a lot of people of diverse origins. It’s ridiculous to think all these people have some vendetta against the British.
I’m not insecure or freaking out at all. I don’t think anyone reading my posts would make that claim. You keep arguing about things I’ve never said. That’s why I say you use straw man arguments. The point I’m making is that whether people say Brad Pitt looks German or Chinese it is neither here nor there because he is majority British Isles ancestry. I’ve never even mentioned anything about Anglo-Saxons and I don’t even know what that has to do with the subject at all.
Also trying to back up your subjective opinion that Brits are ugly by saying all these other people say it does not make it fact. Someone saying another ethnicity looks ugly smacks more of insecurity to me. There are beautiful and ugly people in all populations. I don’t think any population would want to put themselves up on a pedestal. Beauty is subjective just like ugliness.
Atlantid phenotype. Yes I think I know who you are.
Except British being ugly is not some minority opinion. It’s pretty much accepted by everyone that the British are the least attractive European group. Almost noone considers the British attractive. Even British people admit it. The British do poorly in any global poll of attractiveness. You’re an Australian and have never been to Britain i’ve lived in London and it was by far the most aesthetic part of the country and you know what? most of the attractive people weren’t even native Britons. The quality of aesthetics decreases the further north you go.
Most people who visit England agree that the stereotype is more than true. As true as Slavic men not looking as good as slavic women. British being subpar next to other Europeans is a common accepted fact. I’ve seen the low class of most countries and even their low class are more aesthetic than Brit upper class. Brits have poor eating habits, poor diets and they’re reminiscent of American rednecks from the south except uglier.
There was a lot of inbreeding in Britain in the medieval period and such. As they say tiny island tiny genepool I think inbreeding plays a part in British looks because American people who have British ancestry tend to look waaaaaaaaaaaaaay different and miles better than British people from Britain. Then again most Americans are a lot of ancestries so maybe Americans are just sexier because they’re more mixed.
@falisio I don’t think education has taught you that German and French are also nationalities. There is no such thing as German or French blood if you’re gonna do the same with English DNA. French DNA is mostly made up of Alpine Celtic Stock. German DNA is around equally Celtic as it is Germanic, with smaller amount of Slav, etc. Germanic also doesn’t mean German. If you’re going to go based off where the Anglo-Saxons came from. Well… I should advise you that Germanics sprung from Scandinavia. So basically all Germanics are Scandinavian?…. Hence the bias you put on English people but not on any others. There is no doubt that the English are pure anything, but neither are Germans, French, Irish, the Dutch, and so the list continues.
Of course I’ve been to Britain and quite a few times. I’m not going to have a discussion about someone’s prejudices. You’re just going on anecdotal comments and the discussion is irrelevant to Brad Pitt’s ancestry.
He looks 100% Anglo to me.
And this is coming from an Australian. Most of our men (who are an English bunch) look like they’re related to him.
He can pass as Slavic too.
I can’t see slavic but he definately looks german or dutch possibly even austrian.
also a real 100% anglo person would look german. anglo saxons aren’t native britons they were scandinavians and germans.
Anglo-Saxons were a Germanic tribe that only existed on the island of Great Britain, so technically they were native Britons in that sense. If you’re going by where their ancestors came from. The locations lye in present day Denmark, Northern Germany and the Netherlands. (So I have no idea where you got Scandinavians from, as well as counting them as Germans). If you go back even further from these locations, their ancestors came from somewhere else too. So really you’re just playing a game where no one wins, here.
@Fabo
I do not agree with you re:Americans dislike the Brits. Many Americans, particularly those whose ancestors came here 300+ years ago, have British bloodlines. Dislike yourself, your family and ancestors, I think not.The majority of Americans are “mutts”. The royals, in Britain, have some German bloodlines due to arranged marriages in the past. Hundreds of years ago the royalty of England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy etc. married royalty from aforementioned countries for strategic purposes. My sole point is many, many Americans do not favor the British over the Germans or visa versa.
I don’t understand the anti sentiment Americans have against the British. The irony is that for some reason there’s a love affair with Germans. The historical enemy to the US. I don’t get it, maybe the anti sentiments comes from ethnic minorities and non british whites in the US who somehow feel the need to voice their insecurities about the British. Point, you can’t discredit the huge impact the British and Irish had on America or any of the colonies for the matter. Without disrespecting atleast more than half of the American white population.
Some facts for you
1 In 1980 more than half of the so called 50 million Germans checked themselves as having multiple ancestries. Given that most of the Germans are in British populated areas its safe to assume the large chunk of those Germans also had British input. I think about only around 16 million Germans in 1980 checked “Full german ancestry”.
2 Go to any of these anthropology boards, look at the average Irish and British people the Brits post [non chavy types] and say with a straight face they don’t look exactly like typical white americans.
3 The majority of white americans who get their dna tested overlap a lot with the British. They don’t overlap with other countries as much as they do the British.
4 Look at this very website for evidence. All these politicians, all these actors and actresses of British ancestry and the ones with German ancestry almost always seem to have more British ancestry.
I don’t understand the anti sentiment Americans have against the British. The irony is that for some reason there’s a love affair with Germans. The historical enemy to the US. I don’t get it, maybe the anti sentiments comes from ethnic minorities and non british whites in the US who somehow feel the need to voice their insecurities about the British. Point, you can’t discredit the huge impact the British and Irish had on America or any of the colonies for the matter. Without disrespecting atleast more than half of the American white population.
Some facts for you
1). In 1980 more than half of the so called 50 million Germans checked themselves as having multiple ancestries. Given that most of the Germans are in British populated areas its safe to assume the large chunk of those Germans also had British input. I think about only around 16 million Germans in 1980 checked “Full german ancestry”.
2) Go to any of these anthropology boards, look at the average Irish and British people the Brits post [non chavy types] and say with a straight face they don’t look exactly like typical white americans.
3) The majority of white americans who get their dna tested overlap a lot with the British. They don’t overlap with other countries as much as they do the British.
4) Look at this very website for evidence. All these politicians, all these actors and actresses of British ancestry and the ones with German ancestry almost always seem to have more British ancestry.