Britney Spears
Birth Name: Britney Jean Spears
Place of Birth: McComb, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 2, 1981
Ethnicity: English, as well as 1/16th Maltese, small amounts of Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, French, and Welsh
Britney Spears is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress.
Britney is the daughter of Lynne Irene (Bridges) and James Parnell “Jamie” Spears. She is the sister of film and television producer Bryan Spears and actress and singer Jamie Lynn Spears. She has two children with her former husband, dancer, rapper, model, and actor Kevin Federline.
Britney’s maternal grandmother was an English war bride, and one of Britney’s maternal great-great-grandfathers was Maltese. Most of the rest of Britney’s recent ancestors were American-born, with most of her roots being English, along with Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, French, and Welsh, all of them distant or remote to various degrees. Some of Britney’s distant English ancestors lived in Barbados and Liberia.
Britney’s paternal grandfather was June Austin Spears (the son of June Becker/Bacot Spears and Nova Gill). Britney’s grandfather June was born in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Britney’s great-grandfather June was the son of Pascal Greene Spears and Mary Pauline Bridges. Nova was the daughter of James Monroe Gill and Effie Strahan.
Britney’s paternal grandmother was Emma Jean Forbes (the daughter of William Nelson Forbes and Lexie/Lexis May Thompson). Emma was born in Mississippi. William was the son of William Nelson Forbes and Kiturah/Katuriah Leona Ball. Lexie was the daughter of Ernest Fulton Thompson and Bertha Magee.
Britney’s maternal grandfather was Barnett Oldfield/O’Field “Barney” Bridges (the son of Joel Menton Bridges and Addie/Adeline/Addy Williams). Barnett was born in Louisiana. Joel was the son of James Jack Bridges and Mary Josephine Phillips. Addie was the daughter of Marshall E. Williams and Missouri E. Wall.
Britney’s maternal grandmother was Lilian/Lillian Irene Portell (the daughter of George Anthony Portelli/Portell and Lilian Esther Lewis). Britney’s grandmother Lilian was born in Barkham Road, Tottenham. George was the son of Edward Richard Portelli, who was from Malta, and of Alice Taylor. Britney’s great-grandmother Lilian was the daughter of James Lewis and Esther Moss. Britney’s Maltese great-great-grandfather Edward was the son of Antonio Portelli; it is possible that Edward was of Italian ancestry, like many people on Malta.
Britney’s parents are third cousins. Two of Britney’s paternal great-great-great-grandparents, William Lee Bridges and Pauline Ann Travis, were also two of Britney’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents.
Sources: Genealogies of Britney Spears – http://www.wargs.com
https://www.geni.com
http://familypedia.wikia.com
http://famouskin.com
http://freepages.rootsweb.com
Genealogies of Britney’s paternal grandparents, June Austin Spears and Emma Jean Forbes – http://www.findagrave.com
Article about the family of Britney’s maternal grandmother, Lilian/Lillian Irene Portell – http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Finally someone who doesn’t have a German ancestry :D German ancestry annoys me. IRISH RULES
She looks like an arab
how does she look like an arab? shes’s freakin’ white!
arabs are white
Not all them and they’re caucasian
she look very Welch and Italian. very beautiful women but when she was young she was more pretty.
correction; her Italian/maltese heritage shouldn’t be listed as separate ethnicities, as it was an Italy ancestor who was born and bred in malta therefore she doesn’t actually have maltese blood, it should be listed as 1/16th Italian-maltese or 1/16th maltese (Italian origin)
The Italian part refers to her descent from Lucretia Bassano, in the 1500s. Is there proof that her Maltese ancestor was of Italian descent?
what do you think about someone named “Antonio Portelli”
correction; her eyes are forest green (green w brown) and her hair is dark brown (brunette) I think it should be listed
You’re blind! Her eyes are clearly brown, not forest green, you idiot.
At this point I’m laughing my ass off. Apparently no one has brown eyes and everyone has hazel or green eyes.
hazel is brown, just a different shade, just like how amber is brown, and grey is a shade of blue. Realistically there are only 3 eye colours, blue, green and brown, but hazel (light brown) and green are quite common eye colours amongst white people and people of mixed white heritage
Grey is not a shade of blue. Grey is a mixture of black and white.
:S are you kidding me?
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I hate eye colors.
her eyes are brown
correction; her eyes are not solidly brown, they do contain green/gold colouration perhaps hazel (light brown) is a better description
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Her eyes are just brown. She doesn’t have a hint of green or gold in her eyes. You have the strangest colour classification of eyes. All brown eyes are hazel, all hazel eyes are green and blue eyed people are grey eyed or green gray. Everyone is anything but their true colour.