Britney Spears
Spears in 2011, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
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
The dark eyes is the Maltese part in her.
Her parents are 5th cousins once removed.
“192 – 199 are Same as 136 – 143″ under ” GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS” via the wargs link in the article.
Her parents are third cousins.
Thanks for accepting Greg Gutfeld! Did you respond to something I said on the Britney Spears page because I am not able to see most of the comments.
whoops my bad
Britney proclaims native american distant heritage in this article http://www.indianz.com/ict/showarchive.asp?id=spears
but this article is irrelevant, could be fake because she never said that on tv/big interview
she only claims maltese and english :)
also, she said that japan is an african country:
Britney Spears — ‘I’ve never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don’t like eating fish. And I know that’s very popular out there in Africa.’
Published April 1, 2001.
‘”No, she’s Lumbee,” responded NsyncNBritneyFan. “My cousin lives in North Carolina and he has pictures of Britney participating in the annual Lumbee parade.”‘
Sounds legit.
Published April 1, 2001.
I was being sarcastic.
@Bearboy read that Britney Spears converted to Kabbalah?
Her mother said in her book called ” Through The Storm”:
” Mama was lovely, with her father’s dark maltese coloring.”
I was reading that the other day and noticed, it’s on pg. 5 (she also says her mom had thick, dark hair): http://www.amazon.com/Through-The-Storm-Lynne-Spears/dp/1595552073#reader_1595552073
Britney’s parents are Lynne Irene (Bridges) and James Parnell “Jamie” Spears. Lynne’s father’s birth name is Barnett Bridges.