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. Britney is married to Iranian-American model and actor Sam Asghari. 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
She is very beautiful! Looks like my friends who from Palestine and Lebanon. what a beautiful smile she has
Last summer you stated that she looks Norwegian…
You’re right Andrew! I was wrong about her looking Scandinavian. She looks mediterranean such as southern European or Middle Eastern/North African. Although I must say my friends from Palestine look very light skinned for Arabs. Although Britney Spears is part Irish which has some of the same features as Scandinavians (such as being fair skinned). I guess I was wished she looked Scandinavian (or Irish) to be like me (being that I am half Irish half Scandinavian). I don’t mean to get personal but out of curiosity you’re of Finnish descent right?
Yes, I am 100% Finnish from Lahti.
Btw Britney Spears does not look North African at all!
Cool I am 50% Norwegian so maybe we are close relatives! :) Also Maltese people probably have North African and even Sub-Saharan African ancestry. Malta is directly north of Northern Africa.
I though you were Italian, since you always comment on Italian celebrities. Finnish surprised me.
Being Swedish, I guess I’m the big brother of both of you.
My wife is Italian, that is the reason.
Its good to know that the contributors of this site are from such diverse backgrounds.
Yes. I’m Finland-Swedish myself, from the Lapland Peninsula. ethnicelebs contributors cover a diverse range of Scandinavian or Fennoscandian backgrounds.
@Andrew
You stated you were Italian when you first came on the site, now you’re 100% Finnish?
follers, I could’ve sworn you were American. And something told me you were Jewish as well. Another surprise.
ethnic, you are Australian, right?
Ethnic comes from a tiny little street in the village of Ølstykke-Stenløse, Denmark. He actually used to be Prime Minister of Denmark, in the 1960s.
I suspected you were trolling, partly because you referred to the totally existing “Lapland Peninsula” and partly because I already knew you grew up in Haugesund with bearboy, not Finland.
http://ethnicelebs.com/rowan-blanchard
As I said on that thread, “I’m the only person on the site who isn’t Norwegian.” That is because I am Finland-Swedish.
I did spend some time in Haugesund, yes.
Now there are two of us who aren’t Norwegian.
It seems Follers has traced the wrong guy. Australian yes Danish no.
@fuzzybear
I have never said anything about my background and I have alwais been reluctant, until Follers spotted my Finnish roots.
Your Finnish ancestry is visible a mile away. You bear an inescapable resemblance to Jessica Lange.
yeah, my maternal great-aunt looked a bit like her.
@Andrew
Quote(@fuzzybear
I have never said anything about my background and I have alwais been reluctant, until Follers spotted my Finnish roots.)
Well it doesn’t matter to me if you’re (Italian, French, German or English), It’s no big deal to me. However being that I like facts, and this is just for the record, Here you are at (Bradley Coopers) site page Stating that you are Italian and never mentioning a wife. Go ahead look for yourself
Bradley cooper site page:
andrew April 24, 2012 at 8:24 pm
i’m italian and he really looks like a friend of mine. Get over it
http://ethnicelebs.com/bradley-cooper/comment-page-1#comments
Yes, I already was Italian by citizenship, after having moved from my hometown Lahti in the 1990s, but not married. Yes, a friend of mine does look like Bradley but tbh the American actor is better looking.
I don’t know what the fuss is about. The Fennoscandian backgrounds of myself, Andrew, and bearboy are certain. They have been verified/documented. We even meet up on weekends to play polka.
@follers
No fuss, just clearing up a fact. You can’t blame me for that
Fuzzybear, any relation to bearboy?
@follers
Aren’t all bears related?
She doesnt look southern european, she looks mostly british. There are a lot of Britney impersonators from Uk, Lorna Bliss and some others. She also looks like Jennifer Ellison when they were both younger… but Britney right now has done plastic surgery and using more spray tan.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I49525
Britney and Jamie Spears I knew had some southern European ancestry. The two of them could pass as much as 43.75% Ashkenazi Jewish in my opinion.
What exactly do Ashkenazi Jews have to do with southern europe? furthermore what is an “Ashkenazi Jew” look. I guess people just can’t help but put groups of people into a bubble to make it simple on themselves.
There are Ashkenazi and Italian appearances and they aren’t usually that similar but they do have certain ethnic traits.
Portelli is a Sicilian surname from Ragusa
http://nameslist.org/surname/Portelli
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Britney_Spears_(1981)