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
Her aunt lives in West London and her mom has lived there during her teen years. Source:”
The couple moved to America and settled Louisiana, where they had three children, including Britney’s mother Lynne. Lynne came to England to study teaching at Reading University in the early seventies and stayed with Miss Woolmore and her husband Archie.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1056674/EXCLUSIVE-First-photos-Britney-Spears-newly-discovered-British-family.html
She can pass in Sicily.
She does not look Sicily. If anything shed paas for those Italian Americans from NJ because most of them are part Irish. Shes got a fake tan without it she looks more British than anything:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IiBWOM44xGQ/TuIzdqCdrkI/AAAAAAAADAg/Yqm7KQg4X5w/s1600/Britney+Spears+without+makeup+Pose.jpg
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/bg/Britney+Spears+Paris+Hilton+Britney+Spears+n–dFo67Navl.jpg
Said no one ever. She does NOT look sicilian. Even with her dyed black hair she still looks English and there’s nothing wrong with that.
This website is great with lots of happy people but please lets not whitewash history. She is Italian: https://www.geni.com/people/Itana-di-Benevento/6000000002043246715
Spanish: https://www.geni.com/people/Sancho-I-Garc%C3%A9s-Rey-de-Pamplona/6000000003795473559
German: https://www.geni.com/people/Widukind-duke-of-Saxony/6000000003645712662
Polish: https://www.geni.com/people/Hunuil-of-the-Goths/6000000009460952456
Greek: https://www.geni.com/people/Iolaus-of-Macedonia-Nobleman/6000000003645859805
Armenian: https://www.geni.com/people/Orontes-I-Satrap-of-Sophene-and-Matiene/6000000000437400073
Egyptian: https://www.geni.com/people/Arsinoe-I-Queen-of-Greece-Queen-of-Egypt/6000000008630613100
Ukrainian: https://www.geni.com/people/Vinitharius-the-Just-Warlord-of-the-Ostrogoths/6000000009460968454
Ancient Israeli/Jewish: https://www.geni.com/people/Abias-2nd-King-of-Judah/6000000000961704346
Man, what is this?
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2016-11-29/newspaper-lifestyleculture/A-Crypto-Jewish-Community-in-early-modern-Malta-1602-1612-6736167243
@Follers, there are two questions I am curious about. 1. Is it possible Britney Spears has Arab, Sephardic Jewish, and/or Italian ancestry on her Maltese side of her family going back to the 1600’s? 2. If so can we try to find it?
Malta is a historic part of Sicily, Maltese ancestry is 90%+ Sicilian and the other 10% is additional North African, Jewish, British, etc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~celebrities/spears.html