Cameron Diaz

Diaz in 2011, Dfree/bigstock.com

Birth Name: Cameron Michelle Diaz

Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States

Date of Birth: August 30, 1972

Ethnicity:
*father – Cuban [Spanish, including Asturian, possibly other], one eighth Spanish-Venezuelan
*mother – English, Scottish, Irish, German

Cameron Diaz is an American actress, model, entrepreneur, producer, and author. Her roles include The Mask, The Last Supper, My Best Friend’s Wedding, There’s Something About Mary, In Her Shoes, Shrek, Vanilla Sky, The Counselor, and Charlie’s Angels and its sequel.

Cameron is the daughter of Billie, an import/export agent, and Emilio Diaz, an oil company foreman. Cameron is married to musician Benji Madden, with whom she has two children.

Cameron’s paternal grandparents were of Cuban descent [with Spanish, including Asturian, ancestry]; her father also had one eighth Spanish-Venezuelan ancestry. Cameron’s mother has English, Scottish, Irish, and German ancestry. Cameron has also stated that she has Native American ancestry on her mother’s side (sometimes specified as Cherokee Native American). It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented. There are no Native American ancestors, Cherokee or otherwise, in Cameron’s mother’s recent and relatively recent family tree.

Cameron’s paternal grandfather was Emilio Cadiz Diaz Jr. (the son of Emilio F. “El Gato” Díaz and Joaquina “Queenie” Cabranes Cádiz). Cameron’s grandfather Emilio was born in Tampa, Florida. Cameron’s great-grandfather Emilio was a Cuban emigrant, from Havana. Joaquina was also a Cuban emigrant, and was the daughter of a man surnamed Cabranes, and of a Venezuelan emigrant, Antonia Cádiz Sánchez, who was of Spanish descent.

Cameron’s paternal grandmother was Gertrudes Lavin (the daughter of Luis Lavín García and Mercedes Duarte Alonso). Gertrudes was born in Florida. Luis was born in Cuba, to a Spanish-born father, Francisco Felipe Lavín, and a Cuban-born mother, Gertrudes García. Mercedes was also born in Cuba, also to a Spanish-born father, Manuel Duarte, and a Cuban-born mother, Mercedes Alonso.

Cameron’s maternal grandfather was William Marion Early (the son of John Winchester Early and Chloe Kendall Allen). William was born in Missouri. John was the son of William Robin Early and Emma Rozella Fusselman. Chloe was the daughter of Charles Marion Allen and Catherine Delcina/Della Babb.

Cameron’s maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Jeanette Waddingham (the daughter of Joseph Herbert Waddingham and Elizabeth Rankin Withers). Cameron’s grandmother Elizabeth was born in California. Joseph was born in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, the son of Joseph Waddingham, who was born in North Cave, Yorkshire, England, and of Frances Anna Kels/Kells, who was born in Templeport Parish, County Caven, Ireland. Cameron’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Illinois, to an English father, Richard James Withers, and a mother from Missouri, Nancy/Nannie S. Scott.

Sources: Genealogy of Cameron Diaz – https://gw.geneanet.org

Genealogy of Cameron Diaz (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Cameron’s paternal grandmother, Gertrude/Gertrudes Lavin, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Cameron’s maternal grandfather, William Marion Early, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Cameron’s maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Jeanette Waddingham, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Elizabeth Jeanette Waddingham on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Cameron’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Rankin Withers, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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261 Responses

  1. Capricious says:

    Looks 100% white to me, like English or German…

    • Spaniard_70 says:

      Thats because she is. Spaniards like me are white. We are European. Most Cubans like her have a lot of Spanish ancestry. I understand the confusion though. Many Americans do not know that Spanish and Portuguese are originally white. If you see me youd think I was Greek, or Italian. Most Northern Spaniards have blonde hair, and Olive Skin. In the south it is Black hair and Olive skin. All of her ancestry is white. So it makes sense for her to look 100% white.

  2. shobohunter says:

    she and Dolph Lundgren :D
    “Drago” belongs to same race. lol

  3. DANIEL CARVALHANA says:

    HEAD IN SHAPED OF PUMPKIN , NOSE WIDE AND FLAT, SHORT FACE, EYES MIXED

    CAMERON LOOK LIKE A Mongrel (WHITE + Mongoloid)

    • Euro says:

      If Cameron Diaz is not white then you have a big white problem in the USA because she is one of the whitest American I have ever seen.Is funny how some Americans called brown people white and white people non white. Many Europeans of mixed heritage went to the USA because they were consider. You have Roma Gypsy(non white) or biracial pretending to be Italians,Irish and Dutch in the USA because they be consider white and accepted. Do not confuse race with nationality.She is a white woman. Blond hair and blue eyes are recessive genes.Those brown skinnedpeople that you(Americans)call whites are only able to produce brown children. In Europe, to be white you have to look white and produce white children. Maybe because we do not longer believe in the pureness of race and DNA are proving that.The more European looking the person is, means that the majority of your genes are Europeans.

    • midori29 says:

      @Daniel CORRECT, I totally agree. Cameron’s features are Mongoloid influenced. She looks like a white Eskimo Annuit Indian and her real hair color is dark brown to black. She dyes it.

  4. sebastianvalladolid says:

    I hate how the American media and most white Americans have the wrong definition of a “Hispanic” or a “Latino” . Get yourself educated, the terms can be used interchangeably they both make reference to an ethnicity not a race! “Latino” means having ancestry related to Spain , Italy France and/or Portugal. Hispanic means having a background solely to Spain (Hispania).
    Technically speaking while The USA and Canada hold a large number of “diversity” the fact is mixing among races has not happened to the extent that it happened in Latin America in the past .

    Most “brown Mexicans” you see have a mix in their background , only 20% of Mexicans in Mexico are of “pure Native American blood”. 60% are Mestizos (mixed of native and European Spanish) and 20% white.
    Central Americans are known to be the countries of the Americas where their pure native population no longer exists , they’re all mixed or white, like El Salvador has become officially the first Central American country to be 80% mixed (white and native) and 20% white.
    South Americans have a bigger white Latino population but also a black population .
    So I don’t understand how people actually think that all Latinos are “brown” or a “race” . In theory there are more whites in all Latin America added up than all of White North Americans added up. Not to forget that Spain is a white country too with some provinces having a higher density of Arabic and Jewish mix like Andalucia in the south.

    • Shawnee27 says:

      I’m sorry, I’m FULL BLOODED REAL NATIVE AMERICAN Shawnee from the Piqua reservation, I know how bad you Mexicans wanna be us and all, but most Mexicans as you claimed are not mostly Native American and white, where you came from was Spain, and when you was over here Native Americans and Mexicans didn’t mate with each other. You could easily tell the difference between a Native American and A Mexican, and if your claim is true show me ACCURATE DNA results that show Mexicans are mostly native American and white. When you Mexicans try to claim OUR BLOOD we look down on you and laugh, Because people are so stupid to believe you, when a person is mixed with Native American they say Mexican and Native American because they are two different races. Stop trying to be us so you can claim America is your land.

      • Katz says:

        Yes they are. Different tribes or ethnic groups? Maybe, but a border doesn’t change their ‘race’. The indigenous people of Mexico are native North Americans too.

      • Euro says:

        Shawnee27: USA is not America. There is America as a continent. All indigenous people are consider Native America. Native South American or Native North Americans.
        According to the latest DNA tests you are also immigrants. You arrived to America before the European race. Do not be lazy and look at that information in the Internet. It is a 2013 and 2014 information.Get yourself updated.
        And you wonder why we Europeans think that Americans are dumb.

      • Jello says:

        Mexicans do look Native American. Many have the dark skin and Asian eyes just like most Native Americans who are not mixed with white.

      • yankee1 says:

        And most Plains Indians alive now are mixed with EUROPEAN Blood so,what’s your point ?

    • Shawnee27 says:

      Also you just tried to make another claim, If y’all was white which your not, whites or anybody for that matter wouldn’t call you Mexicans you would be labeled as white which you are not. Please accept your heritage and stop trying to be something your not, but don’t worry most almost all Mexicans try to claim they are another race when their not.

      • ethnic says:

        So if they aren’t European or native American what are they?

        • Gurrl says:

          Amerindian-spanish mixes mainly-aka mestizo’s. I think he meant that he doesn’t embrace Mexicans as his “brothers”

          • Euro says:

            Ameridian does not exist. Is not longer used for DNA testing. Native American refers to people from the Americas. USA is a country in America(Continent). According to DNA,Native America came from South Asia.

      • marjanel says:

        Most mexicans are mestizo and claimed that, there are ones that are white, why they would claim different? Would whites of USA say that they are not white because there are blacks in usa

    • Euro says:

      I agree with you and I am European. World Cup Brazil :) Being to South America.

  5. theartsnerd says:

    Cameron Diaz is also a Cherokee Native Indian.

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