Cassie Ventura
Cassie Ventura – 2016 MTV Video Music Awards – Arrivals – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY, USA – Photo Credit: Aaron J. Thornton / PR Photos
Birth Name: Casandra Elizabeth Ventura
Place of Birth: New London, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 26, 1986
Ethnicity:
*father – Filipino [Ilocano, Pangasinan]
*mother – Vincentian [African, Scottish, English], African-Anguillan, African-American, Mexican
Cassie Ventura, also known simply as Cassie, is an American R&B singer, actress, dancer, and model.
Cassie is the daughter of Regina Elizabeth and Rodrick Camero Ventura. A picture of Cassie with her mother can be seen here. A picture of Cassie’s grandmothers can be seen here.
She is married to wellness consultant Alex Fine, with whom she has two childen.
Cassie’s paternal grandfather was Fred Ramos Ventura (the son of Leodegario Ventura and Rufina Ramos). Fred was a Filipino emigrant, from San Carlos, Pangasinan.
Cassie’s paternal grandmother was Verna Calderon Camero (the daughter of Basilio Camero y Casañas, or Basilio Casañas Camero in Filipino, and of Josefa Calderón y Quiday, or Josefa Quiday Calderón in Filipino). Verna was born in Pahala, Hawaii, to Filipino parents, from Narvacan, Ilocos Sur. Basilio was the son of Natalio Camero and Sixta Casañas. Josefa was the daughter of Esteban Calderón and Bonifacia Quiday.
Cassie’s maternal grandfather was Henry Edward Kydd (the son of Ernest Ferdinand MacLillan Kydd and Emmeline Gertrude Rogers). Henry was born in born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Ernest was from Bequia, Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the son of Samuel Douglas Kydd, who was of part Scottish descent, and of Leonora Jane “Didie” Derrick, who was of part English ancestry. Emmeline was from East End, Anguilla, and was the daughter of Jonathan Edward Rogers and Ann Rebecca Carter.
Cassie’s maternal grandmother is Annie Rosaura “Anita” Crawford (the daughter of Peter Logan Crawford and María Antonia Córdova Véjar). Annie was born in Fort Huachuca, near Sierra Vista, Arizona. Peter was African-American, and was the son of Cicero Crawford and Annie Roy Anderson. María was Mexican, from Hermosillo, Sonora, and was the daughter of Miguel Córdova Rodríguez and Rosaura Véjar Córdova.
Cassie Ventura in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Source: http://www.blackfilm.com
https://www.complex.com
Marriage record of Cassie’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Cassie’s paternal grandfather, Fred Ramos Ventura – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Cassie’s paternal grandmother, Verna Camero Ventura (born Verna Calderon Camero) – https://www.byles.com
Marriage record of Cassie’s paternal great-grandparents, Basilio Camero y Casañas and Josefa Calderón y Quiday – https://www.familysearch.org
Cassie’s maternal grandfather, Henry Edward Kydd, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death records of Cassie’s maternal great-grandparents, Ernest Ferdinand MacLillan Kydd and Emmeline Gertrude (Rogers) Kydd – https://www.findagrave.com
Okay so I’m pretty irritated with some of the stupid comments being made. Tell my father and his ENTIRE side of his family that black people dont have wavy hair cause THEY ALL DO! I have very curl hair but he tried to have a fro back in the day and couldn’t even when he tried! Check out some Africans and you will find that there are PLENTY of light-skinned Africans. Plenty!
And as for this ignorant “expert”, Lauren, Tina Knowles is 1/4 white AT BEST! her mother looks like she MAY be mixed. So how then can Beyonce be 30% white? Like Fuzzybear said, unless her father is contributing a great deal of white blood then it’s just not happening. Tina Knowles doesn’t necessarily know unless she took a DNA test.
People like her get to decide which race they want to be classified under.
Obviosly she is mixed! have you ever seen a black person who looks like her…with hair like that! she does’nt have weave on does she? and I doubt she relaxes her hair…its like Halle berry…she’s mixed…but the question is…which race does she identify with?
She clearly looks all 3 filipino IS in her eyes black in her skin tone mexican in her facial features…i have mexican, arabic, and english ancestry nd i Know that ppl especilly latinos can look very diverse nd ppl just accept THE fact that she IS of mixed race It shouldn’t be such a debate
uhh they do, its called What’s your Ethnicity? page