Cheryl
Cheryl in 2011, DFree / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Cheryl Ann Tweedy
Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 30 June, 1983
Ethnicity: English, small amount of Irish
Cheryl, also known by her birth name, Cheryl Tweedy, or by her married names, Cheryl Cole and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, is a British singer, dancer, television personality, and musician. She was a member of pop girl group Girls Aloud, along with Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh.
Cheryl is the daughter of Joan (Callaghan) and Gary Tweedy. Cheryl’s ancestry is English, with some Irish. A picture of Cheryl with her father can be seen here. A picture of Cheryl with her mother can be seen here.
Cheryl has a son with her former partner, singer and songwriter Liam Payne.
Cheryl used the name Cheryl Cole, after marrying footballer Ashley Cole, and was legally known as Cheryl Ann Fernandez-Versini, after marrying French restaurateur Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini.
Cheryl’s paternal grandfather was Brian Tweedy (the son of William Purdy Tweedy and Nora Kelso). Brian was born in Northumberland South, Northumberland. William was the son of James Tweedy and Mary Ellen Tully. Nora was born in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, the daughter of George William Kelso and Mary Jane Laing.
Cheryl’s paternal grandmother is Margaret R. Bullock (the daughter of John Bullock and Margaret Parry). Cheryl’s grandmother Margaret was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Cheryl’s maternal grandfather was Joseph Callaghan (the son of Joseph Callaghan and Emma Wilkinson). Cheryl’s grandfather Joseph was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Cheryl’s great-grandfather Joseph had Irish ancestry, and was the son of Joseph Callaghan. Emma was the daughter of William Wilkinson.
Cheryl’s maternal grandmother was Olga Ridley (the daughter of Joseph Wilson Ridley and Edith Annie Burton). Olga was born in County Durham. Joseph was the son of Edward Fletcher Ridley and Emily Matilda Brown.
Sources: Genealogy of Cheryl – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Cheryl’s paternal great-grandmother, Nora (Kelso) Tweedy – http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk
Marriage record of Cheryl’s maternal great-grandparents, Joseph Callaghan and Emma Wilkinson – https://www.familysearch.org
Cheryl’s appearance on Who Do You Think You Are?, 2016 – https://www.youtube.com
Information about Cheryl’s appearance on Who Do You Think You Are?, 2016 – http://www.dailymail.co.uk
she is white, british she just wears tanner like most british women . she looks like a basic british women to me shes beautiful
there are plenty of interracial marriages in UK ,mostly between english women and west indies men
@Mystic Merlin
(With her interest in black men seemed to back up my idea that she is from foreign origins.)
So only non-pure English or Irish would mess with black people?If that’s the case,what about people like:
Joss Stone,I thought she was english or irish
Carrie Grant,I thought she was english
Dawn French,I thought she was irish
David bowie,thought he was English
Sharon Davies,didn’t she marry a black man,and had his children?
People like you who don’t check the history of your countries,are always the first to yell we’re pure.The truth is England and ireland have always had black people in it,since before they were called England and ireland. Also white and black have been getting it on since,they bumped back into each other.You don’t control whose part of what country.White people have installed themselves,in every part of the world,and insist they belong there.So who are you ,to tell those black peoples,whose families have been there for generations,that they are not English?(no offense meant to the white members,just making a point).
“The truth is England and ireland have always had black people in it”, big one..prove it
@andrew
I doing this in a hurry:
The ivory bangle lady proves,that black people have been there for a long time:
http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/Page/ViewCollection.aspx?CollectionId=26
They have been digging up black people remains for a hundred years,and keeping it quiet.
As for Scotland and Ireland ,I can’t prove beyond a shadow of doubt,but here are some things you can look up.You get stories about people like Black Morrow or Black Murray,also about the Dubh-Ghenti. You also know black people were there all through the so called middle ages,there is plenty of stuff about that.Now just think about this,if they were in England,what makes you think they wouldn’t be in Ireland(if white people got over there)
fuzzybear – In Ireland or Scotland they use the word Dubh a lot. A lot of Irish and Scottish names have prefixes like this calling people yellow, black, white, fair, brown etc. It doesn’t mean the person was black. The Irish even called the Vikings from Denmark black. They called them Dubh Gall which means black stranger . Do you think they meant they were Black like as from Africa? They called the Norweigian Vikings Fionn Gall which means fair stranger. I don’t think the Norse or Danes would look very different.
There is no evidence of Africans in Ireland or Scotland. If there was there would be no conspiracy to hide it. With dna testing now any African ancestry would show up in your dna. There is also no history of it.
Also regarding Cheryl I don’t think anyone knows her full ancestry. I don’t think she is just Irish and Scottish. Her mother is definitely not of only Irish ancestry.
I don’t think they would hide anything like that. Most people would find it fascinating.
@Alice
(In Ireland or Scotland they use the word Dubh a lot. A lot of Irish and Scottish names have prefixes like this calling people yellow, black, white, fair, brown etc. It doesn’t mean the person was black. )
Ok,however that goes both ways.It also could mean,that the person was indeed black.
(The Irish even called the Vikings from Denmark black. )
That’s probably because they were.What you apparently haven’t read about,is how Viking constantly raided into north Africa taking people(especially women),and going right to Ireland.Many times,they included these very people into their ranks.This was an important military achievement for the Vikings during these years. The leaders continued to change, and use different bands to raided different areas.It’s written about in the 9th and tenth century.Stories like gothrit,son Harald with black men devastating Angelsea and capturing 2000 men.
(The Irish even called the Vikings from Denmark black. They called them Dubh Gall which means black stranger.)
Actually I think it spelled like this(Dubh-Ghenti, or Black Gentiles.)Yes I believe they were probably black,because as i stated Vikings raided Africa,and including these people into their military ranks.
(There is no evidence of Africans in Ireland or Scotland. If there was there would be no conspiracy to hide it. With dna testing now any African ancestry would show up in your dna. There is also no history of it.)
I have been told this so many time,and each time the other person has been wrong.I can’t prove Dna for the 4th century like I can with the British stuff,so I guest the 1700’s will have to do:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/15/scotland-dna-study-project
Now the article says West African in Scotland only.However as I stated,blacks have been confirmed at least as far back as the 9th century in (ireland).
@Alice
(I don’t think they would hide anything like that. Most people would find it fascinating.)
Sweetie,they hid the fact that they have been digging up ancient black people remains in England for a hundred years.Most White are probably not like you, racism is a strong motivator.People aren’t as enlighten as you want to be believe.You see how people get insulted,if you mention they have any kind of African ancesty .How they were upset about that black Viking in thor. They were upset about Black people in the show merlin. Now look,factual history shows that black people were actually there.Not enough to change the population,but there.
I forgot this picture here:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/1e8248d3b70522a0dfde4802fe4d4c8e/tumblr_mnld3qCXNW1ssmm02o1_500.jpg
This is from the 1400’s in scotland,this piece from a big picture So you can see that blacks weren’t strangers in medieval Scotland.
@fuzzybear
be careful when you read afrocentric stuff coz it’s bullshit
Fuzzybear with new genetics who knows what might turn up. I really think a lot of people would love to have some exotic African ancestry in some European countries. I wouldn’t mind in the least. I’ve always felt attracted to places like Morocco. The Irish definitely used Dubh Gall. There is no such term as Dubh-Ghenti. :)
@Andrews
(be careful when you read afrocentric stuff coz it’s bullshit)
As I expected,I thought you would be the one to say something.For the record,I am very careful when i do my research.I don’t put things down unless I’m convinced there facts.However if it will make you feel more comfortable, except for the picture of the Trumpeter,everything else came from white people(so you shouldn’t have any problem trusting it)
Now let’s get back to that afrocentric stuff being Bullshit.Who says it bullshit?Oh wait let me guess,white people.Can you prove anything that those so called Afrocentric have stated False?Lets see, Afrocentric stated that the originally Egypt was an indigenous African civilization.What’s bullshit about that,anyone with half a brain cell,can see that was true.Yet white people call them Afrocentric for saying that,and claim it was actually a white civilization.Afrocentric’s say black people were in Greece. White people called them Afrocentric for saying that.However new documentaries on Greece are proving those so called Afrocentric’s correct,such as the one about Pompeii.They have been recovering black people’s remains from the ash,so where is the Bullshit?So-called Afrocentric’s stated that the moors were originally black,yet white people say that’s bullshit.However the majority of the paintings,stories,and poems like(the song of Roland),clearly shows that they were indeed black,so where is is the bullshit?Afrocentric’s claim that black people were all over Europe.England for example,white people said that was bullshit.Yet I think I proved that they were there ,at least by the 4th century.So again,I ask where the bullshit?Even you stated that black people were not in England before the 1900’s,yet you were proven wrong,so where is the bullshit?Afrocentric’s claim black people were in Scotland,Alice said if black people were there,DNA would show it(the Dna show it).So where is the Bullshit,you keep talking about? If you looked at modern stuff,you would see that the claims that the so-called Afrocentric’s have made,are becoming Facts.So from what i can see,it’s that eurocentric crap that’s not to trustworthy
@Alice
( The Irish definitely used Dubh Gall. There is no such term as Dubh-Ghenti. :))
hello Alice
If you say so,but it did pop up in this book like that
( I really think a lot of people would love to have some exotic African ancestry in some European countries. I wouldn’t mind in the least.0
This is what i mean about you being more enlighten,because other on this site,find it to be a complete insult.
correction- people find it to be
Make a bit of a mistake:They have been recovering black people’s remains from the ash.
meant to say from the 54 bodies or skeletons that were in a cellar in pompeii
@ fuzzybear
the fact is those wannabe historians called afrocentric (just an American trend) think there has been a conspiracy from (white) historians to delete black people from history (actually no one cares), so they make a pathetic and embarassing attempt full of mistakes to re-write the History. But that’s just fiction
@ fuzzybear
If I get your point they found 54 skeletons of black (?) people in Pompeii. At time of eruption the local population was around 20000. It would mean a very low %. Nobody deny the presence of “some” black ppl in the past, but saying they built the biggest civilizations as afrocentrist say is ridiculous. For example they can’t get North Africa was and is not a black land. anything related to this area is marked as “black”!. I dont want to debat anymore with you about this argument
@ fuzzybear
http://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/who-the-moors-really-were/
@andrews
No I didn’t say they founded 54 black people.Some of the skeletal remains within that 54 people,were black people.Showing that the people you call Afrocentrics weren’t lying.An eurocentrics,have deny things like that for generations.They lied about the african remains in england,how is that not a conspiracy. They lied about historical facts period
( Nobody deny the presence of “some” black ppl in the past, but saying they built the biggest civilizations as afrocentrist say is ridiculous.)
What are you talking about,of course they do.Some black people?Also I think it’s no more ridiculous than the Eurocentrics saying they build everything.
(think there has been a conspiracy from (white) historians to delete black people from history
Can you tell me why in modern history books ,that black people might be in 1 chp,and that only covers slavery?
(North Africa was and is not a black land. anything related to this area is marked as “black”!. I dont want to debat anymore with you about this argument)
It’s not black land anymore because of European colonialism,that took place 200 yrs ago and that has continue. Britain, Portugal and France, claimed for themselves vast areas of Africa.They blacks were push of their land.The same way the American Indians were done.When white people invaded,they come in a tidal wave.That’s a historical fact.
@andrews
You used Mathilda’s Anthropology Blog.Come on andrew the only thing missing from that blog,is the KKK sigh in the corner.The song of roland, tells what the moors were.The moor sundry act tells what the moors were
( It recognized Moors as white people with Jury duty as a privilege. Moors were not to be subjected to laws governing blacks and slaves.
Don’t have me break out the real pic of moors:
These was a real moor:
http://www.taneter.org/angelosoliman.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8khpeqio7xU/TMSXS9XSeEI/AAAAAAAAAl0/RojgOlmmV8g/s1600/71564_1601010821350_1118447655_31688321_4175086_n.jpg
Also even before colonialism,white slavery took place.Where at least 1.5 milllion people(mostly women)were taken to North Africa as love machines.Then they started have all these mixed bloods,and white people started to separated them by color,calling the black skin ones blackamoor.Also you know for a fact mixed bloods can look black,white or in between.Also white ones can still have a black parent,you know this..So if you sit there a can’t see that populations change over time,I don’t know what to tell you
@ fuzzybear
I just give you a random link I’ve found, that blog (Mathilda’s) looked accurate to me, the kind of comments I’ve read here and there too, but maybe it’s biased as the afrocentric site you gave me (taneter or how is called, Soliman has not much to share with real Moors). Eurocentric: actually what does it mean? all the History is eurocentric, afrocentrism is just a wrong American answer, instead of making new studies, discoveries etc they claim anything from Old World (Europe, North Africa and near Asia) as made by black ppl with their allegations. In modern history books black people are in 1 chp, and only covers slavery, as u said, because history of black ppl has not been studied or it’s not interesting as the Roman Empire to historians.
About North Africa, it’s not a black land just because the indigenous ppl are not black, not because of Colonialism. Africa doenst mean “black”. At time of Roman Empire Africa was the name for the North Africa region. It’s not easy to make it clear to Americans with low education level and poor knowledge in geography and history
@andrews
(I just give you a random link I’ve found, that blog (Mathilda’s) looked accurate to me, the kind of comments I’ve read here and there too, but maybe it’s biased as the afrocentric site you gave me (taneter or how is called, Soliman has not much to share with real Moors).
I didn’t give you a site,just pictures of moors.I could give you plenty of pics of moors,but of course you won’t except them. I picked Soilman by chance,but he was a real moor(from west africa),and just to show you how easy it was for moors in north Africa change,here’s a pic of his grandson:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Ernst_von_Feuchtersleben01.JPG
How moors went from these images:
http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=831621&t=w
http://www.heritage-history.com/?c=read&author=finnemore&book=barbary&story=_front
to this:
http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/66/Barbarossa_Hayreddin_Pasha.jpg
But I’ve already shown you many time how mixed bloods go from black to white.
(Eurocentric: actually what does it mean? all the History is eurocentric, afrocentrism is just a wrong American answer, instead of making new studies, discoveries etc they claim anything from Old World (Europe, North Africa and near Asia) as made by black ppl with their allegations. )
Yes all our history is told through a Eurocentric view point,and that’s what’s wrong.They wrote the books glorifying Europeans, tainting the history and alienating anyone they didn’t want you to know about(aka black people).This of course was reinforce by constant drilling of this Ideology in schools.Back up by false images in books (that they wrote ),Movies they wrote,cartoons they wrote etc.That’s why in those earlier articles,state shocking news.It’s shocking,because they’re finding out thy weren’t told the true.Now as far as making new studies,that’s exactly what they’re doing.Opening black people eyes to history,and not that spoon fed Eurocentric stuff that conveniently leaves us out.Also I’ve never heard a so-called Afrocentric claim Egypt.They said it was and indigenous black civilization.However to the best of my knowledge,they never said they were Egyptians,Eurocentric did that.As A matter of fact,going by this Documentary Eurocentrics were the ones claim everything:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InkYI9Bvua8
and at the 5:00 to 8:00 mark,tell you exactly what they did with African information they don’t want you and us to know about
(In modern history books black people are in 1 chp, and only covers slavery, as u said, because history of black ppl has not been studied or it’s not interesting as the Roman Empire to historians.)
No it’s been studied like crazy,it’s just not taught to us.Basil davidson was well known for books and documentaries of Africa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FciCAXYWx3s&list=PLA4CC6DB71819BD2A
Now as you can see ,it was very interesting to historians,archaeologists,and looters.However as was shown in the first video,those Europeans were very racist,and didn’t like what they were finding.So why would they tell black people over here about it.It undermines everything they’ve been teaching.Best to lock it away, keep quiet and make something else up. luckily for me,I came along at a time when it is being taught,but only colleges.However High school books,still have only one chp .From the why you act,your books have none.I mean I do understand why they don’t.
(About North Africa, it’s not a black land just because the indigenous ppl are not black, not because of Colonialism. Africa doenst mean “black”. At time of Roman Empire Africa was the name for the North Africa region. It’s not easy to make it clear to Americans with low education level and poor knowledge in geography and history)
Your right Africa was not the original name.However as told by modern day people,North Africa was indeed black and brown people.Black being the umbrella term for the different shades of the Africans.Going by your own Scientists ,you guys weren’t even around during North Africa’s wet time about ten thousand yrs ago:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1210056/White-Europeans-evolved-5-500-years-ago-food-habits-changed.html
Rock art like this,shows black,brown and reddish brown:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Museum_of_Anatolian_Civilizations003.jpg
and this is in turkey.However the Africa rock art shows the same:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/African_cave_paintings.jpg
I know it’s hard for a European,who’s been breastfed and nourish on tainted historical information,to wrap his head around this.like i said,this stuff is coming to light.Now I didn’t say North Africa stayed black. Generations of mixing,you’re going to get that mixed look up there.It’s no different than what happen in South Africa.North America,central America,Brazil,etc.All these place started off one way,and now look at them,and in less time.Now if you don’t want to deal with that,that’s fine with me have it your way.
@andrews
I replied two days ago,but it’s still (awaiting moderation)
lot of ppl seem “exotic” to you. To me (European) “exotic” is someone from french polynesia not Mrs Cole
@Andrew. I agree with Fuzzybear, you are attacking his belief in “Afrocentricism” but you are not questioning what has been taught and believed by yourself, which has a racist slant to it. Any history depends upon who are the people telling it. And North Africa did not always look like it does now with the ARAB makeup, North Africa centuries ago was black African and it still is, mixed into the North Africans now too. Black Africans traveled to Europe before slavery and in some parts they mixed into the population.
Fuzzybear is a wannabe scholar from louisiana, being creole he/she thinks all the ppl in the world must have “black” ancestry. Dont read it! and all those linked pics are fake!
@Andrew
Yes I’m from Louisiana and you’re from Europe,so what.
( thinks all the ppl in the world must have “black” ancestry.)
No History and the DNA experts have stated this.You don’t like it,take it up with them.
(all those linked pics are fake!)
Where’s your proof they’re fake?
@ Midori29
andrew is a misguided European,who doesn’t believe black people could even look at the Mediterranean without drowning.He has been shown numerous times, that he makes no attempt at studying anything,and even when proven wrong every time,still refuses to learn anything
of course she has English ancestory her moter wasnt born in irelend and her dad wasnt born in scotland
I’m sure you are right. I think it is likely that her parents are not of full Irish and Scottish descent. I can’t find anything definite about her ancestry. It would be great if someone could get a family tree on her ancestry.
She has no English ancestry in her it’s rare for a English person not too have a drop of English ancestry in them she is primarily Irish and Scottish English people are Mongrels the majority of English people have English Irish Scottish and Welsh ancestry like i have English Irish Scottish Welsh and Filipino ancestry that is a very common mixture in England English people are Mongrels England has been invaded so many times English people have ancestry in Ireland and ancestry in other parts of the UK i’m nearly the same ethnic background as her just English add Welsh and Filipino my ancestry is mostly English Irish Scottish Welsh and Filipino i have other ancestries running through my veins i have 13 most English people are Mongrels even though some English people are 100% English like English and nothing but English there are English people that are 100% English 100% English as far as back as they can trace English people have who no Irish Scottish and Welsh ancestry they are 100% English if they are parents are English grandparents are English great grand parents are English they are 100% English they is lots of English Irish people in England people are a mixture of English and Irish ancestry there has been lots of intermarriages between English people and Irish people in England over the years lots of English people have English and Irish ancestry but the majority who have English and Irish ancestry also have Scottish and Welsh ancestry i can’t think of any people in England who has English and Irish ancestry who hasn’t got a drop a Scottish and Welsh people lots of English people have both English and Irish ancestry the majority of them but they also have Scottish and Welsh ancestry some English people only have English and Irish ancestry but the reason way the majority of English people in England have English Irish Scottish and Welsh ancestry because the British Isles and the Irish Isles have intermarried with each other over the years lots of English Irish people have intermarried with Scottish Welsh people over the years..