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
Cheryl cole is definatly not ‘white’. not even her skin colour is white.
her nose, eyes and bone structure, to me they look very middle eastern/mediterranean. yes, you can get irish people who have dark hair and (sometimes) darkish skin. but their features look irish, hers on the other hand, really dont. i think she is either arab or iranian mixed with mediterrainean (greece, south italy, south spain, turkey)
Greeks, Italians and Spaniards are White, Turks also.. and keep dreaming you jealous Middle eastern girl.. she is 1000 White
1000%**
HAHAHAHAHAHHA OMG I’M PISSING MYSELF :’) jealous of what you pompous twat :’)?
nahh i’m not even middle eastern, i’m 1/4 bulgarian, 1/4 irish and half french
that’s absolutely hilarious, sorry, just made me cry with laughter
just stated blatantly to the world that white people think they’re the shit and everybody’s jealous of them
hilarrrrss babes. mega. hilars.
oh and i did actually read somewhere that she was part greek/iranian/arab somewhere on her mother’s side, so sit your arse back down cutie.
Anyway . . .
Do you have a link so we can add it to her ethnicity? Otherwise, I do not believe you.
Those were rumors started by people who could not believe that she was from England. The girl is white. I would not have believed it, but I have met quite a few Irish people who were as dark as her. Plus, I do not think it is a coincidence that a lot of these people, like George Clooney, Marlon Brando, Catherine Zeta Jones, and Tom Jones, are “dark” and from the British Isles. You cannot expect them all to be white as snow and blonde.
And even if she was part Greek, she would still be white . . .
also if she was middle eastern she would still be white, and she does has white features i mean look at her long nose
Your one weird ass person. NOW why dont YOU sit your stinkin arse down and accept her whitness!
I agree Lorraine….most of her features point to some sort of Middle Eastern heritage.
Yeah . . . Just like everyone thought Miranda Cosgrove was half East Asian or Mexican . . . and Taylor Lautner was Filipino . . .
My, my Dave! You come across with a massive chip on your shoulder – with a huge axe to grind also!
People, people!
Dave is a douchebag and a terrible troll.
He’s obviously jealous of us lovely Irish & Scottish people. Otherwise he wouldn’t go on about us so much. :)
Thanks, Dave. You’re our biggest fan. :)
Also, Smith isn’t just English. It’s German, Irish, Scottish, Dutch etc. Look it up. ;)
Oh, and yeah, a good few Irish and Scottish people have English ancestors… but Dave, that’s hundreds of years ago, for most of us. And if we’re going by ancestors… aren’t the English supposedly of German heritage too? And Roman?
And what about before that?!
My, my. Aren’t we a lovely little melting pot of cultures.
Face it, Dave. You’re an ignorant pig who hates to see other nationalities ‘claim’ famous people.
(:
She is born in England but what’s her descent? Tweedy is not English, it’s Scottish and neither is Callaghan (Irish) but lets be honest she’s not that important so who cares.
PS. Newcastle is next door to Scotland.
She not Scottish Cause people from newcastle are not classed as scottish. so she must be English.