Chris Brown
Brown in 2008, Joe Seer/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Christopher Maurice Brown
Place of Birth: Tappahannock, Virginia, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 5, 1989
Ethnicity: African-American
Chris Brown is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and actor. He is also known as C. Sizzle, Breezy, and CB.
His parents, Joyce Amy (Bundy) Hawkins and Clinton Maurice Brown, are both African-American. All of his grandparents are black. A picture of Chris with his mother can be seen here.
Chris has stated that he has Pamunkey Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this Native American ancestry has been verified/documented.
Chris has a daughter with Nia Guzman; a son with Ammika Harris; and a daughter with Diamond Brown.
Chris’s paternal grandfather is Charles Randolph Brown (the son of Lester Brown and Bertha Newman). Charles was born in Virginia.
Chris’s paternal grandmother is Mary Elizabeth Baylor (the daughter of Hampton Baylor and Bertha Gaines). Mary Elizabeth was born in Virginia.
Chris’s maternal grandfather was Clifton William Bundy, Sr. (the son of Benjamin/Ben Baylor Bundy and Adell/Ada Byrd). Clifton was born in Virginia. Benjamin was the son of Clayborne/Clayborn Baylor Bundy and Mary Susan Brooks. Adell was the daughter of Mortimer/Moltey/Moltie/Mottie Byrd and Blanche Bundy.
Chris’s maternal grandmother was Mary Elsie Blagmon (the daughter of Robert Lindsey/Lee Blagmon and Rebecca Saunders). Mary was born in Virginia. Robert was the son of William Blagmon and Lucy Evans. Rebecca was the daughter of John Saunders and Amelia.
Sources: Death record of Chris’s maternal great-grandfather, Benjamin/Ben Baylor Bundy – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Chris’s great-uncle, Thomas Henry Blagmon (the brother of Chris’s maternal grandmother, Mary Elsie Blagmon) – http://www.dailyprogress.com
Death record of Chris’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert Lindsey/Lee Blagmon – https://www.familysearch.org
Chris’s maternal great-grandmother, Rebecca Saunders, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Chris’s maternal great-grandmother, Rebecca (Saunders) Blagmon – https://www.familysearch.org
Chris’s statement on his Native American ancestry – http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
LOS ANGELES – OCT 22: Chris Brown at the Maxim Halloween Party at Shrine Auditorium on October 22, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA photo by kathclick/bigstock.com
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I have the exact identical skin color as Chris Brown. My parents, (who are both african americans ) are both dark skinned. Like, Akon dark. But, I’m bright skinned. Weird, huh? I have two sisters who are brown skinned. But, not bright as I am. Both of my grandfathers are dark skinned as well. My grandmothers, are dark colored brown.
Sounds like Maury time!
LOL
My family’s like that, too. It could mean you have some white way far back in both sides.
that’s not strange at all. you probably just have distant family that is your color. it could have just skipped a couple of generations. or you could have other races in your ancestry that were recessive until it showed up in you. perfectly normal
I sure wish, you people had common sense! My god, he’s obviously african american! Just look at T.I., for example. They’re almost look alikes.
When are African Americans going to stopped being lumped into one. Not all Black people are the same. Black folks from NC, can be a different racial makeup then Blacks from Detroit but we still have this one drop rule. There is not such thing as an African American race. People who are African American have ancestors that descended from Africa, that’s it but many people of African American descent can have other ethnic origins other AA’s don’t have.
Why do you still subject yourself to the one drop rule? It hasn´t been a ¨rule¨since 1967. There is no reason for Americans (yes, only Americans from the United States follow this) to perpetuate an antiquated theory on how a person´s race should be judged. And scientifically it has been proven that race doesn´t exist. When I´m told someone is black, I expect to see a dark skin person whose color is very close to the shade of black. When I´m told someone is African American, I expect either the person or their recent ancestors to be from Africa, the continent, Chris Brown is an American of mixed ancestry, point blank. You look at him and there´s no denying it.
how can Chris Brown be consider mixed if races doesn’t exist? ??
And White ppl aint?
He’s definitely mixed, just look at his mom. Her skin is a light as white people. Chris is light skinned to0.
Duhh everybody knows he full Black
He is full ‘african american’, he is not full black/african!
African American simply means any american of any known slave desent or ancestory, you did NOT have to be full black/african to be a slave!
so that means if ur full black/african u cannot be light skinned.. or there are no light skinned black/africans u need to walk around the world and see different things…i am a swahili from the coast of east africa and i am light skinned with long natural hair..and i am proud to say that i am black/african