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 is Clifton William Bundy, Sr. (the son of Benjamin/Ben Baylor Bundy and Adell/Ada Byrd). Clifton was born in Virginia.

Chris’s maternal grandmother is Mary Elsie Blagmon (the daughter of Robert Lindsey/Lee Blagmon and Rebecca Saunders). Mary Elsie was born in Virginia. Robert was the son of William Blagmon and Lucy.

Sources: Obituary of Chris’s great-uncle, Thomas Henry Blagmon (the brother of Chris’s maternal grandmother, Mary Elsie Blagmon) – http://www.dailyprogress.com

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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361 Responses

  1. dana says:

    race a social construct!? there is certainly some pc brainwashing to that comment. any research on anthropology and genetics will tell you differently. why, even today on shows like bones, one can tell the different in a skull, what race the person was. a social construct-such ignorance. read the bell curve…not just the critiques. you will find out there are different races. here’s something to think about: if you have mixed race genetics and you go to the hospital, to get any kind of transplant, you can’t just pick anyone. you must have a transplant from someone with EXACTLY the same genetic make-up, or the transplant will be rejected. another proof that races exist. just ask any jew who wants to reproduce outside his or her race. they have a jew specific and horrible disease: TAY-SACH’S. diluting that with breeding with the white race DOES not get rid of it. just like sickle cell is a black disease.

  2. MochaLadyMJJ says:

    Wow, I’ve been reading comments for a lot of celebrities on this site for a few weeks or so, quietly spectating, and passively giving a thumbs-up here or a thumbs-down there. But, now I feel it’s time to speak my own piece on this whole race issue…Race is a social construction formed by humans to seperate people for social and political reasons, i.e., creating a superior vs. inferior social hierarchy for the benefit of one group and the expense of the “other” group. Nationality simply refers to what part of the world we are from. I can be a Black British woman from the UK if I happen to have majority “Black” ancestry and also live in the UK. A White man can be a White South African if he has majority European blood but happens to live in South Africa. We are usually categorized within a race based on the most salient phenotypical traits we express along with our direct ancestry…Ok…I’m pretty sure that each and every person, especially in a place with a diverse populace such as America, has ancestors who have come from different parts of the world. However, majority of ancestors, if not almost all of them, probably represented more of a specific “race” over others. I am a Black woman who was born in and resides in America, so I’m Black or African-American or whatever other label society has put on me. This means that MAJORITY of my genetic lineage passed from both parents is majority, but not solely, African if I were to trace my lineage of ancestors as far back as possible. Race CANNOT put us in a box, however. Just cuz I’m categorized as a Black American doesn’t mean that I’ve never had a White or Asian or Native American or Hispanic ancestor. I have medium-brown skin, jet black curly thick long hair, full lips, a semi long-wide nose, dimples, and tight eyes. Looking at me would probably give you the impression that I’m Black with some close Native-American ancestry. The other hints of ancestry are simply distantly obscured. It’s almost impossible to pinpoint EVERY single race or ethnicity you or any celebrity is made of, in most cases where ancestors were displaced during slavery and trading and broken families. Now, some White ppl may not wanna read this, but they most likely don’t have homogenous blood of only European ancestry – The other tinges of ethnic ancestry may be so small that they are not obvious nor detected, and are thus obscured to the point that a White person may look “purely” White. However, due to history of slavery and trading and interracial copulation, even “White” ppl may have an undetectable tinge of non-European blood from a single distant obscure ethnic ancestor. Just like ppl with MAJORITY indirect African ancestry are considered Black, ppl with MAJORITY indirect European ancestry are considered White. This should not imply pure ancestry or pure blood so to speak. “Biracial” or “mixed” ppl, IMO, are ppl who have parents who are considered TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RACES, i.e. Black-White, White-Asian, Black-Asian, Asian-White, Hispanic-Black, Hispanic-White parents, and so on. I think that any cultured adult who has a remote sense of intelligence should know by know that alot of ppl have bits and pieces of ancestral racial diversity, but to society, in political and demographic terms, we aren’t considered directly “mixed” automatically. All in all, we are original and exotic in our own ways: God took the time to ensure that we were all specially created with our own phenotypic and personal identity, down to the fingerprint. Love yourself!

  3. Think About It says:

    Remember, Africans are the most genetically diverse race on earth. Therefore, it’s possible for an African individual to have really bright skin (like Chris’s), without any mixture. Or even, a slim nose, straight long hair.

  4. Chris Yokow says:

    Please hes not An African American, That term pisses me off. I am a true African American My parents are from Ghana and so is all my family. I have been 2 Ghana 5 times in my life. I am a True African American Not these Mixed confused mutts her in America who never been 2 Mother Africa. Or even knows the language, Culture or traditions. U people think having diluted African blood makes u an African? Please u all are confused mutts who know nothing of Africa.

    • dede says:

      the trem african american is used because that where our ancesers come from duh that where we originaly was supposed to be if the white man didt bring use over here and ps you just african not african american and yes chris brown is because my parent are like his and i turned out dark

    • George says:

      i agree with you, black americans are the first to get pissy when somthing dosent go their way and want to label everyone in the world racist but at the same time they mock true africans and make fun of them for being “too dark”or use the term “african booty scratcher” . Im mixed with some african blood and unlike most blacks here i take the time to study african culture and art. Whenever i say i have some african blood they freak out and say “O MA GAWD YOU AINT AFOKIN U BLACK NIGGA WE DIFFERENT FROM DEM NASTY AFROKINS THEY DARK AS HELL” . Black americans need to shut the hell up and educate themselves and stop trying to be this “hood” ghetto hot mess.

  5. Liiinda says:

    OMG shut the f*ck up. It’s NOT rocket science people, he’s African-American!

    • Chris Yokow says:

      No Linda no he is Not. African is a nationality not a race, so when you say African American what part of Africa are you referring to? Egyptians are Africans does he look Egyptian? no Moroccans are African does he look Moroccan? no. Somalians are Africans does he look Somalians not really. I am African American, Ghanian to be exact so I am Ghanian American None of my ancestors are American. Chris Brown would stick out like a sore thumb in my family and not because of his skin because some of us are light. He is a Mixed mongrel just like the rest of u who makes us True African look Bad.

      • James says:

        Ok lol your Ghanaian and u cant even spell your own Background lol! How lng have u been in this country? a Year? lol Learn how to spell your own racial background b4 u put people down lol.

        • --0 says:

          Ghanian is right.
          Ghanaian doesn’t excist.

        • shobohunter says:

          ironically this
          coming form illiterate. you couldn’t even make a sentence without using to much slang.
          it is because of lack grasp in English. how long have African American have been. in American.
          you live in segregated that (in American ghettos) that
          you have developed a incoherent gibberish
          ebony is not a English language.

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