Ciara
Ciara in 2007, Joe Seer/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Ciara Princess Harris
Place of Birth: Bell, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 25, 1985
Ethnicity: African-American, small amount of English
Ciara is an American singer, songwriter, businessperson, record producer, dancer, model, and actress. Her songs include “1, 2 Step,” “Oh,” “Get Up,” “Promise,” “Like a Boy,” “Love Sex Magic,” “Ride,” “Body Party,” “I Bet,” “Level Up,” and, in a featured role, “Lose Control” and “Like You.” She has been a Global Brand Ambassador for Revlon cosmetics, and formed her own label, Beauty Marks Entertainment. Her roles include the films All You’ve Got, Mama, I Want to Sing!, That’s My Boy, and The Color Purple (2023), and the series The Game.
Her parents, Jackie Smith and Carlton Clay Harris, are both African-American. She was born in Austin, Texas, and grew up on army bases in Germany, New York, Utah, California, Arizona, and Nevada, as her parents served in the U.S. army. She spent her teen years in College Park, an Atlanta suburb.
Her name, Ciara, is of Irish origin, and means black or dark. She was said to have been named after Revlon fragrance Ciara.
Ciara is married to professional football player Russell Wilson. She has a son with her former fiancé, rapper, singer, and songwriter Future; and three children with Russell.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2024) stated that Ciara’s genetic ancestry consists of:
*85% African
*13% European
*2% Native American
Genetically, he was found to have a common ancestor with professional baseball player Derek Jeter, through Derek’s maternal European ancestry.
Ciara’s paternal grandfather was named William Edward Harris.
Ciara’s paternal grandmother was Ruth Armstrong (the daughter of Luther Armster/Armstrong and Nazarine/Nazarene/Nazzarene Russell). Ruth was born in New York, New York, to parents from South Carolina. Luther was the son of Charles “Charlie”/Charley Armster and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Gardner, whose own father, Aaron Gardner, likely was born into slavery. Nazarine was the daughter of Henry Russell and Lula Daniels.
Ciara’s maternal grandfather was Eddie Lee Head (the son of Willie Bub Head and Louella Griffin). Willie was the son of Walker Lafayette Head, who was white, and of Emily Redding, who was black. He was raised by his mother and her husband, Nathan Head, who was black, and came from a family that had worked for Walker’s family.
Ciara’s maternal grandmother was named Gladys Mae Stewart.
Sources: Meaning of the name Ciara – http://members.tripod.com
Marriage record of Ciara’s maternal great-grandparents, Luther Armster/Armstrong and Nazarine/Nazarene/Nazzarene Russell – https://www.familysearch.org
man not all people that are black are black. what is up with a blacks calling themselves African americans. oh plz. not all black ancestors come from African descent. Ciara is just a woman with different races so she’s mixed. so she’s just an American plain and simple or she is a black woman. being a black woman doesnt automatically make u an African American.
you are so fucking stupid…..
Lol bitch, where is your proof just cause you’re not black doesn’t mean everyone you come across isn’t either. I thought mixed was when 2 of you parents are two different ethnicities not my great,great,great great grandma lol. She has a documentary about her life both her parents are Drum roll please…….AFRICAN AMERICAN
Ciara is not fully black a lot of African Americans are mixed. Some more than others. Its in our genes because when you mix your offspring you never know what your going to get. What part of the word mixed dont people understand. Ciara looks like she has some Irish and Native American in her.Her jaw line cheek bones and eye shape screams Native American. Her real hair color which is medium brown and palish skin color screams Irish.Her mom is mixed. I dont know what she is mixed with im just guessing off her features.
Whew your annoying.People don’t have to have a certain gene just to look one race.So you saying if I have high cheekbones that automatically makes me native american?God made people difFerent.People like you need to stop identifiying people with their looks.
y is evrythn bwt race and all tht?we all knw tht she’s black LOOK AT THT NOSE and u wil hav an answer bt seriously its lyk pple ar fighin bwt ths whole thing.black is beautiful ya’ll she du’snt hav 2 b mixed so she cn b beautiful [som pple] bt th fact is she is BLACK
honestly, what is the big freaking deal about being black or african-american? yes we know that this group has african roots and yes we know that some of them might be mixed with another ethnicity or a few other ethnicities. but why the hell do people obsess over it so much? and why is it such an ordeal that it isn’t possible someone who has light skin or long hair to be an unmixed black person? well i have news for you, it’s possible. give the whole black people discussion a rest for once and hop on to another race !!!! k, thanks :)
I don’t like when someone’s mixed with black,and something and yet u still steady oh she’s black but she’s not fully black she’s mixed.