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
Lol @ people claiming her race. Mixed or not, We are all human. Her ethnicity is African American because she’s Americanized and has African heritage. There’s black people in Africa who have Caucasian or Asian features and there’s Latin people who have Asian features and there’s even White people in Europe especially Italy who look Black and there’s Indians from India who look White and Black. We are all the same race.
nope, Italians don’t look black at all. Watch the overlap between Italian soldiers and African immigrants
http://www.strettoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/migranti-lampedusa-7.jpg
http://www.strettoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/migranti-lampedusa-4.jpg
The pretty ones like Ariana Grande , and Pia have African Ancestry. An yes there are Italians that look black that is why some where hung in this country in the early 1900’s because they thought they were black.
Right, some Italians look very black. Check out
http://ethnicelebs.com/mario-balotelli
In the early part of the century in America. italians were not considered white people. Also they used to socialize more when they came to America with blacks and Puerto Ricans. Its historical and there are books on this topic. Only when the American census made italians “white” then they switched to being white.
I guess some of you forgot how some blacks still believe in the one drop rule. Her family might be mixed (she looks it), but they still label themselves as black. Same thing with Halle Berry, her mom is white but she says she’s black. Saying you’re black does not mean you’re black. Hell, an Asian person could say they’re black because they grew up in a black neighborhood and they identify with black people, but does that make them black? No.
I do not think this woman looks mixed at all. What do you think black looks like????? I am curious. She has makeup on and fake hair.
Look at this link of 100 percent Nigerian black women, subsaharans
http://bossip.com/1041747/more-motherland-love-a-gallery-of-incredibly-beautiful-nigerian-women-pt-2/
This post is RIDICULOUS
But her family isn’t mixed. Both her parents are black.
The media and people , plus other biracials are trying to make every black person mixed these days, and most are not and just African American. America is not BRAZIL, in America the blacks pretty much married each other and they still do.
I’m pretty sure Ciara is just black unless she has stated otherwise that we’re not aware of
She looks mixed.
No she doesnt.
it’s hard to say which of her parents is more “mixed”, coz phenotype and genotype are different things
Her phenotype is BLACK and African.
Looks Nigerian
http://bossip.com/1041747/more-motherland-love-a-gallery-of-incredibly-beautiful-nigerian-women-pt-2/