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
Lighting, makeup and fake hair weaves have alot to do with it. I know in certain lighting, I can look mixed too. Even though im black. Some pics depending on the lighting, I can look half Chinese or half Mexican. Or if I dye my hair black and straighten it , I have been told that I look half East Indian. In dark lighting, I can look West African. In average lighting and with my hair done, I look African American. Most lighting brightens celebrities.
I agree with you. I personally would like to know what my African ethnicity I am. I know my European and native American sides from my dads side… and through research but no luck to see if my African side is Nigerian, Angolan, Cameroon etc.
those nations did not exist during slave trade era. They are made-up countries created by European colonialism, as it happened in Middle East.
Made up as in Europeans named African countries?
yes
Scroll down this link 100 percent Nigerian African subsaharan black women , Ciara fits right in.
http://howng.com/top-20-sexiest-nigerian-women-entertainment/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eku_Edewor
this woman is biracial and others from that list are suspicious. Did you really think she was fully West African?
A lot of those women look mixed and lighter makeup and permed there hair so its hard to tell if they are all native Nigerian women with the lighter makeup and hair straighten. I’m not denying they are African. I’m saying with perms or wigs and all that make up they look different.
Mid doesn’t think we multi racial people exist. You are either black or white. Even if your Obama or Tiger woods with one parent not being black, African-American at all.
My whole family is multiracial. Everyone in the world is. But racial categories exists. And in this world you will soon learn, you are either considered black or white.
@Andrew to many insecure non black people , every beautiful looking black woman in thier warped minds has got to be mixed. I laughed when I read an online post about the 100 Black Nigerian model Oluchi with a straight fake hair weave and thin features people were calling her Mixed,???? Ridiculous. We black women are insulted when we cannot even look pretty without being accused of being mixed. Its crazy.
I read a website where people were calling this 100 percent black Nigerian beautiful supermodel “mixed” or Indian looking ridiculous. I had to laugh, Oluchi
http://www.bellanaija.com/2009/10/19/bn-style-spotlight-oluchi-onweagba-orlandi/
@Andrew, you pointed out one woman, what about the rest? And the woman you pointed out still looks 100 percent African to me. Africans come in all skin tones of brown/black, with many different features
People from other countries or even in America need to realize that 90% percent of black American women are not mixed as in having two parents of different races. Biracial people in America is very RARE still, America is Not BRAZIL. Most blacks have two black parents. The black women you see are not biracial. I think people see Halle Berry then simply pick black women that look similar as mixed NO NO NO. Halle Berry is just a black American looking biracial. The only admixture 90 percent of black women in America have is 100 years in the past from slavery rape. Black people marry each other only most in America. They do not marry other races that much. Every pretty black woman is not mixed. 90 percent of black American women are not mixed. GET IT.
Halle Berry is actually biracial. Her mother is a white woman. This site is mainly concerned with ethnicity so should just state what breakdown of ancestry people have. People can identify how they want. If Halle identifies as African-American that is up to her but she is mixed racially. Most African-Americans do have admixture. While they are mostly African many can have about 15 – 30% European ancestry. I do understand what you are saying but if ethnicity is known it should be listed.
@Alice
Just being curious, do you subscribe to the idea that we’re actually different races ?
How the hell do you know 90 percent of African-American women are pure African? Wtf lol… what study did this come from?
@cwm85, you dont have to be a rocket scientist to see the interacial black white couples have been rare in America. Until now people with two parents of different races DID NOT Mix in America. As a matter of fact until the Lovings legitimized mixed marriages in America people are different races could not marry. It was ILLEGAL in America. There fore most black American women 90% are not mixed within the last 100 years , excluding slavery rape.
Midori, you are crazy. Ciara is African-American, so she almost certainly has European admixture like her husband. How much? I don’t know.
Ciara at 17yrs old
http://straightfromthea.com/2010/07/19/when-ciara-was-17/ciara-17-4/