Demi Lovato
LOS ANGELES – DEC 6: Lovato at the 29Rooms West Coast Debut presented by Refinery29 at the ROW DTLA on December 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA, photo by kathclick
Birth Name: Demetria Devonne Lovato
Place of Birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 20, 1992
Ethnicity:
*father – Mexican [including Spanish, Indigenous, distant English, Sephardi Jewish, Portuguese, and French Huguenot]
*mother – English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Demi Lovato is an American actress, singer, and songwriter, known for starring in the Disney movie Camp Rock and the television series As the Bell Rings. Demi arrived onto the pop scene with her debut album, Don’t Forget, and has toured extensively across the United States.
Demi is the child of Dianna Lee (Smith) and Patrick Martin Lovato. Demi is a maternal half-sister of actress Madison De La Garza. Demi’s step-cousin is actor Braeden De La Garza.
Demi’s father was from a Mexican family that has lived in New Mexico for many generations. Demi’s father, like many people of Mexican descent, had Spanish and Indigenous Mexican ancestry. Demi has also stated that Demi traced her father’s genealogy and found that he had distant Portuguese and Jewish ancestry. It is not atypical for people of Spanish-Mexican descent to have distant/remote Portuguese and/or Sephardi Jewish ancestry. Demi’s father also had distant English and remote French Huguenot and Native American ancestry.
Demi’s mother is from a Southern family of English, as well as Scottish and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, ancestry.
Demi is able to speak a little Spanish, as when appearing on Spanish TV. A video of this appearance can be seen here.
A DNA test whose results Demi displayed on her Twitter page stated that Demi’s genetic ancestry is:
*85% European
——–*32% Iberian Peninsula
——–*16% Scandinavia
——–*14% Ireland
——–*11% Great Britain
——–*7% Europe West
——–*5% Trace Regions
*10% Native American
*3% West Asian
*1% African
——–*1% Trace Regions
*<1% Asian
——–*<1% Trace Regions
Lovato in 2010, Dfree/bigstock.com
Demi’s patrilineal line traces back to Andres Lovato and Inasita Pena, who lived in New Mexico in the 1800s.
Demi’s paternal grandfather was Francisco Nathaniel “Frank” Lovato (the son of Atanacio Lovato and Anita Sanchez). Francisco was born in New Mexico, and was of Mexican descent. Atanacio was son of Donaciano Lovato and Maria Cristina Perea. Maria Cristina’s father, Demi’s great-great-great-grandfather, was businessperson and politician Francisco Perea. Francisco was born in Los Padillas, Nuevo México, First Mexican Republic, now Bernalillo County, New Mexico, and was a Union Army Officer in the American Civil War, and a Republican Party delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Territory of New Mexico, from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865. Through this line, Demi’s paternal great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was Francisco Xavier Chávez/Chaves, who was the second géfe político (similar to Governor) of the Santa Fe de Nuevo México territory, from 5 July, 1822 to November 1822. He was born in Santa Fé de Nuevo México, now Santa Fé. Demi’s great-grandmother Anita was the daughter of Jesus M. Sanchez and Carpia.
Demi’s paternal grandmother was Evangeline Celina Herrera (the daughter of Antonio Aranda Herrera and Maria/Mary Juana Ortiz). Evangeline was born in New Mexico, and was of Mexican descent. Antonio was the son of parents surnamed Herrera and Tello. Maria was the daughter of Jose Cecilio Rafael Gatin y Lucero and Beatriz/Beatrix Cordova Enos. Beatriz had Hispanic, English, and remote Native American and French Huguenot, ancestry.
Demi’s maternal grandfather was Donald Lee Smith (the son of Hugh Emory/Emery Smith and June Snodgrass). Donald was born in Texas. Hugh was the son of Thomas Allen Smith.
Demi’s maternal grandmother was Sue Dianne Emmons (the daughter of Aaron Jefferson Emmons and Patty Marie Davlin). Sue was born in Texas. Demi’s step-grandfather was The Rev. Perry Eugene Hart. Aaron was the son of David George Emmons and Nancy Caroline Pipes. Patty was the daughter of Thomas Charnel Davlin and Gertrude Annie May/Mae Reed.
Sources: Genealogies of Demi Lovato – http://www.geni.com
http://gw.geneanet.org
Article about Demi’s father’s ancestry – http://archive.is
Obituary of Demi’s father, Patrick Martin Lovato, including much of his genealogy – http://www.findagrave.com
Demi’s paternal grandmother, Evangeline Celina Herrera, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Demi’s maternal grandmother, Sue Dianne Emmons (under “37. SUE DIANNE7 EMMONS”) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
Man you pick the worst fucking pictures of everybody. I understand it’s for copyright reasons, but still, try harder on next selection.
It’s about ethnic features not photogenic facial expressions.
Please somebody Ethnic upload the ethnicities of Kayla Wallace (the white Canadian actress, not the Afro-American celeb), Brittany Falardeau, (she’s on imdb, she looks almost exactly like Sarah Toups) Sarah Ashley Toups (she’s on PrPhotos), Brielle Biermann (she’s on PrPhotos). Btw I ask you please to edit the ethnicity description of some celebrities here whose ethnicities are all wrongly described as “Argentinian”, for example that one of Valeria Mazza, there it says “Argentinian: (Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, possibly other), I was raised in Argentina, I lived there most of my life, I studied there too, so I know Portugal and Germany are not Argentinian, the only Argentinian ethnicities are Italian, Spanish and criollo people (creole people), Italy is the first motherland of Argentina, and Spain is the second. Germans, Ukranians, Polish, Swisses, Finnish and Norwegians formed the province of Misiones but they still not being Argentinian ethnicities, but Misiones ethnicities if they are immigrants from Misiones of that period of time.
Yea yea yea she’s watered down , tweaked, tainted blood, ain’t pure like mine.
you’re blood isn’t even ‘pure’. You’re probably mestiza, which means mixed native and white ancestry. I am half mestiza, half white and I love who I am. I am no more ‘tainted’ than you are.
she still looks mexican. like a light skinned mexican
She could easily have Italian blood in her Mexican mostly have Spanish blood but that is not true Some Mexicans have Italian blood even though Most Mexicans have Spanish blood Some Mexicans have English blood German blood French blood Italian blood and also Irish blood English people German people French people and Italian people and Irish people immigrated too Mexico in addition too Spanish Mestizos in Mexico there is also English Mestizos German Mestizos French Mestizos Irish Mestizos and Italian Mestizos in Mexico.
She looks Southern Euro without make-up
http://makeupbycherylh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DemiNoMakeup-Feature.jpg
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/popcrush.com/files/2013/04/Demi-Lovato-No-Makeup.jpg
she could even be british in the first pic
I agree. She looks like a gorgeous White girl to me. If you think about it, her dad is Mexican, and Mexican really is a nationality, not so much a ethnicity. Granted, a large majority of Mexicans have basically formed their own race, which consists of a mix of Mestizo, Spanish, etc. However, there’s a lot of purebred Spanish (from Spain) people left in Mexico, and that’s considered White. I personally think her dad is probably all Spanish, with maybe a tiny hint of Mestizo, at best. One thing is for certain…..she definitely doesn’t look mestizo at all.
Why do you have to mention that she looks like a “white girl”? People on this stupid site are so racist and ignorant.
She doesn’t look like a white girl btw. The KKK would say she looks Mestizo.
Stop being racist pricks.
Oh, shut up. I said she looks White because she DOES look White, and most likely is all White, when you look at her genetic makeup. Additionally, look at the pictures “American” posted. That’s a Mestizo??? Lol. Oh, never mind….I guess I’m just “racist” for stating the obvious. You wanna know how to spot a racist? Find the idiot always crying “racist!” Go change your tampon, you sensitive Sally.