Derek Jeter
Jeter in 2011, Kim Reinick / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Derek Sanderson Jeter
Place of Birth: Pequannock Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 26, 1974
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American, some English, remote Native American
*mother – Irish, some German and English
Derek Jeter is an American professional baseball player. A shortstop, he played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees.
Derek is the son of Dorothy (Connors) and Sanderson Charles Jeter. His father is African-American, and also has some English, and remote Native American, ancestry. Derek’s mother has Irish, and smaller amounts of German and English, ancestry.
Derek is married to model Hannah Jeter (born Hannah Davis), with whom he has four children.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2014) stated that Derek’s genetic ancestry is:
*59.4% European
——–*44.4% British & Irish
——–*12.2% Nonspecific Northern European
——–*1.6% French & German
——–*1.0% Nonspecific European
——–*0.2% Nonspecific Southern European
*39.4% Sub-Saharan African
——–*39.2% West African
——–*0.2% Central & South African
*0.5% Native American
*0.3% North African
*0.4% No Match
The largest amount, 15%, of Derek’s African DNA is from Nigeria.
Genetically, he was found to have a common ancestor with comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan, and singer, songwriter, and actress Ciara, the latter at least through Derek’s maternal European ancestry.
Derek’s paternal grandmother was Lugenia Jeter (the daughter of Bustee Jeter and Minnie Palmore). Lugenia was born in Alabama. Bustee was the son of Green W. Jeter and Jane. Green was a Christian minister. He was the son of a white slave owner, James Williamson Jeter, and of a black slave woman, Charity Jeter.
Derek’s maternal grandfather was named William Francis Connors (the son of Mary). William was born in New Jersey.
Derek’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Tiedemann (the daughter of Thomas Augustine Tiedemann and Agnes Melvin). Dorothy was born in New Jersey. Thomas was the son of Michael Patrick Tiedemann and Frances Cecilia Pierce. Frances’ father, William Charles Pierce, was English, from Manchester.
Sources: http://www.reuters.com
Genealogy of Derek Jeter (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
He could pass as fully Italian:
http://bronxbaseballdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/derek-jeter-360×540.jpg
He said a lot of people would assume he is Jewish/Italian too.
i honestly thought this fool was latino. i guess he does look a little black.
he is biracial you can see both races in him
I don’t think it is at all about denying what you are. It is about what the world sees you as, not what you are, plain and simple. That is just a fact. Because if it wasn’t, we would not have racism in this world.
Some mixed people (which is rare) look either totally black, white, asian and so forth. Like Kimora, she looks totally Asian. I would classify her as Asian, because if she was in a group with Full blooded Asian you could not tell if she was mixed. And that is how the world really looks at it, plain and simple. Just like President Obama, he looks totally Black, and he knows it. So it would be stupid for him to run around talking about I am mixed. He has the sense to know how the world sees him, and it is not about denying one side over the other.
Obama doe NOT look totally black, he looks exactly how you’d expect a half black half white person to look. He actually looks more like his mothers side of the family in terms of features. You’re letting the media influence you which is the only reason why you’re saying he looks fully black, because any person with eyes can see that’s not true
Obama looks totally BLACK. In fact on his white mothers side he has slave blood, so his white mother is mixed with African too. Obama is really a black president.
Yes there are LIGHT SKINNED BLACKS, AND HE HAS KINKY HAIR TOO.
he’s mulatto, his mom is white.
I bet the majority of Americans dont even know that obama is half white, what if he was called “The first half white president” blacks would get mad
no he does NOT he looks of euro-afro ancestry. if you look at his dad and his mom you can tell that he is lighter than him but darker than her. 0 points for observation on your part lol.