Dita Von Teese

Von Teese in 2008, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Heather Renée Sweet

Place of Birth: West Branch, Michigan, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 28, 1972

Ethnicity: English, as well as Scottish, German, one eighth Armenian, Cornish

Dita Von Teese is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, and businessperson. She is nicknamed “Queen of Burlesque,” and has been credited for burlesque culture’s return to prominence in the late 2000s.

She is the daughter of Bonnie, a manicurist, and Ken Sweet, a machinist. She was raised partly in Orange, California.

Dita has said:

My [maternal] grandmother was 1/2 Armenien. But I’m also English+Scottish+German=American!

Dita’s paternal grandfather was Everett Wilson Sweet (the son of Wesley Ross Sweet and Ivy Lily May Glazier). Everett was born in Campbellford, Canada. Wesley was the son of John Wesley Sweet and Agnes Saphrona Hubble, and had deep roots in Canada and then the U.S. Ivy was an English emigrant, from London, and was the daughter of Henry/Harry Glazier and Florence Wilkins.

Dita’s paternal grandmother was Ruth Lillian Randall (the daughter of Sydney Spearman Randall and Annie Milne Clark). Ruth was born in Toronto, Canada. Sydney was an English emigrant, from Battersea, London, and was the son of James Alfred Randall and Florence Alice Spearman. Annie was a Scottish emigrant, from Edinburgh, and was the daughter of Andrew Clark and Jessie.

Dita’s maternal grandfather was Herbert Archie Groat (the son of Archibald Frederick Herbert Groat and Helen Louise Huthmacher). Dita’s grandfather Herbert was born in Canton, Ohio. Archibald was the son of Craig Aubrey Groat, whose father was from Canada, and who had deep roots in the U.S.; and of Grace Eliza Murley, whose parents were from England, with her father having been from Cornwall. Helen was the daughter of Jacob Huthmacher, whose father, and maternal grandparents, were German, and of Sarah Ann Bendure, who had deep roots in the U.S.

Dita’s maternal grandmother was named Shirley Ann MacKill. Shirley was born in Michigan, and was adopted.

Sources: http://twitter.com
http://pomegranateexpress.wordpress.com

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31 Responses

  1. Lopac Is My RACIST Lover says:

    She looks very different as a young child.

  2. amiraia says:

    Btw she isn’t FULL or HALF armenian, she said herself she was part armenian from 1 grandmother, but she isn’t sure… which means either 1/4 or 1/8 or even 1/16.. shes mainly Anglo, i see nothing armenian in her, she looks like normal anglo american to me

    • Pasqal says:

      If she’ll be visiting Armenia, no one would even question her ethnicity… There are plenty of dark haired Armenians who look exactly like her … In fact, there are armenians who look more anglo than some English people.

    • truegattaca says:

      When did she say she isn’t sure….her twitter suggested that she is pretty sure.

  3. danaeSUCKS says:

    i almost thought von teese was her actual name. sweet is a really nice surname hhaha

  4. aps says:

    Of course she’s not full Armenian. There write what shes just have Armenian grandmom. There write ancestry about which we know now and it Armenian. Like on Ke$ha page (http://ethnicelebs.com/kesha-keha) there write what she’s Polish, but write what she has just Polish great-great-grandmother. We know just about her Polish roots. Ie, when we learn about others their roots, we will add. Is it not correct?:)
    p.s i know MANY Armenians with red and blondе hair:D

  5. anna says:

    @aps:i agree with lil vache…i didn’t explane myself good,i’m sorry..
    i think it’s not full-blooded armenian.
    ps- i know some armenians and nobody have blonde hair…

    • Naomi says:

      If you see the real pure armenians from Armenia they are blonde haired and blue eyed. I myself am an Armenian and I have those traits and my entire family as well. BUt the more dark colored Armenians are the middle eastern armenians whose ancestors lived in Syria and Persia.
      So yes Armenians are blonde haired

      • nora says:

        why the hell do all middle eastern countries claim that they sooo blonde?? i’ve never seen even a brown haired armenian in my life. why cant you get that you have nothing germanic or real european in you?

        • caroline says:

          the worst thing is that armenians claim to be “darkened” by turks and so on but they never admit that the (very,very) few blonde armenians are the descendants of russians!!!

          • Pasqal says:

            So ignorant.. Bless you.

          • truegattaca says:

            This is so untrue. I am Armenian and know plenty of Armenians who have never said that, EVER!

            Armenians come in different shades, I know plenty of Armenians who are dark and plenty who are light.

        • truegattaca says:

          Nobody claimed they are soooo blond. Armenians take great pride in having dark hair, dark eyebrows, and dark eyes. There have been countlesss Armenains songs about Armenian women with beautiful big black eyes and how pretty they are…so think again ignorant person.

          Also, my brother who is full Armenain DOES have bright red hair(just like my mom, uncles and grandfather who are all FULL Armenian) light skin and his bone structure looks very European. People think he is Irish all time and this is a FACT.

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