Gabrielle Reece
Reece in 2011, image via kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Gabrielle Allyse Reece
Place of Birth: La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States
Date of Birth: January 6, 1970
Ethnicity: African-Trinidadian (paternal grandfather), English, Irish, Scottish, Northern Irish
Gabrielle Reece is an American professional volleyball player, sports announcer, fashion model, and actress. She is nicknamed “Gabby.” She is 6′3″.
She is the daughter of Terry and Robert Eduardo/Edward Reece. Her father was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and worked as a psychologist. Her mother is a white American. She was raised in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Gabrielle is married to big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton, with whom she has two children.
A picture of Gabrielle’s father can be seen here.
Gabrielle has said:
…My grandfather was Black, and my grandmother was White. A lot of my family are still in Trinidad… Women of color can always tell [that Gabrielle has African ancestry]. They’re the ones who ask me.
Gabrielle’s paternal grandfather was Edward Albert Reece (the son of William Reece and Alice Huggins). Edward was born in Trinidad, and was black. He is listed as black on the census, and as “white” on his marriage record, when marrying Gabrielle’s white grandmother.
Gabrielle’s paternal grandmother was Winifred/Winnifrid/Winnifred Melissa Beal (the daughter of Arthur G. Beal and Lida/Lyda Maud Mitchell). Winifred was born in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts. She was white. Arthur was the son of John Beal, who was Northern Irish, and of Melissa Grant, who was Canadian. Lida was the daughter of Charles Mitchell and Nellie Moore, who was also born in Canada.
Gabrielle’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Glynn.
Sources: Social security file record of Gabrielle’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Gabrielle’s paternal grandparents, Edward Albert Reece and Winifred/Winnifrid/Winnifred Melissa Beal – https://www.familysearch.org
Naturalization record of Gabrielle’s paternal grandfather, Edward Albert Reece – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Gabrielle’s paternal grandmother, Winifred/Winnifrid/Winnifred Melissa Beal – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Gabrielle’s paternal great-grandparents, Arthur G. Beal and Lida Maud Mitchell – https://www.familysearch.org
Being a volleyball enthusiast, Reece gained numerous awards and earned a scholarship and majored in Communications. That must have been her stepping stone. Now, she is a popular model and has been awarded as one of the five most beautiful women in the world. She is featured in the new issue of OCEAN Style with a link back to the digital version of the magazine for them to read/view: http://issuu.com/oceanstylemag/docs/v6002
there are a lot of kid mixed with black that dont look black like maria cary im mixed people always trying to guess what i am there is a lot of mixture in trinidad her father may have been half black and something else being from trinidad.
tell him, fuzzy bear and im one of them. haters!!!!!!
You know i think her dad was born in Trinidad in an Anglo-saxon family, and just because he was born in Trinidad they say he is black, it must be that because you can see she is not black AT ALL!!!
Kurt,
You are correct. I am of mixed race – both my parents were born in Trinidad. In fact, my mother was a Reece and was Gabrielle Reece’s late father’s cousin ( which ultimately makes Gabrielle and myself, third cousins!) My mother is mainly white although she disputes that the Reece’s were of mixed race……
I’m here to say Mark is full of Sh$t.You and Kurt have got to be the two dumbest racist people I’ve ever seen.Comments like she doesn’t look black,shows the total lack of knowledge you have.It’s proven a number of times on this site,that many times bi-racial kids can come out white.if you had paid attention you would have seen this,and you wouldn’t say such stupid things.Idk,maybe I should cut you some slack,maybe you truly don’t know any better.Anyhow bi-racial kids have a 50/50 chance of being white.Also if the black parent is not pure,the chances go up even more,example Victoria Roswell daughter
clearly people don’t know what happens when a half black half person has offspring with a white person! halle berry is the famous example along with Paula Patterson!
to mixed race woman from white woman who clearly have to feel extra black..but have children with white men?
whats wrong with Black men?? ok whats right with some of them??
I’m form a black Jamaican woman and a white father! my hubby is Russian! and omg..no matter what shade light or dark there is no saying its black or white! its Mixed-race! all hell would brake lose if little Nahla or “Victoria Roswell Daughter” were to have relations with a black man! god for bid they have children with that race!!
mixed-race people can claim to be black or white! you just cant your part of both! you can say you were raised (insert the ethnic of your choice) but you say your 100% black because even black people from the west are not 100% black until black people stop having the white man last name! then i can say your black till then! nada
@mark
You say your her family,then tell her to make a youtube video or something stating that she not part black or take dna test,that way we will know.Until then you could be some crackhead from down the street for all we know
My mother is African-Caribbean (black), my father was white. I married a white man and my son is blond and blue eyed with white skin, although he tans beautifully. Reece talked about her dad being half-black in Shape magazine many years ago. She said something about her butt being high and round and that’s how you could tell she was mixed with black (sorry, for that very poor paraphrase).
Kurt you must be a white person. Because non people of color have a hard time with the hole skin color automatically equals your race thing. I have plenty Plenty of family members that look like her and are “black” that is the legacy of our heritage.any old school people in my family chose to “pass” others didn’t. This same thing happened throughout the America’s. When you are racially mixed you can come out looking like anything. From Halle berry to Barack Obama to jennifer beak to Adriana Lima etc… You can pull from all of your ancetors genetics and look like a new race entirely. In America she would be considered black based on her ancestry and that’s Europeans who create that system. If you have any black ancestor people automatically ignore the rest and classify you as black for historic reasons. So yellow skinned people am with african ancestors are considered black even though they are yellow, brown skinned, green eyes, caramel, gold, chocolate, white etc… Are considered black. We are very diverse.
Black??? what kind of bullS… is that?, she doesn’t have neither a 0,0000000001 of black.
To Kurt
The only bullS here is your silly theory.What’s the matter,she doesn’t fit your silly stereotype.Because if that’s the case your in for a rude awaking.There are millions and millions of mulattoes who have white phenotypes.Then it does say Afro-Trinidadian,which could mean the father had a mixture to him(and I say could mean),which is why she came out white looking