Grace Hightower
Hightower in 2009, photo by miromiro/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Kilmichael, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 7, 1955
Ethnicity: African-American, possibly Blackfoot Native American
Grace Hightower is an American philanthropist, socialite, actress, and singer. She is married to actor Robert De Niro, with whom she has two children.
Grace was raised in a poor family from Mississippi. She is said to be of African-American and Blackfoot Native American descent.
About her background, Grace has stated, “Black, female, part Indian in the Deep South… I had it all coming at me.”
Hightower with husband Robert De Niro, 2010, Vonora/bigstock.com
it is possible darling, im part cherokee and blackfoot as well as irish & german mixed. im native american on my mother’s side.
Blackfoot in Deep South????
it is possible darling, im part cherokee and blackfoot as well as irish & german mixed. im native american on my mother’s side.
Not really. A lot of people in the south think they’re part Blackfoot, sure, but those claims indicate white and African-American ancestors who passed themselves off as Native, especially when combined with “Cherokee”
* She was married