Jade Thirlwall
Thirlwall in 2013, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Jade Amelia Thirlwall
Place of Birth: South Shields, Durham, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 26 December, 1992
Ethnicity:
*father – English
*mother – Egyptian, Yemeni
Jade Thirlwall is a British singer and songwriter. She is a member of the British band Little Mix, along with Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock.
Her father has English ancestry. Her mother is of half Egyptian and half Yemeni descent.
Jade’s maternal grandfather is named Mohammid Badwi.
Jade’s maternal grandmother is named Amelia Aziz (the daughter of parents surnamed Aziz and Alder). Amelia was born in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England.
A picture of Jade and her mother can be seen here.
Sources: Family history of Jade Thirlwall – http://www.allaboutlittlemix.com
Jade speaks of her background – http://gulfnews.com
I keep seeing people mention that she’s Afro-Arab. Does that just mean that her Arab ancestry is geographically located in Africa (ie: Egypt) or does it mean that her Arab ancestry has SSA DNA (like how we say Afro-Jamaican vs Indo-Jamaican)?
Queen of sheba
It can be added that Amelia’s parents’ surnames were Aziz and Alder.
She is linked to herself instead of to Leigh-Anne Pinnock.