Jasmine Tookes

Tookes in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Jasmine Danielle Tookes

Place of Birth: Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: February 1, 1991

Ethnicity:
*father – African-American, along with Kittian, Barbadian, Guyanese
*maternal grandfather – African-American, possibly Brazilian
*maternal grandmother – English

Jasmine Tookes is an American model. She is known for modeling for Victoria’s Secret. Jasmine has described her heritage as being African-American, Brazilian, West Indian, and European. Her Caribbean roots are in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, and Guyana.

Jasmine is the daughter of Cary and Sean Tookes. Her paternal grandparents and maternal grandfather are black, and her maternal grandmother is white. Jasmine’s mother and maternal grandparents are pictured here.

Jasmine’s paternal grandfather is Luther Tookes (the son of Deacon Leroy Tookes and Sarah Maxie Washington). Luther was born in Georgia, and is African-American. He is pictured here. Deacon was likely born in Georgia. Sarah was born in Georgia, the daughter of Willie/Will Washington and Maxie.

Jasmine’s paternal grandmother is Vivian Louise Hamptonie (the daughter of Alwin Thomas Hamptonie and Iris Crichlow). Vivian was born in New York. Alwin was born in New York, to an African-American father from Georgia, Henry Brian Hamptonie, and a Kittian mother, Anne Louisa Eddy. Iris was born in New York, to a Barbadian father, Ivan Crichlow, and a Guyanese mother, Mae/May Irene Dias. Mae is pictured here.

Jasmine’s maternal grandfather is named Ira L. Robinson.

Jasmine’s maternal grandmother is Sharon Jean Johnson (the daughter of Clark Wallace Johnson and Wilma Jean Harvell). Sharon was born in Washington, D.C., and is white. She has English ancestry. Clark was the son of Milton Johnson and Verna Alba Wilson. Wilma was the daughter of William Dudley Harvell and Bonnie Pendleton.

A DNA test whose results Jasmine displayed on her Snapchat feed stated that Jasmine’s genetic ancestry is:

——–*47.8% British & Irish
——–*30.1% Nigerian
——–*11.0% Sierra Leonean
——–*5.4% Central African
——–*5.7% Other

Sources: http://www.dailymail.co.uk
http://www.vogue.com
http://www.airjanero.com

Obituary of Jasmine’s paternal great-grandmother, Sarah Maxie (Washington) Tookes – https://www.meadowsofci.com

U.S. Naturalization record of Jasmine’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Mae/May Irene (Dias) Crichlow – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Jasmine’s maternal great-grandmother, Wilma Jean (Harvell) Paulos – https://www.legacy.com