Jessica Szohr
Szohr in 2011, DFree / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 31, 1985
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American, European
*mother – Hungarian, German, as well as Irish and English
Jessica Szohr, full name Jessica Karen Szohr, is an American actress and model. Her roles include the films Uncle Nino, Fired Up!, Piranha 3D, Love, Wedding, Marriage; I Don’t Know How She Does It, Tower Heist, Art Machine, Love Bite, The Internship, Brightest Star, 10 Cent Pistol, Two Night Stand, Club Life, Ted 2, and Clover, and the shows My Wife and Kids, Joan of Arcadia, What About Brian, CSI: Miami, Gossip Girl, Complications, Kingdom, Twin Peaks, Shameless, and The Orville.
She has said, “I’m Hungarian and a quarter Black, so I’m a mutt.” Jessica’s father is of African-American and European descent. Jessica’s mother, whose surname is Szohr, has Hungarian and German, from her own father, and Irish and English, from her own mother, ancestry.
Jessica is married to Canadian professional ice hockey player Brad Richardson, with whom she has a daughter.
Jessica’s maternal grandfather is Ronald Szohr (the son of Philip S. Szohr and Marie C. Bayer). Ronald’s ancestry appears to be a mix of ethnic Germans and Hungarians. Philip was the son of Hungarian-born parents, Simon Szóhr/Sohr, from Tevel, and Erzsebeth/Elizabeth Grabenar, from Nagyvejke. Marie C. was also the daughter of Hungarian-born parents, Joseph Bayer and Clara, who was from Bács-Bodrog County.
Jessica’s maternal grandmother is Karen Bishop (the daughter of Arthur E. Bishop and Dorothy J. Hagan). Dorothy was the daughter of Donald Patrick Hagan and Ruth H. Bigelow.
Sources: Jessica’s maternal great-grandfather, Philip S. Szohr, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Jessica’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Simon Szóhr/Sohr – https://www.familysearch.org
Passenger record of the Szóhr family – https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org
Baptismal record of Jessica’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Erzsebeth/Elizabeth Grabenar – https://www.familysearch.org
Jessica’s maternal great-grandmother, Marie C. Bayer, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jessica’s maternal great-grandmother, Marie C. (Bayer) Szohr – http://www.krausefuneralhome.com
Passenger record of Jessica’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Bayer – https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org
Jessica’s maternal great-grandmother, Dorothy J. Hagan, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jessica’s maternal great-grandmother, Dorothy J. (Hagan) Bishop – http://www.legacy.com
To Randy
Randy,if jessica feels she’s more caucasian,then the more power to her;I could care less.All I saying is yes she has black blood,no big deal.However people are acting like she’ll suddenly transform.That black blood as well as the white blood helps to make her what she is,I don’t understand the problem.Does having black blood make you evil?I have white blood as well as black,and I’m not doing anything.60yrs ago I could see people hiding there black lineage,but now no.So to wrap this up,she has black blood,no big deal;it’s not shameful to have.
Regarding this young ladies ethnicity – you would never think that she had any sub- Sahara African ancestry unless she openly stated it (which she does) and then in that case you can then look for it and see it in certain photos (for instance the link that Fuzzybear supplied and even in those 2 photos the black and white photo is the one where you can see it the most if you are looking for it and no pun intended here) only because you are now actively looking for it in her otherwise you would never see it in her upon her appearance.
By the way, what is amusing about this discussion in a sad way is that we are all part of the same human race and as a result we are all mixed from an ethnic perspective if we go back far enough but I think the real point here is that we are trying to identify or label ones ethnic heritage from the strongest observable physical traits and from this perspective I would categorize her as being mostly a caucasion of European ancestry.
To kira
Yeah that counts,and I understood what you meant by gypsy.They say that gypsies after migrating here assimilated into the Melungeon community or maybe there just black Dutch,but that’s just me guessing,I don’t know much about them
* i mean darker like just looking spanish compared to other slovaks, jeez i need coffee:)
oh and i just found out from my other gma she has irish:)
and gypsy is just anothr name for poverty level darker people.