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 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 has a daughter with her fiancé, Canadian professional ice hockey player Brad Richardson.
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
yeh the first time I saw her was in that track “Vision of love” in 1990 when she had curly hair. man that was a long time ago.
To Ethnic
It’s amazing what a simple hair style change can do.You know mariah carey did the same thing,her hair was exactly the same way
Well, a lot of people were saying that she doesn’t ‘look’ black. In fact, over a few years her appearance has changed greatly. Apparently, a lot of people didn’t know her in her modelling days but here are a few pictures.
http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/ff340/Lenadabest/?action=view¤t=n501145307_915353_653.jpg
What race does she look here?
http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/ff340/Lenadabest/?action=view¤t=81gb380.jpg
And here? I would actually guess that she was African here. But then she has drastically changed to this: http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/ff340/Lenadabest/?action=view¤t=normal_0031.jpg
So, tell me, what race does she look?
well the hair in the first two photos makes a clear difference.
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Here are links to a couple of
‘Mixed-Race’ web groups some
people might like to visit and join. =D
http://generation-mixed.ning.com/
http://mgm-mixed.ning.com/
http://fgm-mixed.ning.com/
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To HelloKitty:
Bi racial people have more of a complicated identity issue, i think. It’s hard to tell if they are bi racial sometimes and like all other races, they have their own stereotypes that people want tack onto them. In my opinion, different people of color tend to obsess over it, possibly, because they may want to label the traits that make that certain person beautiful as belonging to a certain race. My kid sister who is mixed with black and asian gets these shallow comments from adults like “if you were part white instead, you could’ve had blue eyes or good skin” or “you’re beautiful, because you’re black. You know that, right?” That could attribute to self esteem issues that many people suffer from that may cause them to over analyze a person’s genes. Or maybe I’ve just been thinking about it too much and they’re just curious about what a person is.