John Phillips
Birth Name: John Edmund Andrew Phillips
Date of Birth: August 30, 1935
Place of Birth: Parris Island, South Carolina, U.S.
Date of Death: March 18, 2001
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Irish, English
John Phillips was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and promoter. He was leader and a member of the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas, with his then-wife Michelle Phillips, as well as Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot.
John was married to artist Farnaz Arassteh, until his death. He had two children, including actress Mackenzie Phillips, with his former wife Susan Adams; a daughter, singer and actress Chynna Phillips, with his former wife Michelle Phillips; and two children, including actress and model Bijou Phillips, with his former wife, South African actress, singer, and model Geneviève Waïte.
John was the son of Edna Gertrude (Gaines) and Claude Andrew Phillips. Edna was born in Mexico, to American parents.
John’s paternal grandfather was John Phillips (the son of Thomas Phillips and Marcella Mercy Burgess). John’s grandfather John was born in Canada, to Irish parents.
John’s paternal grandmother was named Anna Moran. Anna was born in New York, to Irish parents.
John’s maternal grandfather was Edmund Franklin Gaines (the son of Charles William Gaines and Martha Isabell Black). Edmund was born in Arkansas.
John’s maternal grandmother was Zora Gertrude Hardgrave (the daughter of Jasper Newton Hardgrave and Winnie Jane Steele). Zora was born in Arkansas. Jasper was the son of James Hardgrave and Louisa McKee.
John’s mother was said to have partial Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.
Sources: Genealogy of John Phillips – https://gw.geneanet.org
John’s father, Claude Andrew Phillips, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Thanks @fuzzybear and @follers for the answers I appreciate getting more information on these topics! I think it is likely a lot of the U.S. Presidents, especially ones from the south (Carter, Johnson, Clinton etc.) have hidden African and Native American ancestry. They have ancestors who have been living in the U.S. for hundreds of years. I don’t mean to go on all these tangents, I love random genealogy discussions :)
Thanks Follers!
Well I guess if the comment remains present it’s good enough.
Ethnic, is there a picture, please?
no sorry
Correction.
Although this article’s claim of John’s Jewish heritage, see link, is unsubstantiated, it still should be mentioned, as his unsubstantiated Native American ancestry claims are mentioned.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/12/phillips200712
I can’t. It’s just too much. It offends my delicate sensibilities.
Oh come on, almost every other profile gets their unsubstantiated/undocumented/unverified claims mentioned.
This one is just too much. I’m sorry, but I can’t bring myself to do it.
Is Bono too much as well? :( Also speaking of Judaism, what is the percent chances Kevin James, Spencer and Abigail Breslin, and Sylvester Stallone have Jewish ancestry? Also I promise this isn’t a trolling question, I was wondering what is probability someone of northern European ancestry like myself to have Jewish or African ancestry in the past 500 years??? Thanks follers, hope all is well :)
@bearboy Abigail Breslin is
not Jewish!
@ashash, sorry to seem hesitant but how do you know? All we know of her father’s side is that his last name is Breslin. @Foller’s said nothing has been ruled out?
I would be offended, too, if a man who named his daughter Bijou claimed he was Jewish.
To answer your questions: Yes, probably; 95%; 17%; 49%; and 73%, although in your specific case I would assume 2%.
A man who named his daughter Bijou?
ashash – I don’t think Phillips himself ever claimed that his biological father was a Jewish man who impregnated his mother around Parris Island on New Year’s 1934.
@bearboy
I was wondering what is probability someone of northern European ancestry like myself to have Jewish or African ancestry in the past 500 years???
That’s very possible, black people have been all over Europe.
@fuzzybear
loser
@Andrew
Andrew= moron
wait that’s actually insulting morons
@fuzzybear
Your Afrocentric agenda is sick.
@Andrew
Quiet imbecile, you’ve already proven you know nothing
I think the Dwayne Johnson discussion was way better. I give this one a 4/10.
Johnson is ethnically dull and unambiguous, though.
@follers
More dull than John Whitey McCracker Phillips?
That’s sexist.
Half African-Canadian and half Samoan is pretty boring. You can summarize it in four words. Was The Rock’s biological father a Jewish blind alley cruiser hanging around Parris Island on New Year’s Eve 1934? Probably not.
Cindy Morgan from the first Caddyshack is a smidgen better looking than Chyna.
@passingtime85
If you hold on for one more day, follers might add this purpoted Jewish ancestry to the article.
Let’s see how much screen time she has in the second half of the film.
@bablah
I agree. This argument didn’t include so many creative insults, and it was very short. My favourite would be Kamala Harris.
BTW, Kamala Harris also has a very dull background.
@madman
Oh, dear! We forgot to celebrate the anniversary of Kamala Harris argument. That one will always have a special place in my heart because of andrew’s use of the words ”da hood”. It remindes me of old people and makes me miss my grandma :'(
To @follers, “a bearboy cameo asking about Abigail Breslin being Jewish.” I am honored I make good conversation and I think we would make great friends.
Yes. BTW, is it true that Abigail Breslin is of the Jewish persuasion? Also, bearboy, is your maternal grandmother Korean and named Chi-Sun?
To Follers, I don’t know what you mean by Jewish persuasion and no sorry I have no recent Korean ancestry and I don’t know why you choose that name of all names???
@follers
I had no idea that was Chynna Phillips , she was good in that role. However maybe I shouldn’t say anything to you, since Andrew will think I’m trying to make out with you to