Jordin Sparks
Sparks in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Jordin Brianna Sparks
Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 22, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*mother – German, English, Scottish, Norwegian
Jordin Sparks is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She won the sixth season of the show American Idol (in 2007). See other American Idol winners here.
Jordin is the daughter of Jodi (Weidmann) and NFL player Phillippi Sparks. Her father is African-American. Her mother, who is white, has German, English, Scottish, and Norwegian ancestry.
Jordin is married to fitness model Dana Isaiah Thomas, with whom she has a son.
Jordin’s paternal grandmother is Guinetta Marie Sparks/Moss (the daughter of Mildred Otheree Climmons/Sparks). Mildred was the daughter of Edna P. Climmons. Edna re-married to Royal/Roy Sparks.
Jordin’s maternal grandfather is Jim Wiedmann (the son of Otto Wiedmann and Leah Gladys Krause). Otto was born in North Dakota, the son of Phillip/Philip Wiedmann and Dorothea/Dorothy Müller/Mueller, who were ethnic Germans from Russia. Leah was also born in North Dakota, the daughter of Jacob Krause and Frieda Bender, who were also from ethnic German families from Russia, from Odessa.
Jordin’s maternal grandmother is Pamela Rutherford (the daughter of James Marvin Rutherford and Gladys I. Gilleshammer). James had English, Scottish, and German ancestry, and was the son of John Nichol Rutherford and Johannah/Hannah Antonette Dahl. Gladys was of Norwegian descent, the daughter of Peter Gilleshammer and May Agnes C. Olsen.
Sources: Genealogy of Jordin Sparks – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Jordin’s paternal great-grandmother, Mildred Otheree Climmons/Sparks LaVow – https://www.findagrave.com
Jordin’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Edna P. Climmons, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Jordin’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Edna P. (Climmons) Sparks Heath – https://www.newspapers.com
Jordan sparks is so pretty, I have
A cousin that looks like her,no
Lie, I knew she was mixed,and
What makes her more beautiful
Is her personality,that makes her
Very beautiful,and shes very talented
God bless you mixed race sista
Jordan sparks. Stay sweet and nice
Noo…only intelligent and normal people would figure out that she is mixed. Its not rocket science at all…and only ignorant and close-minded people would think she was just full black. First time I saw her, I guessed that he was mixed…she looks half German because she is half German, simple as that.
I like that she wear her hair curly she look gorgeous and pretty ands it look like she wears it natural
Race has less to do with skin color than most people think and many groups of people are pushing for the doing away with antiquated classifications any way-for example, Anthropologists agree South Asian Indians are generally Cacuasian despite complexions that vary from very fair to almost black but they get classified as Asian? Do they look anything like someone say Japanese or Chinese?
The three races are very anachronistic and outdated, Hispanic has always been an ethnicity not a race, as Hispanics can be black, indian, european, or a mixture of any or all three and most Middle Eastern people and North African people do not accept being identified as Caucasian. Being mixed myself I guess I look forward to the day when we all are truly mixed…and racism just goes away.
right on Layla, you said it
Just because you are not mixed doesn’t mean you are racist towards people who are different from you.
A mixed person can be racist! Having a full ethnicity or being part of one race is not the culprit.
so beautiful and has a great voice