Justin Timberlake
Timberlake in 2011, kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Justin Randall Timberlake
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 31, 1981
Ethnicity: English (mostly), as well as some Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, distant Dutch, French, German, and Jersey/Channel Islander
Justin Timberlake, also known as JT, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, director, and record producer. His best known songs include “Cry Me a River,” “Rock Your Body,” “SexyBack,” “My Love,” “What Goes Around… Comes Around,” “Suit & Tie,” “Mirrors,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” “Filthy,” and “Say Something.” He has had leading roles in the films Model Behavior, Edison, Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, Southland Tales, Shrek the Third, The Love Guru, The Open Road, The Social Network, Yogi Bear, Bad Teacher, Friends with Benefits, In Time, Trouble with the Curve, Runner Runner, Inside Llewyn Davis, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, the Trolls franchise, Wonder Wheel, and Palmer, and appeared on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. He was a member of boy band NSYNC, with Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, and Chris Kirkpatrick.
Justin is the son of Lynn (Bomar) and Randall Timberlake, a choir director at a Baptist church. He is of mostly English, some Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, and distant Dutch, French, German, and Jersey [Channel Islander], ancestry. He is married to actress Jessica Biel, with whom he has two children.
There is a claim that Justin is a descendant of Henry Timberlake, an explorer born in Virginia, c. 1730, who had apparently had children with a Native American woman. The publicly available family trees of Justin Timberlake, however, show him to be a patrilineal descendant of Richard Timberlake, who was born, c. 1736, in Lancaster County, Virginia. Justin is thus not a descendant of Henry Timberlake, at least through that line.
Justin’s patrilineal line traces to Francis Timberlake, who was born, c. 1687, in London, England.
Justin’s paternal grandfather is Charles L. Timberlake (the son of John Denham Timberlake and Gladys Lucille Martin). Charles is a Minister of the Shelby Forest Baptist Church in Millington, Tennessee. John was the son of Charles Mitchell Timberlake and Eva J. Pirtle. Gladys was the daughter of Colley Edward Martin and Sarah Virginia “Sallie” Hargrove.
Justin’s paternal grandmother is Bobbye/Bobby Joice Williams (the daughter of Robert Lee Williams and Katherine Heneritta “Katie” Morris). Robert was the son of Robert Lee Williams and Annilee Sullivan. Katherine was the daughter of Clarence Morris and Frances Arnold.
Timberlake in 2007, image courtesy of Flickr
Justin’s maternal grandfather was William Silas “Bill” Bomar (the son of Silas Bryant Bomar and Lois Aileen McCraw). William was born in Tennessee. Justin’s great-grandfather Silas was the son of Robert Lee Bomar and Martha Jane “Mattie” Lumpkin. Lois was the daughter of William Gabriel/Gabrielle McCraw and Allie Blanche Bomar.
Justin’s maternal grandmother is Sadie Lee Timbs (the daughter of Clarence Andrew Timbs/Timms and Susan Florence “Susie” Joyner). Sadie was born in Tennessee. Clarence was the son of James Samuel Timbs/Timms and Lelia Eva Stocks. Susan was the daughter of Levi Ellis/V. “Lee” Joyner and Annie Demetra George.
Sources: Genealogies of Justin Timberlake – http://www.geni.com
http://freepages.rootsweb.com
More of Justin’s Timberlake ancestry – http://www.angelfire.com
Genealogies of Justin’s paternal great-grandparents, John Denham Timberlake and Gladys Lucille Martin – https://www.findagrave.com
Justin’s paternal great-grandparents, Robert Lee Williams and Katherine Heneritta “Katie” Morris, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Justin’s maternal grandfather, William Silas “Bill” Bomar, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Justin’s maternal grandfather, William Silas “Bill” Bomar – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Justin’s maternal great-grandmother, Susan Florence “Susie” Joyner – https://old.findagrave.com
He has distant French and German. His British ancestry is English. Ancestry.http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I106291
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I106291
he don’t have german roots!!!
Looks english to me.
I think he looks like a much lighter version of Usher sort of. He has super curly hair which is not a Native American trait.
Hes part black even if he knows it or not it is so obvious,everybody that does not want to claim black says native american all these so called natives are actually black
agree, not necessarily on defaulting to native american but that he is some part black
IKR. Everyone wants to be natives these days. XDD
Just because he has thick curly hair doesn’t mean he’s part Black.
And I’m sure if Timberlake was part Black, in this particular case, he’d probably brag about it (as it would give him more ‘credibility’).
To angela
Maybe,maybe not.Or he might not know.Parents and grandparents don’t always tell the truth.Example(Anatole Broyard)who did tell his kids,and (carol channing)who didn’t find out until her father was dying I think,then she didn’t tell anyone until she got old
well i’m a black/mixed timberlake on my mother’s side where i got my name her father was black, white and native american, so i dont know if that ads to the possibility of him being part black, i’ve never herd of any connection to him in my family, but you never know since families back then didn’t talk about racial mixture its possible ALOT of people are mixed and don’t know it, i new i was part native american but my mother didn’t tell me i was part white until i had spoken to my grandmother and she told me things that i had never herd before, i asked my mother to tell me what my grandmother was talking about, my mother said she new we were part white but she didn’t think it was something that we should talk about, but then she went on to tell me how my grandfather had naturally straight hair and how when my grandmother met his side of the family she was so nervous because they were ” white ” people, or they were mixed people who looked mostly white or something like that………
but i have always noticed that when Justin Timberlake’s hair gets long it gets kinda round like an ” afro “, if you think about it his hair is kinda like a person who is half black and half white…
To: a mixed timberlake
That’s funny,my grandmother told me something when I was little.She caught me laughing at some Hispanic kids that were talking.She said I don’t know why your laughing at them,your part of the same thing they are.I ask my mom,and she says don’t pay attention to your Medea because she drinks.It turns out my mother wasn’t telling the truth,her father was latino.However since she was raised by her stepfather,she saw him as her daddy
He was one of the nominees on the NAACP Image awards tonight so he is “of color.” I used to love him–but not if he’s passing. A man in my law school was black and passed for white. Pitiful.
Not Native American. NOT Black.
Some people have no common sense. If he Justin were trying to pass for white, don’t you think he would have avoided all his black cultural associations in his music, dancing etc? Like another person said, being part black would be of benefit to him in terms of “credibility”, so there’s little chance he’d hide it.
@jf:why would he say away,Elvis didn’t.Also he would be seen as a white with black flavor,which would serve him better
Sandra Bullock Was Nominated For NAACP Award And She Won For Her Role In Blindside. Is She Colored?
To total23
Could be my friend,I keep telling you countries don’t tell you what someones ancestors looked like.Also colored is more than just black people.The original NAACP was headed by jews,who were also called Colored
meant to say (White Jews)
I Was Asking A Question I Wasn’t Attacking Him! I Was Wondering If She Is Colored…That’s It!
To total23
Relax man,I wasn’t attacking you.I was just letting you know something.Also you better not be yelling at me in your text,or it’s on
Shut Up…Lol!
Oh Shut up huh?You youngsters today,no respect
lol