Kim Kardashian
Kardashian in 2010, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Kimberly Noel Kardashian
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 21, 1980
Ethnicity:
*father – Armenian
*mother – English, as well as Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, remote Jersey Channel Islander and Cornish
Kim Kardashian, also known as Kim Kardashian West, is an American television and social media personality, actress, socialite, and model. She is the daughter of Robert Kardashian, an attorney who was one of O.J. Simpson’s lawyers at his murder trial, and Kris Jenner (born Kristen Mary Houghton), a socialite. O.J. Simpson was Kim’s godfather. Her siblings are Kourtney Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, and Rob Kardashian, and her half-siblings are Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner. Through her ex-stepparent, Caitlyn Jenner, she was a stepsister of musician Brandon Jenner and socialite Brody Jenner. Kim has four children, including singer and actress North West, with her former husband, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer Kanye West. Her niece is Penelope Disick.
Kim’s father was of Armenian descent. Kim’s mother is from a family that has lived in the United States for many generations, and has English, as well as Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, and remote Jersey Channel Islander and Cornish, ancestry. Kim once stated that she gets her curves from her Armenian heritage. Kim has said that she did not speak Armenian at home, but does occasionally at family get-togethers. She once stated in an interview, “being Armenian is a big part of who I am,” and that her grandfather instilled a lot of Armenian culture in her. In 2019, she was baptized in the Armenian Apostolic Church with the name Heghine.
A 23andMe DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2018) stated that Kim’s sisters Khloé and Kourtney’s genetic ancestry is:
*53%-58% European
——–*4.5% French
*41.6% Middle Eastern & North African
The test also evidently stated that the Kardashians have a fraction of Native American DNA, presumably under .4% in Khloé’s case, given her 58% European and 41.6% Middle Eastern results.
Kim’s paternal grandfather was Arthur Thomas Kardashian (the son of Tatos Saghatel “Thomas”/Tom Kardashian and Hamas “Hanna” Shakarian). Arthur was born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, to parents from Kars, Russian Empire. The family were ethnic Armenian Molokan Jumpers from Karakale, now Turkey. Tatos was the son of Saghatel/Sam Kardashian/Kardaschoff and Harom “Mary” Varsoff/Yuzbashian. Kim’s family’s last name was spelled Kardaschoff in Russia. Kim’s great-grandmother Hamas was the daughter of Demos/Tom Shakarian and Goolisar/Grace Yesilbashian/Thomson.
Kim’s paternal grandmother was Helen Jean Arakelian (the daughter of John Arakel Mgrditchian Arut Arakelian and Vartanoosh/Rose Miroyan/Mirayan). Helen was born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California. John was born in Getap, Vayots Dzor, Armenia. Vartanoosh was born in Erzurum, Erzurum, Turkey, of Armenian descent, the daughter of Hovhannes Miroyan and Luciag Chorbajian.
Kim’s maternal grandfather was Robert True Houghton (the son of True Otis Houghton and Mary Lee Pickens). Robert was born in San Diego County, California. Kim’s great-grandfather True was born in Oklahoma, the son of Otis Sewall Houghton, who had deep New England roots, and of Lula Laura Barnard/Bernard. Mary Lee was born in Texas, the daughter of Charles/Charlie Luran A. Pickens and Lizzie/Elizabeth Mae/May/Mary A. Douglas/Douglass.
Kim’s maternal grandmother is Mary Gorden/Gordon/Jo Campbell (the daughter of Gorden/Gordon Lowe Campbell and Lou Ethel Wyatt). Kim’s grandmother Mary was born in Arkansas. Kim’s great-grandfather Gorden was born in Mounds, Creek, Oklahoma, the son of Jefferson Davis Campbell and Freedonia/Fredonia/Fredom May Teaney. Lou was born in Mississippi, the daughter of Walter Alba Wyatt and Mary Tiny VanZandt/Van Zandt.
Kim’s matrilineal line can be traced to her great-great-great-great-grandmother, S. Margaret “Maggie” Gray, who was born, c. 1833, in Mississippi.
Kardashian in 2011
Sources: Genealogies of Kim Kardashian – https://www.geni.com
http://famouskin.com
https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogies and obituaries of Kim’s paternal grandparents, Arthur Thomas Kardashian and Helen Jean (Arakelian) Kardashian – http://www.findagrave.com
Kim’s maternal great-grandmother, Mary Lee Pickens, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Kim’s maternal great-grandparents, Gorden/Gordon Lowe Campbell and Lou Ethel Wyatt – https://www.familysearch.org
Kim’s maternal great-grandmother, Lou Ethel Wyatt, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
She looks full Iranian to me.
Even Armenians aren’t as dark as her. And Armenians (or the actual Caucasians) generally look like the Jenner sisters.
No she doesn’t look a bit Iranian. Iranians are white so.
Iranians are not white but @ neiltennant you could stfu. Stop stereotyping iranians as dark. i know some iranians and some look really white. fuck off.
Many Persians (Iranians) have darker features, so lose your attitude. Those select few Aryan Iranians you know don’t speak for the entire country.
She has Native American in her. She took a DNA test.
hey can someone tell me what country i could pass??
i will share here a pic of min i am Brasilian with Austrian,german and italian origins
https://imageshack.com/i/hlOky3ptj
@bts15
You could pass for mixed race but i’d say you look more southern european, like Greek perhaps or maybe yugoslav. Nevertheless you’re good looking
understood,thank you
Kim Kardashian does not look like a Southern European. Those Spaniards mentioned to look like her have Gipsy (Roma people) background like Penélope Cruz. Kim Kardashian’s genes are mostly European Caucasoid but she has also non-White blood admixture and Kurdish blood assimilation. The DNA test in George Lopez’s show is legit; the only thing is that he joked saying mostly Armenian when he was reading mostly White. Genetic tests don’t tell one’s exact nationality, exact country but the genetic markers of which region the person comes from. In a certain way, Europeans are all a bunch of endogamous cousins. They have the same ancestors. The Kardashians look the way they look because their mother is partially Native-American, even though she looks full European ancestry, but a US American can look 100% White and have distant Colonial Black or Amerindian blood the same way an Australian can look 100% White despite having distant Chinese or Aboriginal admixture, and also because their father is an Armenian with Kurdish admixture. Georgians and Armenians are White people from the Caucasus, but even though some can have sandy hair and light eyes, others have Middle Eastern background via Turkish or Arabic assimilation. Most Caucasus people look like the Chechen Boston bombers who were and are White. The older who died had adunc, aquiline nose just like some Europeans, Jews and Arabs. The Kurdish are a very distinct, dissimilar group without a Nation. Even though Turks and Levantine Arabs are Caucasian and some are fair, you cannot say they look exactly like Southern Europeans. It’s possible to tell the difference between Italians and Turks. Some Turkish people can be very dark-skinned like the presenter from Young Turks YouTube Channel, who co-hosts together with that Armenian heritage girl who’s fair-skinned and says she’s ashamed of the Kardashians representing Armenians not because of their dark features but because of their attitude obviously. So Kardashians look the way they look because they are mostly European with Native American and Kurdish blood assimilation.
And when Kim jokes that she’s hairy, fuzzy because of her Armenian background she’s somewhat correct. Armenian men can be hairy although that’s relative and some Scandinavians are as furry as Iranians and Indians. Armenian people and Caucasus people in general have the fair skin and Mediterranean features like Bulgarians and other Slavic people from the South of the Balcans or other Europeans from the region.
WRONG. DNA testing for Native ancestry is not accurate atall. Too many Americans claim Native ancestry when few of us are mixed. We are the most documented people in this country; we know who we are, and so does the government, it’s archives, and our documented from past and present.
Theses people who are 1/300th aren’t Native. It’s ONLY the disagraceful cherokee nation who accepts 1/400ths in. Every other tribe requires full, half, or a quarter at the max., and it’s extremely tough to prove if you are born outside the reservation, however, if you are a documented native who is recently mixed or is full, you are in the government system forever, so are your ancestors. So you can prove it.
It’s ONLY THESES WANNABES who try to sound cooler or exotic or trying to be mixed claim native ancestry because so many people have stories of having one.. but few of them are real. Because if it was true, how come over 90% of our population was whipped out? few intermixed. So it’s not possible in the slightest for everyone like they claim to be to have native ancestor. Not even close.
You people really need to educate yourself before writing theses comments. I’m tired of everyone throwing the native card out there to be someone.. all while so many natives suffer because of the color of our skin. We deserve to be in peace without so many of you trying to claim the native to be cool or get something out of it while THE TRUE and REAL NATIVE AMERICANS ANCESTORS and their descendants died in their own land and home where we have lived for thousands of years because we were a different race.. and all you people do is exploit it and use it to be exotic and have people think you’re better because its hype. totally
@leslie_4
How many Amerindian groups do you belong to?
Penelope Cruz does not have Gypsy ancestry and Kim is not part Native American.
I meant Penelope has no Romani ancestry. As I understand it, Gypsy is a slur and I apologize.
https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-europe.html