Kristinia DeBarge
DeBarge in 2011, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Kristinia Jamie Debarge
Place of Birth: South Pasedena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 8, 1990
Ethnicity: African-American (paternal grandmother), 3/8th Mexican [Spanish, smaller amounts of Indigenous Mexican and African], with the rest English, Irish, French, Welsh, 1/32 Danish, 1/32 Norwegian, remote German
Kristinia DeBarge is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She appeared as a contestant on American Juniors.
She is the daughter of James DeBarge, of the singing sibling family group, DeBarge, famous in the 1980s. Her uncle is singer El DeBarge. Kristinia’s paternal grandfather was white, and had French, English, Irish, and remote German, ancestry. Kristinia’s paternal grandmother was African-American. Kristinia’s mother has Mexican [including Spanish, and smaller amounts of Indigenous Mexican and African, ancestry], as well as more distant English, Irish, Welsh, 1/16th Danish, and 1/16th Norwegian, roots.
Some internet sources also state that Kristinia’s mother has Italian ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.
Kristinia’s paternal grandfather is Robert David Louis DeBarge, Sr. (the son of John Arthur Baptist DeBarge and Frances Jane Walters). Robert was born in Illinois, and is of French, English, Irish, and remote German, descent. John was the son of Arthur DeBarge, who was French, and of Mary Blane West. Frances was the daughter of Ira Milton Walters and Minerva Dawson.
Kristinia’s paternal grandmother is Etterlene Abney (the daughter of William Abney and Bessie Walters). Etterlene is African-American. William was the son of Willie Lee Abney.
Kristinia’s maternal grandfather is Rex Michael McDonald (the son of Wallace McDonald and Dora Aurora Nandino). Wallace’s father, Carl Eugene McDonald, had English, Irish, and some Welsh, ancestry. Wallace’s mother, Emma Hazel Jacobson, was of Danish and Norwegian descent. Kristinia’s great-grandmother Dora was the daughter of José Victoriano “Víctor” Nandino Castillo and María Luisa “Louisa” Ibarra Rodríguez, who were Mexican emigrants, from Cocula, Jalisco, Mexico.
Kristinia’s maternal grandmother is named Susan Ann Valles. Susan is of Mexican descent.
Sources: Genealogy of Kristinia’s father – http://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Kristinia’s paternal great-grandparents, William Abney and Bessie Walters – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Kristinia’s maternal grandparents, Rex Michael McDonald and Susan Ann Valles – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Kristinia’s maternal grandfather, Rex Michael McDonald – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Kristinia’s maternal great-grandparents, Wallace McDonald and Dora Aurora Nandino – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Kristinia’s maternal great-grandfather, Wallace McDonald – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Kristinia’s maternal great-grandmother, Dora Aurora Nandino – https://familysearch.org
Birth records of Kristinia’s maternal great-great-grandfather, José Victoriano Nandino Castillo – https://familysearch.org
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Baptismal record of Kristinia’s maternal great-great-grandfather, José Victoriano Nandino Castillo – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Kristinia’s maternal great-great-grandmother, María Luisa Ibarra Rodríguez – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Kristinia’s maternal great-great-grandmother, María Luisa Ibarra Rodríguez – https://familysearch.org
Jón Jónsson from Sleðbrjótssel, Iceland? 1/1024? Please…
There’s no genealogy for his mother’s side in the sources, so I don’t know where it’s coming from. When I google him, this page is the only thing that comes up. Even the familysearch-tree, which almost lists every made up ancestor, doesn’t include him; the closest thing I found (not saying the tree is correct) was a John Johnston (1734-1816), who was born in Northern Ireland.
Can’t we have a rule that these bizarre ancestors has to be backed up by a genealogy, or else they’re removed? Because this one just seems completely made up from nothing.
Why should an user invent an ancestor of any kind in a family tree? For which purpose?
As I told you Icelanders have some Gaelic ancestry.
I was looking for Mathew Lillard’s paternal side and came upon a family tree. Every single person on that tree was made up. Why would someone do that, I don’t know, but they did. You yourself pointed out Pamela Anderson’s made up ancestor a few days ago.
Yes, we know that you believe everything you ever read on the internet. That doesn’t make it reasonable. In this particular case, there’s not even a genealogy that leads back to the made-up ancestor. I somewhat get that you believe those without doubting (even if I don’t think you should). But that it’s sufficient to just namedrop an ancestor in a bio (this ethnicelebs page) to make it believable to you is surprising even to me.
Her mother’s ethnicity looks misleading, given that a whole 1/4 of her ancestry is non-Mexican. I’d suggest rephrasing it like either:
*French, English, Irish, remote German (paternal grandfather)
*African-American (paternal grandmother)
*3/4 Mexican (Spanish, distant Indigenous and African), with the rest English, Irish, Welsh, 1/16th Danish, 1/16th Norwegian, 1/512th Icelandic (mother)
Or:
African-American (paternal grandmother), 3/8th Mexican (Spanish, distant Indigenous and African), English, Irish, some Welsh, 1/16th French, 1/32 Danish, 1/32 Norwegian, remote German and Icelandic
Very unattractive girl. I don’t understand why she looks like that, her dad was decent looking when he was younger. I have no idea what her mom looks like so I can’t say. Maybe her mom is unattractive and inherited her looks.
Kristinia’s mother is 1/512 Icelandic, 1/16 Danish & 1/16 Norwegian.
Based on the compilation of church records, majority of Kristinia’s Mexican ancestry is Spanish with smaller amounts of indigenous Mexican and African.