Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 28, 1986
Ethnicity:
*75% Italian [including Sicilian]
*25% mix of French, English, German, Scottish, and remote Swedish, Irish, and Dutch
Lady Gaga is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and businessperson. She is known for her eccentric fashion and clothing. She has starred in the films Machete Kills, A Star Is Born, and House of Gucci.
She is the daughter of Cynthia Louise (Bissett), a philanthropist, activist, and entrepreneur, and Joseph Anthony Germanotta, an internet businessperson. Her mother is from Wheeling, West Virginia. Lady Gaga is of three quarters Italian descent, through her father and maternal grandmother. Lady Gaga’s maternal grandfather was of French, English, German, Scottish, and remote Swedish, Irish, and Dutch, ancestry. A picture of Lady Gaga’s mother can be seen here. Her sister is fashion designer and stylist Natali Germanotta.
Lady Gaga has pointed out similarities she shares with pop idol Madonna, including being of heavily Italian origin, starting out in the New York underground scene, and becoming famous when dying their hair blonde. The two are not related through common French-Canadian roots, despite press statements to the contrary (see here).
Lady Gaga’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her fifth great-grandfather, Giovanni Germanotta, and to his wife Antonia Leonetto.
Lady Gaga’s paternal grandfather was Joseph/Giuseppe Anthony Germanotta (the son of Antonino “Anthony” Germanotta and Rosaria “Rose” Lipari or Galipo). Joseph was born in New Jersey. Antonino, a shoemaker, was born, c. 1881, in Naso, Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, and was the son of Francesco Germanotta and Rosaria Guerriero/Gumina. He moved to the U.S. in 1904 with Lady Gaga’s great-grandmother Rosaria, who was also born in Naso. Rosaria was a peasant, who was the daughter of Antonio Lipiari/Lipari and Benedetta Merendino.
Lady Gaga’s paternal grandmother is named Angelina/Angeline C. Calderone (who is possibly the daughter of Antonio Calderone). Angelina is of Italian descent. Lady Gaga has used the male alias Jo Calderone, after her grandmother’s name. Antonio was born in Santa Lucia del Mele, Messina, Sicily.
Lady Gaga’s maternal grandfather was Paul Douglas Bissett (the son of George Lindsey/Linsey Bissett and Sarah Ann “Sally” Leach). Paul was born in West Virginia, and had French, English, German, Scottish, and remote Swedish, Irish, and Dutch, ancestry. George was the son of John Bissett and Wilhelmina “Minnie” Burghardt. Sarah was the daughter of John Lewis/Lee Leach and Georgianna/Georgeann W. Morningstar.
Lady Gaga’s maternal grandmother is Veronica Rose Ferrie/Ferri (the daughter of Vincenzo/Giacomo “James” Ferri/Ferrie and Filomena/Fleminia G. “Minnie”/”Fannie” Campagna/Campana/Cambangnia). Veronica was born in West Virginia, to Italian parents, from Brocco, Province of Caserta, Campania, now Broccostella, Province of Frosinone, Lazio. Filomena was the daughter of Giovanni/John Campagna.
Sources: Genealogies of Lady Gaga – http://ladygaga.wikia.com
http://www.wikitree.com
http://4.bp.blogspot.com
https://www.geni.com
Article about Lady Gaga’s Sicilian ancestry – http://ladygagadanceinthedark.forumcommunity.net
Obituary of Lady Gaga’s paternal grandfather, Joseph/Giuseppe Anthony Germanotta – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Lady Gaga’s maternal grandfather, Paul Douglas Bissett – http://obituaryarchive.altmeyer.com
Lady Gaga in 2010, photo by kathclick/bigstock.com
Even if she was all these European ethnicities she should start acting it. I find it horrible how white girls and ladies act like a bunch of retarded animals. What ever happened to women with class?
You are racist! To say white girls act a certain way. So what if a girls sexual
Oh my GOD! She is not German or French or Irish SHE IS ITALIAN! from Italy! Where is the prove that she is mixed?!
She is 3\4 Italian!!
Most italians are mixed like everyone else, I’m sure her dad isn’t full blood. She’s probably around half Italian. Chill people
Um her mother IS MIXED, there just proved it. She physically looks Italian but not in the face. She looks VERY French/German in the face. My best friend has a very similar face and she is French/German 100 percent. Bust she has a rockin bod like an Italian, my friend don’t have that lol
and who ever wrote this really messed up because it her parents surname is Bissett how is her last name Germanotta lets think about this?
Bissett is her mother’s maiden name. Gaga’s father’s last name is Germanotta, therefore that’s her last name as well.
i dont care what anyone saids she is Italian even she said it when they asked her what she is she said she is FULL Italian and HER FAMILY IS FROM ITALY she even looks Italian and just she specks German doesnt mean she is part or even german at all
listen motherfuckers, I am half italian and all you who say that we are of mixed races can go screw yourself. I am sick and tired if every white person saying that we are mixed. yes it did happen but that was hundreds of years ago. It would be so watered down that it woulnt even be one percent. Also, only true italians have black hair and tan skin. all those of you who have blond or red hair are not at all italian!!
one’s hair colour is not necessarily indicative of their nationality or cultural backround… also italians have all different hari colours.