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, and versatile image, and has released music in the soft rock, dance-pop, electronic rock/dance, techno-pop, and jazz genres. Her songs include “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” “LoveGame,” “Paparazzi,” “Bad Romance,” “Telephone,” “Alejandro,” “Born This Way,” “Judas,” “The Edge of Glory,” “You and I,” “Marry the Night,” “Applause,” “Million Reasons,” “Shallow,” “Always Remember Us This Way,” “I’ll Never Love Again,” “Stupid Love,” “Rain on Me,” and “Die with a Smile.” She has starred in the films Machete Kills, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, A Star Is Born, House of Gucci, and Joker: Folie à Deux, and on the show American Horror Story: Hotel. She is the first woman to have won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Grammy Award in one year, and notably collaborated with singer Tony Bennett. She has launched vegan cosmetics brand Haus Labs. She founded non-profit Born This Way Foundation, focusing on the well-being of young people, and has participated in mental health awareness and LGBT philanthropy and activism.
Lady Gaga 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 was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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
Hmmm…this site still exist…It was better seven, six months ago. But the stupid comments will never change…
This site has gone to shit. There’s too many white racists here.
It’s the opposite, like when you say Colin Farrell is too handsome to be just white. And most of the users here are not Europeans, you have Neiltennant who’s Afghan, Theropod who’s Assyrian etc..
But then there is Bearboy who spent half his life in Norway.
@andrew, what race are you? I bet you’re homosexual, little andrew.
No, I’m straight.
@tennant, and what race are you, idiot?
I knew she had to be Italian. Her music has too much flavour and she’s too talented to be another typical anglo pop drone like Miley or Taylor.
Taylor Swift is 1/16 Italian though
Yeah but she might as well be completely anglo or german when it comes to her music and dancing ability. She doesn’t have that latin soul her music is like any other anglo americans…….Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry. Whenever a caucasian ever displays soulful singing and dancing ability like GaGa distinct from the typical White American pop sounds they almost always are latin and the only ones that can compete with the African Americans in attitude. Christina Aguilera, Teena Marie, Shakira etc.
What?
Lady Gaga is actually not really that ugly, but they chose the worst pictures of her. I’m not saying she’s some beauty or anything, but she looks horrible in those pictures above.
Her patrilineal ancestry is traced back to her 5th great-grandfather Giovanni Germanotta.
I met her backstage at the artrave concert. She is such a lovely human being but I hate that I came out fat and ugly in our meet and greet picture :( I’ve always been fascinated with her looks. She doesn’t look like a “typical white girl” at all. I told her I’m sicilian from naples and she got excited and said her dad is sicilian. It was cool that we both share a sicilian little moment together. I understand why a lot of people say she looks “ethnic” but to me she doesn’t look black BUT its very possible that she has Moor blood in her since most sicilians have moor blood in them (like me). A lot of my people are very in-denial with having african blood and they try to convince people that Moors were arab and not african but genetically proven a lot of us sicilians have african blood in us and it showed when my family traced our dna ancestry lines. So I wouldn’t be surprised if she has some to little black blood in her. Overall though she is an italian girl from new york ;)
LOL…”Sicilian from Naples”: your skills in geography are amazing. I know it could be disappointing for you but Sicilians don’t score Sub-Saharan (black if you prefer) ancestry on genetic tests and they’re related to other Southern Italians and Greeks.
Andrew your response was embarrassing considering she never said naples is in sicily. She clearly states shes a sicilian FROM Naples. My cousins are sicilian and they were born in naples. Just like how some italians and sicilians are born in america or in the UK. Hard to believe right? (sarcasm). And you are misinformed about “sicilians dont score sub-saharan ancestry” because you’re speaking for ALL sicilians. Are you even sicilian yourself? Some of my ancestors were black as I found out through ancestry.com and I’m 100 percent italian.
it’s possible that your Sicilian cousins were born in Naples but she just did confusion about 2 different regions, if you’re Sicilian you’re Italian by citizenship like a Bavarian is German. If some of your ancestors were black (Somali? Ethiopian?) therefore you’re clearly not 100% Italian.
No one is 100 percent anything. My thought my ex fiance was 100 percent white until we found out his great great grandmother was 1/3 nigerian. Of course since that nigerian blood goes back it doesnt make him “black” since his records still have him classified as “caucasian”.