Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Pinnock in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Place of Birth: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 4 October, 1991
Ethnicity: African-Caribbean [Jamaican, Barbadian], some English
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, also known simply as Leigh-Anne, is a British singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion blogger. She was a member of girl group Little Mix, along with Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, and Jade Thirlwall.
Leigh-Anne is married to professional footballer Andre Gray, with whom she has two children.
She has stated:
That is such a personal thing, isn’t it: ‘What do you identify as?’… I do identify as black. I have two mixed-race parents… So I have always identified as black growing up. I feel like I was identified as black in the public eye as well. The public would call me the ‘black girl’ in Little Mix and that’s what I was and I owned it, but it is such a personal thing to say… I get scared to offend people as a mixed-race person [saying] that I identify as black because I know how bad colourism is and how dark-skinned people are not represented enough in the media at all.
It appears that Leigh-Anne’s paternal grandparents are black, though likely also have white ancestry. Her maternal grandfather was black, and her maternal grandmother was white. A picture of Leigh-Anne with her mother can be seen here.
A picture of her maternal grandparents can be seen here.
Leigh-Anne’s maternal grandfather was named Leslie J. Thornhill.
Leigh-Anne’s maternal grandmother is named Valerie Faulkner.
Sources: https://www.theguardian.com
Family background of Leigh-Anne Pinnock – http://www.allaboutlittlemix.com
To me when someone gets triggered when asked their ethnicity I sense it comes from shame. you should be proud to talk about your background. I love genealogy.
She is expecting a baby with her partner, professional footballer Andre Gray. I suggest to add the latter into this site.
Her parents are both mixed race : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/02/leigh-anne-pinnock-of-little-mix-being-black-is-my-power-i-want-young-black-girls-to-see-that
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/51baf91b-c41f-496a-8c76-d3bdc345b1e4
“I do identify as black. I have two mixed-race parents”
So her paternal grandmother is white? The tweet I linked has disappeared.
Her paternal grandparents are “both black” (from her dad’s FB) despite her father’s look.
Twitter https://mobile.twitter.com/littlemixteam_/status/714365869162409984
cool
Yes and she is still MIXED race. It’s not a SIN to be of MIXED heritage. You jealous or something? She has NOTHING to prove. Miscegenation is a beautiful thing and I pray it continues FOREVER so…
Who on this thread said being mixed heritage is a sin?
Nobody. But people come in here with all kinds of personal agendas and angles that they’d be better off dealing with with their psychatrist instead of a ethnicity website. lol
Don’t know why people just can’t come here because they are interested in ancestry. Not everyone’s going to agree on everything, but the axe-grinding some come in here with is annoying and boring.