Madonna
Madonna in 2011, cinemafestival / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Madonna Louise Ciccone
Place of Birth: Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 16, 1958
Ethnicity:
*father – Italian
*mother – French-Canadian, with some remote Swiss-French and English
Madonna is an American pop idol, singer, songwriter, actress, and businessperson.
Madonna is the daughter of Madonna Louise (Fortin) and Silvio Anthony “Tony” Ciccone. Her brother was artist, interior decorator, and designer Christopher Ciccone. Her confirmation name is Veronica. She has six children, including fashion model, dancer, and singer Lourdes Leon, with her former partner, Cuban-born personal trainer Carlos Leòn; and Rocco Ritchie, with her former husband, English filmmaker Guy Ritchie.
Madonna’s paternal grandparents were Italian immigrants. Her mother was of French-Canadian descent, with some remote Swiss-French and English, ancestry.
Madonna played Eva Perón in the 1996 film Evita.
Madonna practices Kabbalah.
Madonna’s paternal grandfather was Gaetano S. “Guy” Ciccone (the son of Nicola Pietro Ciccone and Anna Maria Mancini). Gaetano was from Pacentro, Province of L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. Nicola was the son of Domenico Ciccone and Elenora/Eleonora Lucci.
Madonna’s paternal grandmother was Michelina Dijulio/Di Julio (the daughter of Raffaele Dijulio and Concetta or Giovanna Battista Laccone). Michelina was from Pacentro. Raffaele was the son of Costantino Donato DiIulio/DiJulio and Olympia Pantaleo.
Madonna’s maternal grandfather was Willard Fortin (the son of Narcisse “Nelson” Fortin and Rosa/Rosie/Rose E. Lajoie). Willard was born in Michigan. Narcisse was from Rimouski, St-Simon, Québec, Canada, the son of Narcisse “Nelson” Fortin and Félicité/Félécité/Phillis Rioux. Rosa was born in Michigan, the daughter of French-Canadian parents, Charles Lajoie, from St-Joseph, Maskinongé, Québec, and Rose Elly/Ella/Rosalie Coulombe.
Madonna’s maternal grandmother was Elsie Mae Fortin (the daughter of Guillaume Henri “Shorty” Fortin and Marie Louise Demers). Elsie was born in Standish, Arenac, Michigan, to French-Canadian parents. Guillaume was the son of Nasaire Henri Fortin and Émelie/Emilie Daniel. Marie Louise was born in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, the daughter of Eustache Demers, from Sainte-Martine, Québec, and of Louise Massé, from then-Lower Canada.
Madonna’s maternal grandparents Willard and Elsie were fifth cousins, twice removed, through their Fortin line.
Sources: Genealogies of Madonna – https://www.geni.com
http://famouskin.com
http://www.perche-quebec.com
Genealogy of Madonna (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca
Madonna visiting Italian relatives in 1987 – https://www.youtube.com
One of Madonna’s French ancestors – http://www.perche-quebec.com
All but one of the celebrities you mentioned have Italian surnames by birth. That probably affects their identity to a large degree.
http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Ciccone-Family-Tree-15
What makes you say that Travolta, DiCaprio, and Ricci identify as full Italian? Travolta has said his household was more Irish in culture, and Ricci has said that the Italian has been “bred out of her”.
Yes, they’re not like Pauly D.!
Right, they’re not fully of Italian descent.
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Of course, neither is Pauly D. He’s black, blacketty, black, black, black. His mother is keeping a secret, and his grandmother is Alessia Cara. (By the way, why is it that you think so many Italian women are having affairs with black men? Is it possible then that they’re having affairs with other non-Italian men, too?).
isn’t Alessia too young to be Pauly’s grandma??
Leo stated several times that his mother is Russian. How is that ”identifiying as full Italian”?
On the other hand De Niro never really acknowledged the fact that he is only quarter Italian.
Are you sure? Has he ever referred to himself as just Italian, without mentioning some of the other ancestry?
He even claimed to have Albanian ancestry.
for someone whose most iconic portrayals are Italian characters (-Taxi Driver and Goodfellas), he sure evades talking about it.
In Goodfellas, DeNiro played James “Jimmy the Gent” Conway, an Irish-American. In Taxi Driver, he played Travis Bickle, and I don’t think there’s evidence that Bickle was supposed to be of Italian descent.
Unless you were trying to say something else with “-“, although it’s hard to tell.
Anyway, he really hasn’t played that many Italians. I’m sure it’s less than one fourth of all his roles, which makes sense.
one of the most remarkable of recent Bob’s roles is the Wasp Jack Byrnes of Meet the Parents
Madonna does acknowledge her Italian side more, but she has talked about her French side too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT6xOqf-aWo
Lady Gaga is the worst offender of this. She claims her “entire family” is from Italy. Even though her maternal grandfather was not Italian.