Miley Cyrus
Cyrus in 2010, kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Destiny Hope Cyrus
Place of Birth: Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 23, 1992
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, possibly other
Miley Cyrus is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She has starred on the series Hannah Montana, Crisis in Six Scenes, and Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, in the films Bolt, Hannah Montana: The Movie, The Last Song, LOL, and So Undercover, in the blockbuster concert movie Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, and in the documentaries Miley: The Movement and Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions). Her songs include “He Could Be the One,” “See You Again,” “7 Things,” “Party in the U.S.A.,” “The Climb,” “We Can’t Stop,” “Wrecking Ball,” “Without You,” “Malibu,” “Flowers,” and “Used to Be Young.” She is nicknamed the “Pop Chameleon,” having recorded in teen-friendly pop rock, country-pop, dance-pop, R&B, hip-hop, rock, and psychedelic music, and has been referred to as a 2000s “Teen Queen.” She founded the charity Happy Hippie Foundation, for which she filmed the web series Backyard Sessions. She was a coach on The Voice, and hosts the Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party specials.
Miley is the daughter of Leticia and singer, songwriter, and actor Billy Ray Cyrus. Her paternal grandfather, Ron Cyrus (Ronald Ray Cyrus), was a Democratic politician and public worker. Among her siblings are actress and singer Noah Cyrus, musician Trace Cyrus, and actress and DJ Brandi Cyrus. Her stepfather is Australian actor Dominic Purcell. Born Destiny Hope Cyrus, she has officially changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus. She has also been credited as Ashley O, the name of her Black Mirror character, and Miley Ray Hemsworth, while married to actor Liam Hemsworth.
Miley’s mother was adopted, as she has stated.
Several family trees indicate that the Cyrus surname was spelled Siers many generations back. Most or all of Miley’s father’s ancestors since the start of the 1800s were born in the United States. Much of her father’s ancestry is English, along with Scottish, Irish, and Welsh.
Miley has stated that she has Cherokee Native American ancestry, as has her father. It is not clear if this Cherokee ancestry has been verified/documented. As of yet, no evidence of Miley’s Native American ancestry has been produced.
Miley’s paternal grandfather was Ronald Ray Cyrus (the son of The Rev. Eldon Lindsey/Lindsay Cyrus and Verlina Adeline Hay). Ronald was born in Kentucky. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, from 1975 to 1996, and Executive Secretary and Treasurer of the Kentucky AFL-CIO, from 1984 to 1986. The Rev. Eldon was a Pentecostal preacher, and was the son of Joseph Morgan Cyrus and Sarah Elvessa Hayes. Verlina was the daughter of Martin Alexander Hay and Mary Jane Hayes.
Miley’s paternal grandmother is Ruth Ann Casto (the daughter of William Clayton Casto and Mary Guila/Guilla Boggs). Ruth was born in Kentucky. William was the son of Joseph C./Johnsey Casto and Josie E. Johnson. Mary was the daughter of Clement Alexander Boggs and Leora Olive McAtee.
Miley’s adoptive maternal grandfather was Glenmore Finley (the son of Benjamin Harrison Finley and Ada Cornett). Glenmore was born in Kentucky. Benjamin was the son of John Patton Finley and Nancy Louisa Berry.
Miley’s adoptive maternal grandmother was Loretta Jean Palmer (the daughter of Neville Hardy Palmer and Nellie Burch Howard). Loretta was born in Kentucky. Neville was the son of Andrew Jackson Palmer and Fannie Pink Woolum. Nellie was the daughter of Adren/Adron D. Howard and Fronie/Frony Hill.
Sources: Genealogy of Miley Cyrus – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Miley Cyrus (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.wargs.com
Genealogy of Miley’s father – http://www.castoconnections.com
Obituary of Miley’s great-uncle (the brother of Miley’s adoptive maternal grandfather, Glenmore Finley) – http://www.richmondregister.com
Miley’s adoptive maternal grandmother, Loretta Jean Palmer, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Could Berru be a typo for the surname Berry? Never heard of Berru.
Miley is DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS! I LOVE this girl to death!
Ethnic, please choose a better picture of her. Her face looks stuffed in the picture you chose.
White Americans?? Is that even politically correct?? Im Cherokee Native American too, and Cyrus IS a Native last name :/
Funny that you are supposedly Native yet do not even know anything about your own culture. Cyrus is not a Native last name and it is nowhere close to being one.
And I quote;
“The name Cyrus is a Latinized form derived from a Greek form of the Old Persian Kūruš.”
Yeah, like the famous Persian with the name Cyrus the Great?
Just look ere:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_(name)
It says on one of the sites that her grandmother’s surname is Casto. It sounds Italian or Spanish… definitely NOT British/Irish!
I’ve always wondered about that too…
There must be an Italian connection from that side since Casto is an Italian surname and Mary Guila Boggs name looks like a bad spelled form of “Mary Giulia” (Giulia is Italian for “Julia”)
http://www.gens.info/italia/it/turismo-viaggi-e-tradizioni-italia?cognome=casto&x=23&y=3#.Ujov1LXEHVE
Berru comes from a French place name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berru
Hayes is actually an Irish surname and Jenkins can easily be Welsh. I have never heard a British person with Cyrus as surname, probably it’s invented and she’d like to get rid of it
http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/04/anything-madonna-can-do-miley-cyrus-considered-dropping-her-surname-to-escape-her-disney-past-3910995/
The Casto line goes back to William Casto, born c. the late 1600s, in Salem County, New Jersey. No one seems to know for sure where William’s father was from: “They may have originated in Wales, Italy, Germany or even Portugal”.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I121448
http://www.castoconnections.com/home_page/page5.html
Mary Guila Boggs was the daughter of Clement Alexander Boggs and Leora Olive McAfee. There is no reason to think she had Italian ancestry.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I121449
It looks like her “Cyrus” line used to be spelled “Siers”.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=adams_hahn&id=I7622
well, that Casto family site is very accurate, but thinking the surname has origin in Wales or Germany is ridiculous, since it has no Celtic or Germanic etimology. You know NJ has a strong Italian mark now, but in late 1600s Italian immigration was small. That William “Custo” might be of French origin (Cousteau). Another option is a relation with the Irish surname Costello
Mary Guila Boggs is spelled “Guilla” in the middle name, where does it come from?
Siers is another unusual surname
and what about “she is said to be descended from a Dutch family by the name of Blue”: a joke?
There are theories that the surname was “Castalow”, “Castello”, or “Castilo”.
“Siers” can be English or German.
I didn’t write that line about the “Blue”s.
For whatever reason, “Guila” was used as a first or middle name by Anglo-Americans. For example,
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=Guila&bplace=Virginia
Castello/Castillo are in order Italian and Spanish for Castle. I believe Cousteau became Custo (how is pronounced) than Casto. Anyhow something of Romance origin.
Cyrus is a native last name.
uh…. no, Persian