Miranda Cosgrove
LOS ANGELES – SEP 8: Miranda Cosgrove at the EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live at the Barker Hanger on September 8, 2017 in Santa Monica, CA photo by kathclick
Birth Name: Miranda Taylor Cosgrove
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: May 14, 1993
Ethnicity: Irish, English, French, one eighth Mexican, some degree of German [including Alsatian]
Miranda Cosgrove is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Her roles include School of Rock, Despicable Me, and the series Drake & Josh and iCarly.
On her Twitter account, she stated:
I’m Irish, English, and French. People always think I’m a lot of different nationalities though which I think is pretty cool :)
Oddly, Miranda did not mention her one eighth Mexican ancestry. Miranda’s maternal grandfather’s mother, Mary Castimello/Costano/Coseton, was born in Mexico, as were Mary’s parents. The spelling of Mary’s surname varies from record to record.
A picture of Miranda with her mother can be seen here.
A picture of Miranda’s paternal grandmother can be seen here.
Miranda’s maternal grandfather was William Frank Casey (the son of William J. Casey and Mary Castimello/Costano/Coseton). Miranda’s grandfather William was born in California. Miranda’s great-grandfather William was Irish. Miranda’s great-grandmother Mary was Mexican. A picture of Miranda’s maternal grandfather can be seen here.
Miranda’s maternal grandmother was Lois Ann Core (the daughter of Robert Herman Core and Ida Marie Bishir/Bishop). Lois was born in Oklahoma. Robert was the son of John W. Core and Birdie Harrell. Ida was the daughter of John Bunyan Bishir and Effie Jones. A picture of Miranda’s maternal grandmother can be seen here.
Miranda’s distant Bishir ancestors were Alsatian German.
Cosgrove in 2010
Sources: Miranda’s maternal grandfather, William Frank Casey, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Miranda’s maternal grandfather, William Frank Casey – http://www.legacy.com
Miranda’s maternal great-grandparents, William J. Casey and Mary Castimello/Costano/Coseton, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Miranda’s maternal grandmother, Lois Ann (Core) Casey – http://www.legacy.com
“1/8th mexican” LOL mexican it’s a nationality, Mexico is a new world country. This is the same thing as saying “1/8th american” or canadian. It does not make any sense. Of course there are countries outside the Americas where nationality and ethnicity are not the same thing, even in some european countries. But it’s especially silly to put a new world nationality as if it was a legit ethnicity, unless there is strong evidence sugesting her ancestors from mexico were all native. But i highly doubt that.
What constitutes a “nationality” and “ethnicity” is not set in stone though. if you ask many Americans of Mexican descent what their “ethnic background” is, I bet many would say that they’re Mexican or Latino or something along those lines.
Anyways, if Miranda is only 1/8th Mexican, then she’s probably no more than 5-10% Amerindian at the very most. Interesting how she looks very Amerindian influenced though.
She looks very british/irish, really dont see any amerindian in her apperience at all.
Well I’m from England & I’ve never seen a person of English look like her unless they are mixed Asian or something of the sort