Nick Carter
Carter in 2010, Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Nicholas/Nickolas Gene Carter
Place of Birth: Jamestown, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 28, 1980
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, Swiss-German, Luxembourgish, Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, remote Swedish and Dutch, possibly other
Nick Carter is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. He is a member of boy band Backstreet Boys, along with Howie D., Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, and Kevin Richardson.
Nick is the son of Jane and Robert Carter. His siblings were actor and singer Aaron Carter and pop singer Leslie Carter. Nick is married to fitness trainer and expert Lauren Kitt, with whom he has three children.
Nick has stated that the surname Carter is from his paternal step-grandfather, Charles C. Carter. Charles and Nick’s grandmother Barbara married in 1953, after Nick’s father was born. Charles was born in Tennessee, the son of Charles T./C. “Charlie” Carter and Vera Marie Kimbrough.
Nick’s paternal grandmother was Barbara Jean Latta (the daughter of Clifford Edward Latta and Margaret Mary/Helen Kieffer). Barbara was born in New York. Clifford was the son of John Emerson Latta and Jessie Elizabeth Badders. Margaret was the daughter of Harry Kieffer, whose parents were Luxembourgish, and of Dora Mable/Mabel Staller.
Nick’s maternal grandfather was Charles Douglas Spaulding (the son of Sherman W. Spaulding and Theresa E. Phillips). Charles was born in Pennsylvania. Sherman was the son of Ira Porter Spaulding and Caroline M. Campbell. Theresa was the daughter of Harry Wesley Phillips and Amanda Melvinia/Melvina Crippen.
Nick’s maternal grandmother is Helen Jean Neal (the daughter of Robert Henry Neal and Helen E. Fisher). Nick’s grandmother Helen was born in Pennsylvania. Robert was the son of Frank Marcus Fisher and Edna Hutton. Nick’s great-grandmother Helen was the daughter of James Henry Neal and Margaret Louise Laber.
A MyHeritage DNA test taken by Nick stated that his genetic ancestry is:
*62.6% North & West European
*11.7% Scandinavian
*9.7% Balkan
*9.3% Italian
*5.8% Iberian
*0.9% Middle Eastern
Another version of the MyHeritage test listed Nick’s genetic ancestry as:
*61.5% North and West European
*17.0% Italian
*7.9% East European
*7.4% Iberian
*3.7% Scandinavian
*2.5% Middle Eastern
Various internet sites have said that Nick has Blackfoot Native American and/or Jewish ancestry. His DNA results contain no obvious indicators of Native American or Jewish ancestry.
Sources: Genealogy of Nick Carter – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Nick Carter (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com
https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Nick Carter (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://familypedia.wikia.com
According to him, Charles Carter is his step-grandfather.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6IsroOl9-b/?igshid=b33o22v2212r
I’m not sure if the rest of his post suggests that he’s of Italian descent.
Half Italian, half Croatian?
Why Croatian?
9.7% Balkan. No particular reason for why I picked Croatian.
Geographical regions can still be somewhat messy on DNA tests but in this case we have abnormally high results of “Italian” and “Balkan” that a person of other Euro background cannot have. Also “Iberian” and the tiny “Middle Eastern” amount are correlated. If we sum all those things and a bit from the NW Euro part we score the 25% of his background coming from his real paternal grandpa.
His MyHeritage DNA result is out. He has the following ethnicity:
* 62.6% North & West European
* 11.7% Scandinavian
* 9.7% Balkan
* 9.3% Italian
* 5.8% Iberian
* 0.9% Middle Eastern
https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/08/the-backstreet-boys-myheritage-dna-results-are-back/
MyHeritage DNA is known to have inaccurate results, where a lot of British Isles receive Balkan and Italian results. But when doing other DNA tests by other companies they receive no such result. As well when MyHeritage DNA updates their result, a lot of the obscure results are nowhere to be seen.
@follers
do you know who were John Emerson Latta’s parents?
Genealogy of Nick’s paternal great-great-great-great-grandfather, John Albert Carter (focusing on his own father’s side): https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Carter-Family-Tree-1464
Thus, Nick has distant French-Canadian ancestry
his Canadian line: https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Bennett-Family-Tree-1152
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Carter-Family-Tree-17285