Nicole Scherzinger
Scherzinger in 2011
Birth Name: Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Valiente
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 29, 1978
Ethnicity:
*50% Filipino [Ivatan]
*25% Ukrainian
*12.5% Hawaiian
*12.5% Polish
Nicole Scherzinger is an American recording artist, dancer, television personality, and actress. She was the lead vocalist of The Pussycat Dolls, a band whose members also included Carmit Bachar, Kaya Jones, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt, as well as Asia Nitollano. She has also been credited as Nicole Kea.
She is the daughter of Rosemary Elikalani (Frederick) Scherzinger and Alfonso A[lueta] Valiente, Jr. Her father is Filipino, from the Batanes Islands in the Philippines. Her mother has Native Hawaiian, Ukrainian, and Polish, ancestry. Her mother was a professional hula dancer. Nicole’s surname comes from her stepfather, Gary Scherzinger, who has German ancestry. She was raised partly in Louisville, Kentucky.
Nicole’s paternal grandfather was Alfonso Arca Valiente (the son of Salvador Valiente y Batiforra, or Salvador Batiforra Valiente in Filipino, and of Adriana Arca e Idel, or Adriana Idel Arca in Filipino). Nicole’s grandfather Alfonso was born in Kauai County, Hawaii, to Filipino parents, the former from Basco, Batanes. Salvador was the son of Gaspar Valiente and Martina Batiforra. Adriana was the daughter of Domingo Arca and Máxima Idel.
Nicole’s paternal grandmother was Joaquina “Jojo” Alueta y Ferido (or Joaquina Ferido Alueta in Filipino, the daughter of Juan Alueta y Amarante, or Juan Amarante Alueta in Filipino, and of Aniceta Ferido y Figura, or Aniceta Figura Ferido in Filipino). Joaquina was a Filipino emigrant, from Manila. Juan was the son of Francisco Alueta and María Amarante. Aniceta was the daughter of Mateo Ferido and Raymunda Figura.
Nicole’s maternal grandfather is John Irvin Frederick (the son of William F. Frederick and Stella Bolka). John was born in New York. William was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Polish parents, William Frederick/Fredrick and Frances Vencowski/Viencoski/Vinskowski. Stella was born in Pennsylvania, to ethnic Ukrainian parents from Ulucz, Poland, Michael Bolka and Catherine/Kathryn.
Nicole’s maternal grandmother is Katherine P. Lenchanko, now Katherine Frederick (the daughter of John Ivan Lenchanko, Sr. and Angeline Kawailani Kea). Katherine was born in Hawaii. John was the son of Nikita Demidovich/Dimidovich Lenichenko/Lenitchenko/Lesnichenko and Praskovia/Paraskovia Kuzminichna/Kuzminisha Zenchenko. They were ethnic Ukrainian emigrants, who were Russian Orthodox Christians from the Kiev region, a village called Berezno. Nikita was one of 165 Russian and Ukrainian immigrants in Hawaii who wished to return to his native country, and sent an application for that. Pictures of, and information about, Nicole’s maternal great-grandfather John, and his family, can be seen here and here (Nicole’s great-grandfather is at the center of the picture at the second link, leaning on his father).
Nicole’s great-grandmother Angeline was the daughter of John Louis Kea/Mano and Margaret Dionicia/Dionisia Namakaokalani “Maggie” Iopa, and was of Native Hawaiian background.
01/05/2019 – Nicole Scherzinger – The Art Of Elysium’s 12th Annual Celebration – Heaven – Arrivals – Private Venue – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: David Gabber / PRPhotos.com
Sources: Nicole’s maternal grandfather, John Irvin Frederick, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Nicole’s maternal great-grandfather, William F. Frederick, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Nicole’s maternal great-grandmother, Stella Bolka, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Nicole’s maternal great-grandmother, Stella (Bolka) Frederick – https://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Nicole’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://www.myheritage.com
Obituary of Nicole’s maternal great-grandfather, John Ivan Lenchanko, Sr. – http://archives.starbulletin.com
She looks fillipino and white to me. Not black though1
no she doesn’t! she looks black! all you blind ass mofos are stupid af! most filipino and white people look hispanic or white
she seems to have part black to me,see his nose and tone skin of her
are you Black?
NOSE? you’re mad, aren’t you.. Black noses are big!
and her skin tone is a bit paler then her fathers so.. you got to be an idiot!
The claim that she has African or Aeta is spurrious at best. She may have some Aeta (negrito) ancestry, or she may not. Not all Filipinos have Aeta ancestry, nor are Aeta needed for Filipinos to have brown skin. Their Malay ancestry already includes brown skin. The light skin in the Filipines actually comes mostly from Chinese infusion and some from European infusion. As far as her Hawaiian ancestry, it would be necessary to ascertain if she is Native Hawaiian or of Haole ancestry, as many Japanese, Americans, and Latinos have migrated their in the last generations. If she is pure Native. Then she would have Polynesian ancestry which is a mixture of ancient Taiwanese and Melanesian people combining together. They are brown skinned as well.
well duh she has polynesian,shes part hawaiian,and polynesians do not have taiwanese mixture.
good explanation Salassin
but some parts,not right.
I think he refer to the theory that the Polynesian people originally came from Taiwan (thousands of years back)
as can be seen in this article (this is not the actual study, just a short article). There’s no real general consensus about this, though.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2494/polynesians-originated-taiwan-5200-years-ago
Please people EDUCATE yourselves…..every one of you guys come from the Black man it’s a proven fact….being black or part black is not a curse….YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK GET EDUCATED
who said,being part black is a curse,its more of some culture taking pride being as its own,like Pacific/Polynesian islanders are their own ethnicity & culture now,they are not black,& its 2011,everyone or majority(well in america)is basically mixed,its 2011.
GO NICOLE YOUR AMAZE SHINE COZ YOUR MIXED*****************