Paula Abdul
Abdul in 2011, joe seer/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Paula Julie Abdul
Place of Birth: San Fernando, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 19, 1962
Ethnicity:
*father – Syrian Jewish
*mother – Ukrainian Jewish, Russian Jewish
Paula Abdul is an American dancer, choreographer, singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. She is known for being a judge on the show American Idol.
Paula’s father, Harry Abdul, was a Syrian Jew from Aleppo, who emigrated to Brazil, and then to the U.S. Paula’s mother, Lorraine (Rykiss), is Ashkenazi Jewish, and is originally from Saint Boniface, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. All four of Paula’s maternal great-grandparents were born in Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine.
Some have associated her with the black community, because of her style of music.
Paula’s maternal grandfather was William Alexander Rykiss (the son of Avram/Avraham Rykiss and Bessie Peshe “Passy” Malamed). William was born in Katerburg, Ukraine. Bessie was the daughter of Moishe Malamed and Dvora/Dovrah Berg.
Paula’s maternal grandmother was Sally/Sarah Naomi Riceberg (the daughter of Moishe Leib “Maurice” Riceberg and Mariam Goldbreski/Golubitsky). Sally was born in Manitoba, Canada, to parents who were born in Russia and Ovruch, Ukraine.
Sources: Genealogy of Paula Abdul – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Paula Abdul (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
Paula talks about being Jewish – http://www.ynetnews.com
WHITE PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETY
CALL MIXED PEOPLE BLACK
AND THOSE STUFF STARTED BY WHITE PEOPLE
THEY SAY
IF SOMEONE IS NOT
100 PROCENT WHITE – HES NOT WHITE
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IF SOMEONE IS 50PROCENT white
HES NOT WHITE
i LOVE PAULA ABDUL, she has always looked “hispanic” not black. she has a lot of movement shake it like a black person. i have seen lots of photos of paula abdul parents etc none of them look black. if she was a black person i believe she’ll step up 2 the plate and admitted it. she’s such a BEAUTIFUL human begin inside/out, can’t wait 2 see her on tv. again. paula will always be my #1 american idol once she left ai/the other singing show i stop watching it. paula 2 me is worth looking at the hell with the rest of them. paula abdul ur 4-ever my GIRL!!!!
Although, I don’t think everyone is part “black” but the history of Africans and Arabs are intertwined specially due to slave trade. All Jews carry the Y DNA E1b1b1 varient that African Amazigh (Berber), Somali, Nubians, Ethiopian as well as, Greeks and Arabs also possess.
what are you guys blind or something, she doesn’t look half black at all. It’s like anyone who looks a little exotic is half black. Idiots
i thought she was hispanic