Pete Wentz

Wentz in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III

Place of Birth: Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 5, 1979

Ethnicity:
*father – German, English, distant Welsh, French, Irish, and Swiss-German
*mother – African-Jamaican

Pete Wentz is an American musician, singer, songwriter, A&R consultant, author, and record executive. He is a bassist, primary lyricist, and backing vocalist for rock band Fall Out Boy. Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley, and Joe Trohman are also members of the band.

He is the son of Dale, a high school admissions counselor, and Pete Wentz II, an attorney. Pete’s father is white and Pete’s mother is black. Pete’s father is of German, English, and distant Welsh, French, Irish, and Swiss-German, descent. Pete’s maternal great-grandparents were all black Jamaican immigrants. A picture of Pete with his parents can be seen here. A picture of Pete, along with Pete’s mother, and President Joe Biden (then-Senator), can be seen here.

Pete has a son with his former wife, singer, songwriter, and actress Ashlee Simpson; and two children with his partner Meagan Camper.

Pete’s paternal grandfather was Roy Albert Wentz (the son of Roy Albert Wentz and Mina L. Regnold). Pete’s grandfather Roy was born in Illinois, and was of mostly German and English descent.

Pete’s paternal grandmother was Phyllis Norbury (the daughter of Frank Garm Norbury and Mary Elson Barnes). Phyllis was born in Illinois. Frank was the son of Frank Parsons Norbury and Mary Garm. Pete’s great-grandmother Mary was the daughter of Charles Albert Barnes and Madge G. Martin.

Pete’s maternal grandfather was Arthur Winston “A. W.” Lewis (the son of Arthur Shirley Lewis and Marion/Marlon “Dottie” Coote). Pete’s grandfather Arthur was born in New York, to black parents, from Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. He was a career diplomat, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, from 1983 to 1986.

Pete’s maternal grandmother was Dolores Laura Kirlew (the daughter of Harold Aubrey Kirlew and Laura Shields). Dolores was born in New York, to black Jamaican parents.

Pete’s grandfather Arthur was a cousin of General Colin Powell (likely through his Coote line).

Sources: Pete mentions that his mother is of Jamaican ancestry – https://www.altpress.com

Pete’s paternal grandfather, Roy Albert Wentz, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Pete’s paternal grandmother, Phyllis Norbury, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Pete’s maternal grandfather, Arthur Winston “A. W.” Lewis, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Arthur Winston “A. W.” Lewis on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Pete’s maternal grandmother, Dolores Laura Kirlew, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Pete’s maternal step-grandmother, Frances Anne (Leary) Lewis – http://www.washingtonpost.com

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92 Responses

  1. nordickid9232 says:

    nice mix

  2. Yeravam says:

    He doesn’t look black at all.

  3. Jacklyn 224 says:

    His sexy.I love white multiracial men.

  4. Jacklyn 224 says:

    His mother is definitely mixed genetically,she looks Meghan markle mum,in that they black but you can see that they have admixture.Plus there’s no pure black person in the Caribbeans,America and even some southern parts of Africa do to colonisation.A lot not all but most have about 5-35%european ancestry.

  5. andrew says:

    His maternal grandfather had an interesting look. Otherwise he wouldn’t have had that political career if he really was black.

    Obituaries:
    https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/2/1/18406528/arthur-lewis-who-rose-from-modest-beginnings-to-be-a-u-s-ambassador-has-died
    http://www.dartmouth66.org/memoriam/obituaries/lewis_a.html

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