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
I read a lot of places that his dad is Jewish -German and his mother is half Hawaiian( which technically is Native American but they are racially Polynesian) and Jamaican or Black. That would make Pete Wentz a quadroon and his son an octoroon.
http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/2008/11/bizarre-biden-fact-of-day.html
i never would of thought that behind all that rocker outfits,hair,attitude and stuff that he had hawaiian and native american in him.
If his mom is hapa, it doesn’t mean she is half black (although she just as well could be). Hapa by definition means biracial and could be any race mixed with Hawaiian or Asian. Had a Hawaiin family on the block growing up.
Sirius Moore thanks for the comment. how do you know his mother is half Black and Hawaiian? do you have a link?
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Well I don’t know if the mom is half black or not,but his siblings do look like they got something in them:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/pete%20wentz%20siblings/CodeAires/FOB/Pete%20Wentz/253.jpg
His mom to:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l8xeX8k9lgo/SHORi7wcthI/AAAAAAAAD6s/xcIYBp7NADU/s400/pete%2Bwentz%2Bfamily.jpg
Now mela greene is right,Hapa doesn’t mean your black,just means your mixed,but she mostly likely is
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here’s a better pic of his brother:
http://s11.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/a/1/a1mlky426k4n624k.jpg
That’s Corbin Bleu?
To total23
I think your right, My fault
yeh that didnt look like his brother!
It’s funny every site I go to says he hot combing his hair
His mother Dale is happa hawiian, meaning she is black/hawiian. and lets not forget, she pressess her hair with a hot comb.
hid dads german genes took over alot, but at one time. pete had dread lock, thick curly unruly ones. he always straightens his hair with a flat iron because he hates the natural texture.
and his son with ashlee simpson is black toom, but since it has a scottish mom and german grandfather it doesnt look mixed. lol.
There are lots of Polynesians with kinky hair. That does not mean they are part black. Tonga, Hawaii, Somoa to name a few have native people with frizzy hair. Yes they tend to use the same techniques to straighten their hair as black people.
Hair has roughly 56 alleles. Scientiest are still trying to figure it out. I’ve seen fizzy hair on Irish and Jewish people as well. Nicole Kidman could use a straightening comb on her hair and so could Minnie Driver and neither of them have black ancestry.
Happa means half Hawiian and another race, not specifically black.
Nicole Kidman’s hair is naturally red and very curly. Minnie Driver also has curly hair.