Rihanna
02/24/2016 – Rihanna – BRIT Awards 2016 – Arrivals – O2 Arena – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Place of Birth: Saint Michael, Barbados
Date of Birth: February 20, 1988
Ethnicity:
*father – mix of African-Barbadian and European-Barbadian [Scottish, English, Irish]
*mother – African-Guyanese
Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, businessperson, dancer, record producer, and actress. She has been Barbadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, since 20 September, 2018.
She is the daughter of Ronald Fenty, who is from Barbados, and Monica (Brathwaite), who is from Guyana. She has two children with her partner, American rapper, songwriter, and record producer ASAP Rocky.
Rihanna’s paternal grandfather was African-Barbadian. Rihanna’s paternal grandmother, who is white, has Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry. Rihanna’s mother is of African-Guyanese descent. In an interview with Allure magazine, Rihanna stated that she was bullied in school and called ‘white’ by the other kids while growing up in Barbados.
Rihanna’s paternal grandfather was named Reginald Leslie Forde (the son of Helen Forde). Helen was the daughter of Joseph Nathanael “Joe” Forde and Louisa Jane Bascom.
Rihanna’s paternal grandmother is Elizabeth “Betty” Fenty (the daughter of Stanley Fitzherbert Fenty and Hilda Olga Coppin). Elizabeth is white. Her parents were born in Barbados. The surname Fenty is usually Scottish and the surname Coppin is usually English. Rihanna’s grandmother is also cited as having Irish ancestry. Elizabeth is from a family of “Red Legs,” descendants of slaves from the British Isles who were sent to Barbados. Stanley likely was the grandson of John Fitzherbert Fenty and Mary Louisa Jane Fenty.
Rihanna’s maternal grandfather is named Lionel Brathwaite.
Rihanna’s maternal grandmother is named Clara “Dolly” Viola Venetta Johnson.
Rihanna in 2011
Sources: Genealogy of Rihanna – https://www.geni.com
Death record of Rihanna’s paternal great-grandparents, Stanley Fitzherbert Fenty and Hilda Olga Coppin – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Rihanna’s maternal grandmother, Clara Viola Venetta (Johnson) Brathwaite – http://downesandwilson.com
her eye color is green (forest green) and her hair color is virtually black (noirette), i think it shud b listed
THESE DAYS MOST CELEBRITIES INCLUDING RIHANNA HAVE UNDERGONE PLASTIC SURGERIES. SHE DID HER NOSE. I KNOW SHE WAS LIGHT BEFORE BUT RIGHT NOW SHE’S MORE LIGHTER.
even now, Rihanna looks very african to me. Some people say she is mixed, would be the same to say that Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Megan Fox are mixed by have distant native american ancestry.
she is mixed..end of story. She has light skin and green-hazel eyes..that’s easy
Yes. Everybody in this site is mixed,there is no black or white anymore.Denzel Washington,Megan Fox,Demi Moore,Ludacris,Brian Austin Green,Brad Pitt and Hillary Clinton are mixed. “end of story”
Seriously do you think Hillary is “mixed”???
?? Demi Moore, Brad Pitt, and Hilary Clinton are Caucasian. Can’t refer and justify just because they have a little bit Native American. Also, they have the right to vote, own land, free to go anywhere, not report to the government, and are classified as such in databases. Thus, they don’t know really anything about their Native American heritages as much as a Native American, Non-Caucasian. People dominant in European heritage are classified as Caucasian, and also, some theories challenge for pallid features to be not Caucasian, but they are because of the genetic history of Europe.
Prejudicisms do not indicate that a person is Caucasian or not. Only status, appearance, skull structure, and genetics a bit make such more beyond a little prejudicism. Genetics never came either until later, but being a race versus being a supremacist against are really different. Yeah, Rihanna is Mullato, but to me is she negroid in good terms of speaking? no because she has Caucasian also, not a bad thing either.
She has a pale skin for 3/4 african-american
IT SEEMS THAT WAY.
NNNNN
(She has a pale skin for 3/4 african-american)
I understand you guys are not familiar with it,but it does happen.Those people are MGM’s,and in that type of culture,you get every color(that blk/w can make);and whatever else is there.
@beyfox rihanna looks african? She has no african in her..her mom is just black caribbean..and her dad is mixed caribbean. Which makes her mixed. Stop trying to define rihanna, and go look into your own family tree. Rihanna is a mixed Caribbean woman…end of story!
@GTLADY- are you for real? where did all the black people originate from? this lady looks black but overlightened her skin to look unique.
she’s still the same …
she looks african to you ? haha have you ever seen an african ? really ? you’re so wrong, Rihanna is MIXED her father is afro-bajan and Irish which makes her MIXED, deal with it. It’s obvious, she’s light skinned with green eyes, she doesn’t look like an african at all
@Samir- yes we have seen the Africans and they look like her, check out her first video when she first came out. That’s her , She’s light skinned but she overdid the lightness by using skin bleach just like Solange.
People follow stereotypes,and refuses to let anything else sink in
(In an article for Allure magazine, Rihanna revealed that she was bullied in school and called ‘white’ by the other kids while growing up in Barbados).
I’m curious,how dark were those kids,that they saw her as white?
Rhianna is exagerrating for sympathy there are other light skinned blacks like her in Barbados, ive been several times, she is trying to make herself special and stand out. She aint the only one. Sympathy sells magazines.
VERY TRUE
Some of these comments are surprisingly stupid..Rihanna is obviously mixed with white and black..she is not fully black. Also, her mother is not african. She’s from guyana..not ghana! Guyana is a beautiful country that is in south america, between venezuela and brazil. They speak english, and is considered caribbean because of its culture..which is similar to trinidad, barbados, jamaica etc. rihanna was born in barbados, which is in the caribbean..which makes rihanna 100% caribbean! Guyana has six different races. Rihanna’s mom is black-guyanese and her father is a mixed bajan! I hope everyone can understand now!
Most blacks are mixed a bit, Rhianna is mostly BLACK. And I am from Guyana, South America so I know. Guyanese blacks are mostly black. And Rhianna is not obviously black and white, only her grandmother or greatgrandmother is fully white . Rhianna is a light skinned black girl. People keep trying to make her this hyper mixed thing and she is not.
TRUE TRUE TRUE
she IS mixed and yes it’s obvious, her skin is light and her eyes are green
Google Rihanna’s grand parents, you’ll get to know what she really is. Her mother nowerday’s seem to be getting lighter and lighter each day (bleaching is bad for your health)
WHAT I MENT FROM THIS COMMENT IS THAT HER GRAND PATRENTS, ESP THE ONE WHO PASSED AWAY WAS 100%BLACK