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
But honestly, just check out Rihanna photos at: http://www.ablackcelebrity.com/rihanna-pictures/
and be judge yourself, she is NOT mixed, she is black. Deal with it
SHE’S mixed hater.
She is black , get over it . You can thank your ancestors for our different skin tones , and face features . I have blue eyes and I’m lightskin my grandmother is mixed but the rest of us from down the family tree our black . I just happened to take her eye color .
Rihanna’s father is biracial!!! His father was a white man!
His mom. His mom was Irish
Her father looks mixed
http://i.imgur.com/oM40jsb.jpg
and this is her maternal grandparents, her grandfather also looks mixed, and it looks like he also has green eyes.
http://i.imgur.com/dBVN3WI.png
heres her mother
http://i.imgur.com/G7EY2VH.jpg
this would make Rihanna 3/8 white, but I guarantee her black ancestors also have some white since they’re African-American (the continent). This would bring her up to 1/2 white or more genetically. She has really light skin, and green eyes she obviously has a large amount of white ancestry, if you go back far enough and look at all her ancestors within the past 400 years theres probably an equal amount of black and white.
What a crock of horse shi…Be realistic man, you honestly think she is up to “1/2 white” — What science classes did you take? That’s not how DNA works. First of all the black gene is progressive and the white gene is recessive, google and understand that first.
She is 100% black, just because she is light skinned doesn’t mean she is mixed with white. Go to Africa and you will see people of all shades of color but they are black. Skin lighting is more so an environmental change than anything else.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but listen to her interviews, she never claims to be white, lol especially not “up to 1/2 white” — ARE YOU SERIOUS? Lol she has NO white family members at all.
chris k, I cant get if you’re stupid or you really believe in what you say. Can you reply me?
I said, her fathers mother was Irish. Read next time
It’s obvious Rihanna is mixed.
Definitely.
But more black than anything else.
Every African American and Afro-Caribbean person has at least a marginal amount of white ancestry, and Rihanna is no exception to that. But she looks PREDOMINANTLY black.
Here is a more natural pic of the beauty http://sunstarxpress.me/2013/12/16/rihanna-slams-a-fan-for-begging-for-purses/ check riri
not natural her natural hair color is black.
they could’ve chose a more natural picture of her.