Tyler Blackburn
Blackburn in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Tyler Jordon Blackburn/Snow
Place of Birth: Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 12, 1986
Ethnicity: English, Croatian, Welsh, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Tyler Blackburn is an American actor, singer, and model. He has starred on the shows Pretty Little Liars, Ravenswood, and Roswell, New Mexico.
Tyler has English, Croatian, Welsh, German, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry. A picture of Tyler with his father can be seen here.
Tyler had once said that he has Comanche Native American, Cherokee Native American, and Czech roots. However, in 2020, he stated that he took a 23andMe DNA test which detected no Native American ancestry. He does not evidently have Czech ancestry, either.
Tyler’s paternal grandfather was Harold Dean Snow (the son of Collins Andrew Snow and Elsie Opal Parten/Partin). Harold was born in Texas. Andrew was the son of Moses Moran Snow and Purleen/Pearl L. Guthrie. Elsie was the daughter of Peter/Pete K. Parten and Elsie Grace Baker.
Tyler’s paternal grandmother is Phyllis Gene Lewis (the daughter of Earl Rogene Lewis and Ethel Marie Newton). Phyllis was born in California. Earl was the son of Archie Earl Lewis and Elcy Arvilla Bartholomew. Ethel was the daughter of Floyd Newton and Ethel Mae Hughes.
Tyler’s maternal grandfather is Jerry Donald Blackburn (the son of Darrell Lester/F. Blackburn and Betty Griffin). Jerry was born in California. Darrell was the son of Alma Lester Blackburn and Vida Dean Mulliner. Tyler’s Blackburn line can be traced to John Blackburn, who was born, c. 1675, in Loughgall, Armagh, Ireland, the son of John Blackburn and Elizabeth.
Tyler’s maternal grandmother is Judith Yakovich (the daughter of Anthony Smith Yakovich and Paloma Susan Mellor/Millor). Judith was born in California. Anthony was the son of Croatian parents, Anton/Anthony Smith Yakovich and Antonia Mihelcich/Mehilich. Paloma was the daughter of James William Mellor, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Haycock.
Sources: Genealogy of Tyler’s paternal grandfather, Harold Dean Snow (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
Tyler’s paternal great-grandmother, Elsie Opal Parten/Partin, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Tyler Blackburn (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.blackburn-tree.org
Genealogy of Tyler’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Alma Lester Blackburn (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Tyler’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Vida Dean (Mulliner) Blackburn – https://www.findagrave.com
https://soberqueerinthewild.tumblr.com/post/632079507951599616/over-the-last-few-days-there-has-been-a-lot-of
He confirmed that he’s not Native American at all. He also says his grandfather’s name is Harold and that he died before he was born, so Harold Dean Snow fits that bill.
Tyler was actually born Tyler Jordon Snow
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGQT-7J2
Tyler hangs out with some people surnamed Snow, perhaps cousins or half-siblings, who resemble him quite alot. Could someone find his Snow father?
His father is Robert Snow. I think Phyllis Gene Snow is his grandmother (don’t know maiden name). I’m on my phone now, so it’s a bit tricky.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBJP-MDQ
Phyllis Gene Lewis is her birth name. She was born in Kern County, CA. Her husband was Harold Dean Snow.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39195517
Okay, so then her mother’s maiden name was Newton. I can’t find any other information about his grandmother, but his grandfather was as white as his surname.
I think her maiden name is Lewis, but I’m not sure. It’s hard to tell who’s the right children and parents in this case.
Impressive how you even try to to this on your phone. I’ve done it too, but find it too frustrating.
He has birth records under both surnames.
I know. Do you think Snow is the name of a stepfather?
I think Robert Snow is deffinitely his father (he’s the man in the photo). I’m not 100% sure on Robert’s parents, but Richard and Lori are the names of his siblings.
Tyler’s father’s surname is Snow and his mother’s name is Kim Blackburn. His three brothers have a different mother and all took the surname Snow, so I’m assuming his parents weren’t married when he was born and he took his mother’s surname instead.
His father has an interesting look:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVfegtEBLVy/
do you think he looks Eurasian or something?
You told me I am too preoccupied with looks, but you hardly get the likes of Adam Driver, Noah Ringer, Ashley Graham or even Johnny Depp (among many others I forget atm) among Native Europeans. So what’s goin’ on?
I see people that look like them daily. What Europe do you live in where Ashley Graham is seen as unusual?
@bablah
There are tons of Latin American women in Europe, so Ashley Graham is not unusual to me too. She looks off-white.
Yes, I do think he looks quite Eurasian. So you think that it’s hypocritical for me to say that since I think you’re “too preoccupied with looks”?
I never stated my opinion on what ethnicity I think Adam Driver looks like. I’m only bothered that you often use the looks of vaguely ethnically ambiguous people as clear-cut proof of their ethnic origin, writing things like “Here is the proof she’s not fully Italian”, “his biological father… is not white”, and “She isn’t fully Caucasian”. If you trust your own intuition better than evidence, there’s really no point in discussing this any further.
And by the way, when it comes to Driver, he’s 1,89 meters tall. Would it be unreasonable for me to say that it’s proof that he’s not part Asian? (answer: yes)
Driver’s height does not still rule out the possibility that he has Mongoloid ancestry of any kind.
Okay, but his father’s looks completely rules out the possibility that he is only European? There’s not much humbleness in the comment “he’s not white”.
Are you talkin’ about Driver’s father? He does not look white at first sight. That is just an objective opinion. It’s not something derogatory to say a person does not look white, expecially if he doesn’t.
Yes, I’m talking about Driver’s father. You concluded, from his looks alone, that “he’s not white”. That was perfectly reasonable to you. Yet, you’re now saying that to conclude from Driver’s height alone that he’s not Asian of any kind wouldn’t be reasonable.
I’m not saying, nor do I think, that you think it’s derogatory not to be white.
https://bodyheightweight.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/adam-driver-family-father-Joe-Douglas-Driver.jpg
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=ldshistorical&id=I195394&style=TABLE
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=ldshistorical&id=I195394&style=TABLE
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=linda3654&id=I00070
http://www.blackburn-tree.org/genealogy/pedigree.php?personID=I614055&tree=blackburn
https://www.geni.com/people/Alma-Blackburn/6000000050605729942
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/alma-lester-blackburn_13431130
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163397145/Vida-Dean-Blackburn
Interestingly his great-great-grandfather’s DNA marker is E1b1b1a, which is uncommon in British Isles