Vanessa Bryant
Birth Name: Vannessa Urbieta Cornejo
Place of Birth: Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: May 5, 1982
Ethnicity: Mexican
Vanessa Bryant, also known as Vanessa Laine Bryant, was an American businessperson, philanthropist, and model. She was married to NBA star Kobe Bryant, until his death. The couple has had four children. Their daughter Gianna, also a basketball player, died with Kobe in a helicopter crash in 2020.
She was born to Mexican parents, despite websites stating that she is of part Irish descent. She adopted the surname Laine from her stepfather, Stephen Laine, becoming known as Vanessa Marie Laine.
Vanessa’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Urbieta.
Vanessa’s maternal grandmother’s surname was Rangel.
Sources: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com
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Genealogy of Vanessa Laine Bryant (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
omg i thought she was [part] black!!! she is so pretty! :)
too bad they are divorcing. :/
Anybody who’s Hispanic can tell right away that she looks Hispanic. Seriously black? and “Full black” at that…you need check your eye sight…
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lol how can u look hispanic idiot. just cuz someone is brown doesnt mean he/she is hispanic. when will americans start to acquire some real knowledge and start making a difference between race nationality and ethnicity. latino or hispanic are just terms used to determine culture. u can be fully white or black and still be mexican. its like saying someone looks american.
I think you are proving your ignorance here. You look Hispanic by facial features. The cheek bones of a Hispanic are different than a black’s or white’s. A black person’s nose is different than a white person’s. This is basic anatomy that any 2nd grader should understand (which you don’t obviously). “U can be fully white or black and still be mexican” -well, only if you immigrated there from outside Mexico. So based on your logic, a white person living in South African is actually black since they live in Africa. I think you need to acquire some knowledge. There are basic differences between races in how they look.
Actually, her real father is black. Her mother is Hispanic/Mexican. She is partially black and Hispanic. Hispanics can look white, black and in between.
I hear ya. Those are the same kind of propaganda artists that try to claim Cleopatra was black too. History says Cleopatra was Greek, but these deceitful libs try to change history and say she was black. It’s also about distorting the truth. That’s what libs do best, lie and distort the truth.
hey jeffy pull your head out your azz,how in the hell would a white woman be in africa as a queen,how did she get there???…..did tarzan bring her???. history jeffy???…..now we know why they call it “His-Story.
He is right. Read a book.
hey jeff just think about it she was an egyptian queen now she may not be black ( as in african american jamaican black etc.) but just look at the people that live there now in that area now you will have egyptians now who are of darker skin possibly arab looking or you have the people from Sudan which is were the Nubians came from in anctient times they were black as in there skin was black look at pictures of sudanese people today do they look greek to you?? no do egyptians today look greek dont think so its ok your in denial because someone that we were taught in school that was so beautiful and so admired looked like Elizabeth taylor that was unrealist and if you look at the people that live in those areas now is probably what she would look like today she could have had black skin neither you or i was there but i am pretty sure she was not from greece ruling an african country no more than someone african would be in greece ruling over greece above other greek people that is just insane
Jeff Cleo was of mixed race what book have you been reading. See people have trouble accepting the fact that history is more than European ; that alter European history and have to acknowledge the truth real history. See people want to keep Africa as a uncivilized continent ; in fact it is rich continent back than and still is . Africa has so much history startin with Eygpt, Morroco and so on. The true Egyptians where of a golden to black complexion disregard the middle eastern immigrants that migrated to Egypt a long time ago . I mean their where probally middle Eastern as a matter of fact Middle East was part of Africa . What I am trying to say is history does not belong t European . History belongs to every ethnicity; because every ethnic group has people that shape this world with the help of God. Africans where not just walking around half naked, slaves and thats it ; they were and still is inventors , conquerors , explorers , fighters, educators , and so on ; I can say the same thing for Asians and ther races .
Many ppl say I look Puerto rican even though my parents say I’m fully black:/ so um no
she actually looks full black
vanesa laine born in pamona ca. not ponoma
Its Pomona, California
I saw her in person and she is not pretty. I would use the words big and rude to describe her.