Is Vanessa L Williams biracial

Answer 1

The term "biracial" implies that an individual is an immediate interracial relationship offspring. Vanessa Williams is not an interracial relationship offspring neither are her parents nor her grandparents. In other words, Vanessa does not have a "white" parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent. Therefore, Vanessa Williams is not "biracial" by the technical definition of what that infers. However, Vanessa Williams does come from a family that has became mixed-race and continually remained mixed-race throughout the family's many generations leading up to Vanessa's very own generation. Thus, Vanessa is a Multi-generational Multiracially-Mixed (MGM-Mixed) individual, because she comes from a family that has became and continually remained mixed-race throughout its multiple generations. Vanessa Williams can be classified as "multiracial" because she has additional racial ancestries other than just one, but she self-identifies as "Black," nonetheless; and Vanessa is "black" in a socio-political sense. Although there are many erroneous sources that claim that Vanessa Williams is "biracial" or "half-white and half-black," she actually is not because she is not an interracial relationship offspring and neither are any of her parents. Vanessa Williams' father, Milton Williams, Jr. is an African-American who was born to two African-American parents--Iris Carll and Milton Williams, Sr. Milton Williams, Sr. was born to two African-American parents as well--John Hill Williams and Mary Fields. Mary Fields was the daughter of William A. Fields--a teacher who was classified as "mulatto," and who also served on the Tennessee state legislature. Iris Carll, Vanessa's paternal grandmother, was the daughter of Frank Carll. Now, Frank Carll was "biracial" because his mother, Mary Louisa Appleford, was white, and Frank Carll's father, David Carll--a pioneering Free negro who served in the Union Army, was African-American. That means that Vanessa Williams great-great-grandmother was a white woman--Mary Louisa Appleford. Now, Vanessa Williams is far more than one-sixteenth white, because, prior to the 1930 census, the majority of her ancestors on her father's side were all listed as "mulatto," which was a person of black and white ancestry to whichever degree. Now, the designation "mulatto" did NOT mean that a person was necessarily the immediate child of one white parent and one black parent, it just meant that this individual had a physical appearance that suggested both white and black ancestry. Now, Vanessa Williams' mother, Helen Williams (née Finch) is also a non-biracial African American. However, she is, similar to her late husband, a multi-racial individual who comes from a racially diverse, albeit complex, racial background--consisting of white, black, and Native American ancestors. So, the answer to the question of Vanessa being biracial is "no," however, she does come from a Multi-generational Multi-racially Mixed (MGM-Mixed) lineage. However, Vanessa Williams is Black because of the socio-political sense of what "black" means, and how that racial classification has been defined, both culturally and socio-politically, in the United States of America.

Answer 2

She is black . nationality AA depending on who your talking to .....yes her mother is black her father is black......when you go further in her background she has " mulatto" ancestors

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Answer 3

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The full-lineage of entertainer Vanessa L. Williams,is that of
Mixed-Race via the fact that she is from a family that has
been of a continually Multi-Generational Multiracially-Mixed
(MGM-Mixed) ancestry throughout it's multiple geneations.

Also, both of her parents are members of the largely
Multiracial Ethnic group that is currently referred
to by the term of African-American (AA).

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Answer 4

Although Vanessa L. Williams is not the offspring of an interracial relationship, she IS of an ancestral lineage which has a continuity of racially-MIXED bloodlines. As a result -- she is of MIXED-Race lineage and is of the type referred to as that of 'Multi-Generational Multiracially-Mixed' (MGM-Mixed) ancestral blood lineage.

Answer 5

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No.

Both of the parents of entertainer, Vanessa Williams,
are members of the largely Multiracial Ethnic group that is
currently referred to by the term of African-American(AA).

The full-lineage of the entire Williams family isthat of being
Mixed-Race via the fact that they are a family that has
been of a continually Multi-Generational Multiracially-Mixed
(MGM-Mixed) ancestry throughout it's multiple geneations.


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Answer 6

No, she is not black, she is hispanic.

Vanessa Marie Bryant (b. Vanessa Corjeno Ubrieta, May 5, 1982 in Pomona, CA)

Changed her birth name from Vanessa Cornejo Ubrieta to her married name Vanessa Marie Bryant after getting married to Kobe Bryant on April 18, 2001.

She was born to a Mexican mother and father, despite dozens of websites claiming that she is part Irish and Mexican. In 2000, at the age of 18, she adopted the surname, Laine from her step-father Stephen Laine even thought he never legally adopted her. Her mother, Sofia Laine, née Ubrieta filed for divorced her Stephen Laine in July of 2002.

Answer 7

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Yes.
Vanessa is 1/2 White & 1/2 Filipina.

She "identifies" as Filipina -- but is
usually mistaken for being Latina.

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Answer 8

No

Answer 9

no