Keri Hilson
Hilson in 2011, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Keri Lynn Hilson
Place of Birth: Decatur, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 5, 1982
Ethnicity: African-American
Keri Hilson is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. Her songs include “Energy,” “Return the Favor,” “Turnin Me On,” “Knock You Down,” “Pretty Girl Rock,” and “Bae,” and appearances on “Hey Now (Mean Muggin)” and “The Way I Are.” She was a member of songwriter collective The Clutch. Her roles include the films Think Like a Man, Riddick, Almost Christmas, For the Love of Money (2021), and Ruined; and the made-for-tv movies Love by the 10th Date, Don’t Waste Your Pretty, Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story, The Hotline, A Hip Hop Family Christmas, A Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding, and Fame: A Temptations Story.
Her parents, Christine Loraine and Gamaliel Warren Hilson, were/are both black. Her father was a developer. Her mother is from Iowa, and runs a day care center.
Keri’s paternal grandfather was Gamaliel/Gemalia Warren Hilson (the son of Jordon/Jordan Richard Hilson and Hattie Carrie Moorman). Gamaliel was born in Oconee, Georgia. Jordon was born in Georgia, the son of Green Hilson and Ella Elizabeth Smith. Green’s father was John Hilson. Hattie was born in Georgia.
Keri’s paternal grandmother was Missouri Smith (the daughter of Isaiah Smith and Augusta Annie Whatley). Missouri was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Augusta was the daughter of John Whatley and Missouri Phillips.
Sources: Keri’s paternal grandfather, Gamaliel/Gemalia Warren Hilson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Keri’s paternal great-grandfather, Jordon/Jordan Richard Hilson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Keri’s paternal grandfather Gamaliel Warren Hilson was the son of Jordon Richard Hilson and Hattie Carrie Moorman. Jordon was the son of Green Hilson and Ella Elizabeth Smith.
Jordon on 1910 census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLG-947?lang=en
Gamaliel on 1930 census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3Z1M-5PZ?lang=en
Gamaliel was also born in Oconee, Georgia.
She is beautiful. Like Afro-Brazilians she must have some European in her. But unlike Afro-Brazilians, she must not have Native American roots.
Most black Brazilians don’t have any native admixture, because most of the slave trade was concentrated in the coastal cities, where almost all the native populations had already been wiped out by the time the slave ships arrived. Most of the natives that survived were in the north region, and eventually mixed with the descendants of Portuguese colonizers.
Yep. Of thouse you identify as Afro-Brazilians, they have pretty significant indigenous DNA components, especially compared to African Americans, and particularly on the maternal side.
https://web.archive.org/web/20071118160044/http://afrobras.org.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2112&Itemid=2
Btw yes they do have some indigenous admixture, but it isn’t the majority of them. And the ones that do have, it’s very distant, for the reasons i already explained
The average white Brazilian is at least 75% European (most of that being Portuguese) with the remaining 25% being a mix of indigenous and black, sometimes more indigenous, sometimes more black, depending on the region. It’s quite common for a black person, especially in the southeast, to have a fully white grandparent, but you almost never see a black person with an indigenous relative, because as i said, most of the slave trade was concentrated in the big, coastal cities, where almost all the indigenous population had already been wiped out. The most common mix in the coastal regions is Portuguese+Black.
You and I are clearly not talking about the same thing. You said that “Most black Brazilians don’t have any native admixture.” which is objectively false. Most of them DO have indigenous admixture and much more so than African Americans, in fact.
Her father died in 2020. His full name was Gamaliel Warren Hilson and he was the son of Gamaliel Warren Hilson Sr. and Missouri Smith.
Missouri was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Isaiah Smith and Augusta Annie Whatley. Her parents married in Coweta co. Georgia in 1917. Augusta’s parents were John Whatley and Missouri Phillips. Missouri was born to Jackson Phillips, who’s race is given as Mulatto on the 1870 and 1880 censuses, and Arnetta Laster/Lasler.