Her parents are Edward Butera and Joan Grande. Italian ancestry runs in her family. She claimed to have half Sicilian and half Abruzzese origin on her Twitter account.
Frankie Grande, her maternal half-brother, is an accomplished musician, dancer, and actor. Dalton Gomez, a real estate broker, is married to Ariana Grande.
On Ariana’s Instagram, there are some pictures of Ariana’s father’s family as well as of her father, who is depicted in one of them. You can view a picture of Ariana’s mother over here.
You can see a photo of Ariana with her maternal grandparents and her paternal grandfather on Ariana’s Instagram.
Who Are Ariana Grande’s Paternal Grandparents?
Italian parents Antonino Butera and Margherita Azzara/Azzala, from Menfi in the Provincia di Agrigento region of Sicily, gave birth to Ariana’s great-grandfather Charles in New Jersey.
Maria belonged of Italian descent and is Ariana’s aunt.
It is known that Florence P. Citrano is Ariana’s paternal grandmother. Born in New Jersey, Florence. These Sicilian people bear the surname Citrano.
Who Are Her Maternal Grandparents?
Frank Anthony Grande was Ariana’s maternal grandpa; he was the child of Antonio “Anthony” Grande and Philomena/Felmino “Philomena”/”Phyllis” Lavenditti.
Frank was born to Italian parents in New York. Raffaela. Grande and Sabato/Rose Cardalisca’s son Antonio was born in Lanciano, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy, around in 1900.
He immigrated to the United States in May 1903. Francesco Lavenditti/La Venditti and Benedetta Perrotti were the parents of Ariana’s great-grandmother Filomena.
Marjorie M. Damico, the granddaughter of Felomina F. “Minnie” Gigante and John Giovanni Damico/D’Amico, is the grandmother of Ariana. San Felipe, Potenza, Basilicata-born Marjorie was born in New York to Italian parents.
What Ariana Tweeted Regarding Her Ethnicity?
Another time, Ariana tweeted that,
I had “recently learned that my grandparents are primarily Greek and part north African, Italy/Greece is shown on the chart. Simply said, I found it amusing. Which country in North Africa, Morocco or Tunisia, do you assume?
Since Ariana spoke of “the chart,” she likely used a DNA test to determine her ancestry. People of Sicilian ancestry may occasionally reveal some Greek or North African ancestry through DNA testing.
