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Locklear in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Heather Deen Locklear
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 25, 1961
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, remote Swiss-German and Cornish, possibly distant Lumbee Tribe
Heather Locklear is an American actress.
Heather is the daughter of Diane and Robert Locklear. She has a daughter, model and actress Ava Sambora , with her former husband, guitarist Richie Sambora .
Heather has stated , “I am part Lumbee – way, way back on my father’s side.” The Lumbee are a Tribe in North Carolina, who have Native American and/or African ancestry. It is not clear if Heather’s Lumbee ancestry has been verified/documented. Heather’s most recent ancestors are all listed as “White” on U.S. Censuses. Through her father, Heather is the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Duncan Locklear/Locklair and Nancy Quick, of South Carolina. These ancestors were, at least publicly, caucasian.
Socialite and model Tiffany Trump is descended from the same Locklear ancestors, and is Heather’s half-fourth cousin, once removed, through their common forebear William Jesse Locklear.
Heather’s paternal grandfather was Harper Hamilton Locklear (the son of William Jesse Locklear, Jr. and Martha/Mattie/Madeline Walena Hatfield). Harper was born in Kentucky, or Rome, Floyd, Georgia. William was born in Georgia, the son of William Jesse/Jessie Locklear and Roseanna/Rosanna Garrett/Garris. Heather’s great-grandmother Martha was born in Georgia, the daughter of Hiram Edward Hatfield and Julia Dorinda Archer.
Heather’s paternal grandmother was Esther Mary Mae Wolsifer (the daughter of William George Wolsiffer and Mollie H. Wilson). Esther was born in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana. William was born in Jennings, Indiana, the son of John Wolsiffer, who was born in Boerrstadt, Platz, Bavaria, Germany; and of Christina Bertram, who was born in Ohio, to German parents, her father from Rhineland-Palatinate, and her mother from Baden-Württemberg. Heather’s great-grandmother Mollie was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Henry B. Wilson and Melissa/Malisa Jane Ashby/Ashbey.
Heather’s maternal grandfather was Kenneth Lyle Dale Tinsley (the son of Jesse/Jessie William Tinsley and Hattie Belle Black). Kenneth was born in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas. Jesse was born in Fountain, Indiana, the son of Joseph Burton Tinsley and Ellen B. Johnson. Heather’s great-grandmother Hattie was born in Illinois, the daughter of George W. Black and Eliza Bean.
Heather’s maternal grandmother was Ruth Bernell Roberts (the daughter of Morris Robert Roberts, Jr. and Maria/Mary Caroline “Mayme” Hary). Ruth was born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois. Morris was born in Belleville, the son of English emigrants, from Worcestershire, Morris Robert Roberts and Elsabetha Freeman. Heather’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Frederick Johan Hary, who was German, from Bawien, Gerdauen, East Prussia; and of Mary Von Hoffaker, who was the daughter of German emigrants, from Baden.
Sources: Genealogies of Heather Locklear (focusing on her father’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com https://www.geni.com https://www.wikitree.com
Heather’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Heather’s paternal great-great-great-grandparents, William Jesse Locklear and Mary “Polly” Turner, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
PBS Frontline statement that Heather likely has some Lumbee ancestry, citing no particular source – http://www.pbs.org
Heather’s maternal grandfather, Kenneth Lyle Dale Tinsley, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org