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Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Date of Birth: 24 September, 1984
Ethnicity: Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, distant Belgian Flemish], English, Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, distant Italian
Tanit Phoenix is a South African fashion model, actress, and make-up artist.
She is the daughter of Tanit and Gavin Phoenix. Her name Tanit is an ancient North African name, with roots in Carthaginian history.
She is married to American financial advisor Blaine Lourd; who is the uncle of actress Billie Lourd . Tanit has a daughter with her former husband, actor Sharlto Copley .
Tanit’s paternal grandfather was George Lawrence Phoenix (the son of George Phoenix and Eileen Elizabeth Maude Jenner). Tanit’s great-grandfather George was born in Coose, County Down, Ireland, now Northern Ireland, the son of William Phoenix and Lucy Conlon. Tanit’s great-grandmother Eileen was the daughter of Lawrence Wynyard Jenner, whose father was born in Australia, to parents from Kent and Buckinghamshire, respectively, in England, and whose maternal grandparents were also English, with roots in Hertfordshire. Lawrence’s great-great-great-great-grandfather was Alesandro Maria Thomas Grimaldi, who was born in Genova, Liguria, Italy, of the House of Grimaldi. Lawrence’s mother, Tanit’s great-great-grandmother, was Elizabeth Alice Couch.
Tanit’s paternal grandmother was named Anna/Anne Hendrina Maria Magdalena Klaassen.
Sources: Genealogy of Tanit Phoenix (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Family history of Tanit Phoenix (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.tullylish.com
Death record of Tanit’s paternal grandfather, George Lawrence Phoenix – https://www.familysearch.org
Tanit Phoenix