Oops, Britney has some Maltese blood

Danika Vella

Jul 7th 2009, 19:06

@Alessandro Farrugia
don't worry, we neither won't reveal your roots if we meet you abroad... your type embarrasses us all!

Alessandro Farrugia

Jul 1st 2009, 01:54

First of all...BS is not relative to maltese ppl cuz her gran gran gran gran gran grandfather was maltese so she hasnt any maltese blood running through her veins and 2nd of all y she should be ashamed of not telling her family roots? No offense to you maltese people but malta is insignificant country and believe me when i say malta is insignificant cuz you're hearing it from a real maltese decender! So back off and let these celebs say whatever they want too!!!!
P.S. EVEN ME, I DON'T REVEAL MY REAL ROOTS!!! HAHAHA

Robert Teuma

Jan 11th 2009, 20:27

Hey, just wanted to say that for all those people calling Brit a misfit, i think it is true, however i don't think that if you were in her place you'd just enjoy coming on this website seing insults about your doing, we are talking about Britney, didn't she ever possibly do anything right in her life? Possible that you can call other people names without noting what you do in life? Britney..Maltese blood..i consider this extremely amazing, Who would have guessed a World known Singer can carry Maltese Blood?...Be proud cause when we talk about tourism we can also mention that Britney's Great grandad is Maltese!
thankyou

Francine Mifsud

Sep 26th 2008, 15:00

What an insult to the Maltese culture. Opps, she did it again. Only now she embarrassed us all.

anthea bonanno

Sep 16th 2008, 21:05

its an honour for me to know that britney my favourite pop singer has maltese blood . I am really proud of it !! maybe one day shell come to malta wouldnt it be great having a visit from britney wow i wouldnt miss it for the world

Justin Borg

Sep 14th 2008, 12:53

Yes, Britney IS a misfit, you only have to hear the amount of jokes Jay Leno says about her.

Charles Sammut

Sep 13th 2008, 21:55

Since I have lived in the USA for the last 40 years I think I am qualified to comment about this topic. Quite frankly nobody here gives a hoot about Britney's ancestry and if Britney took residency in Malta nobody would care less. She is considered a misfit of society and even lost custody of her two kids. And her sister Jamie Lynn isn't much better. She just gave birth to a baby at the age of 17 and out of wedlock. And the Mc Cain's political campaign ran ads saying that many of the Obama's supporters probably like Britnet too. In other words having something in common with Britney is nothing to be bragging about.

Antoine Sciberras

Sep 13th 2008, 20:11

To have Sir Anthony Hopkins claiming maltese blood would have made me more patriotic, but BS.......please - spare me the family tree details!!!

v.vella

Sep 13th 2008, 18:50

@ justin Borg
Incredible but true! your mention of Amy Winehouse has sent me delving into this personality's past.
By misspelling her surname you have unknowingly brought to light a very little known fact about her childhood. Believe it or not Amy used to live in malta with her parents in the early nineties. When she was quite young she used to cry a lot (perhaps that was the start of her singing career) and the neighbours coined a nickname for her. Il-qerrieda, the whiner. in time her house became known as id-dar tal qerrieda. after emigrating back to England she decided to use this nickname as a stage name but she changed it to winehouse for obvious reasons! Honest!

Justin Borg

Sep 13th 2008, 18:05

If we're wishing for notorious women to have Maltese blood, why not wish for Amy Whinehouse? she's dark, short and swears like a football fan at Ta Qali during an important final. She'd be perfect.

Stephen Farrugia

Sep 13th 2008, 10:22

These forums have surpassed Xarabank for humour, I mean!!

I have a strong feeling that we have seen nothing yet....people should advertise more on this site because it is going to grow, mark my words.

There, a small help to the Times for doing such a good job.

Justin Borg

Sep 13th 2008, 10:02

Hey Victor Vella, is Michael Phelps related to the Maltese?

Therese Vella

Sep 13th 2008, 10:00

Cheers and thankyou Mr V Vella, the details you're giving are entertaining.

At least we Maltese have Dr Nicholas Sammut from the Big Bang Experiment to cheer us up and make us proud. He compensates for Britney & Madonna, and for any other personality you, sir manage to honestly dredge up.

Keith Borg-Micallef

Sep 13th 2008, 08:12

@ Antoine Vella

I’m sorry but I have to prove you wrong. I’m not a fan of Madonna, but neither am I of Britney. (Even though I would by far prefer Madonna) It really bothers me, however, that some obnoxious persons want to affirm their opinion as if it were some cast-iron fact.

Nonetheless, I guess that if Madonna “could easily pass muster as a prime Maltese hamalla”, you could easily pass for the epitome of ignorance. Please note the “I guess” which makes it an opinion, since I’m not presumptuous as you and Ms. Therese Vella are.

v.vella

Sep 12th 2008, 23:38

Some more information about madonna's connection with l-Isla.
The song Dear Jessie is dedicated to jessie il-hassiela her grandfather's neighbour in Senglea. and the album I'm Breathless is named after the streets of steps found in Senglea which leave one quite out of breath! If ever there was proof that Louisa Veronica Ciccone alias Madonna has maltese connections here the are. Honest!

Lewis M.L. Cassar

Sep 12th 2008, 21:09

Hey, I'm Maltese and very proud of it too! Of course, a Canadian also and very proud of that too.

Don't get too excited about Britney - there are far more of us who are very successfull all over North America, but wisely keep a much lower profile.

Perhaps some of you guys can tell me how to search my ancestory several generations next time I visit that gem of an island of ours!

Cheers,
Lewis Cassar
Toronto.

c.debono

Sep 12th 2008, 20:28

do you know that we have 16 great great grandparents.. no i don't think that it is such a big deal that one of them is maltese.. fuss about nothing

Antoine Vella

Sep 12th 2008, 20:09

Keith Borg Micallef
I take it you're a fan of Madonna then. Don't worry, your idol could easily pass muster as a prime Maltese hamalla so, who knows? there's hope yet.

Therese Vella

Sep 12th 2008, 19:52

Is this for real? Madonna has Maltese blood? Now i'm really ashamed, but knowing that Brian Adams also has connections with Malta compensates, phew!
About "La Isla Bonita", this is the first i heard of its association to Isla, and without wanting to offend you, i find it hard to believe. Sorry but i think people in general say just about anything to connect tiny, "insignificant" Malta to highly-successful, famous personalities (even if they are notorious) such as Madonna.

v.vella

Sep 12th 2008, 19:43

The Italian actress Edwige Fenech is also connected to Malta . Google: Biography of Edwige Fenech
(Bona, Algeria, 1948)
Her father was Maltese and her mother was Italian.
may also be related to the afore mentioned Brian Adams! In fact her grandmother's cousin twice removed was a Fenech Adami living in Qormi although this is not mentioned in the bio! Honest!!!!

v.vella

Sep 12th 2008, 19:15

Britney is one of many celebrities with maltese connections. Brian Adams has roots in malta. In fact his real surname although few people know this, is Adami which is quite a common name in Malta. He spent some of his chidhood here and I'm convinced he has realtives still living here.

v.vella

Sep 12th 2008, 19:05

@ Therese vella
About madonna. Funny you should mention her! did you know that Madonna had relatives living in Senglea up till the last war? In fact her song 'La Isla Bonita' was dedicated to her memory of this city as recounted to her by her father. Old folk living in Senglea remember the Cicciones as they had a sweets shop near the church. As children they used to go and buy sweets before going to school and Madonna's grandfather used to get angry with the rush of children and he used to invoke the Madonna to help him cope. he used to pray"Holy Mother help me to cope" honestly!

Keith Borg Micallef

Sep 12th 2008, 18:25

It is undeniably true that everyone is entitled to express an opinion. Nevertheless, the opinion posted by Ms. Therese Vella is simply pitiable. Balderdash I’d say!

Dear Ms. Vella, you have every right to think that it’s better to have Britney with Maltese ancestors rather than Madonna. What is unbelievable, however, is that you said it as if it were some statement. Do bear in mind that expressing an opinion is one thing and stating a statement is another!

v.vella

Sep 12th 2008, 17:38

Although we have a lot of Aquilinas in Malta undoubtedly the surname is Italian. In the case of mike Aquilina it could be that his ancestors emigrated to Malta and then their descendants returned to Italy and settled in caltanisetta from where their descendants emigrated to the USA. But their origins were certainly not in malta

Therese Vella

Sep 12th 2008, 17:24

LOL - what funny comments, especially the one about Bill Gates and Austin Gatt..hehe
Well, better Britney than Madonna - wouldn't that be worse?

Charles Philip Zammit

Sep 12th 2008, 15:39

That some of these celebrities claim that they are actually of italian decent instead of maltese does not mean that anybody is at fault. i will quote from an email i have received from Mike Aquilina a renowned american author specialising in early Church history when i inquired if he is of maltese origin
quote All four of my grandparents came to the United States from two villages near Caltanissetta, Sicily -- Serradifalco and San Cataldo.
A priest from that area told me that one of the villages was (or maybe both were) known as "The Maltese," and that residents there were probably descended from Maltese refugees from the time of Napoleon.unquote
as to Troy Cassar Daley who someone mentioned, I heard a country and western cd a couple of years ago it was really excellent. i i got info from an australian radio that he is maltese from his mother's side I believe.
charles

victor vell

Sep 12th 2008, 15:37

So somewhere along the line there is a bastard in your family Britney, what an Stop press issue. isnt there one in every family, and before you all start screaming remember the time of the knights and british forces in Malta

P Micallef

Sep 12th 2008, 14:52

I only hope that her crazy side has not been inherited from the Maltese descendency

E. Azzopardi

Sep 12th 2008, 12:03

I am very proud to be Maltese but there is nothing to be proud of here. Of all, Britney Spears, such a big failure!!!

Emma Xerri

Sep 12th 2008, 10:56

@Alex Spiteri. You are right, these so called manufactured celebrities are nothng more than 'bread and circuses' for the masses. The cult of the celebrities, no matter how talentless, is being hoisted on people from all background and cultures, keeping them mesmerized and living vicariously through them.

This way they will not notice nor care about issues that will directly affect them and their daily lives and their future.

It is an old formula but people fall for it time everytime. In this way, people, especially the young generation who should be the the catalysts for change and improvements in our society, are reduced to banal, mindless, mass-consuming robots who follow all the celebrity trends and emulate their worst excesses. Engineering society in this way only serves the goals of the few, against the best interests of the many.

K Spiteri

Sep 12th 2008, 09:41

@ Mr. Said-Vassallo:

Interesting link, but you forgot to list people such as Brian Adams, Nathalie Gauci, and Sharleen Spiteri (ex-Texas). Try search in Wikipedia, it will facilitate your life a lot.

Regards
Kurt

Tanja Cilia

Sep 12th 2008, 09:13

So that is why one of her dogs is a Maltese terrier! Seriously, the Maltese genaeology titbit of information is the only thing that is missing from her family tree in
http://landing.ancestry.com/famoustree/Tree.aspx?name=spears&sourceCode=8975

P Sultana

Sep 12th 2008, 09:11

Talking of acknowledging one's roots, what truly riles me is Trezza Azzopardi having the Maltese characters in her book 'Hiding Place' (2000), speak Italian instead of Maltese. When questioned about it she gave some lame excuse I cannot remember, possibly to hide the fact that she may not have learnt Maltese.

I must add that in all other respects, the book is outstanding.

D.Galea

Sep 12th 2008, 08:40

I bet should would have had the same success had her family kept living on these islands....NOT!!!

Alex Spiteri

Sep 12th 2008, 08:20

Britney, Lohan and all the other so called celebrities are today's worst drug for the upcoming generation! we get annoyed everyday, listening to news that britney had a car accident, lohan went to rehab and amy whinehouse had sex yday night...but as gerald fenech and some others said earlier, who cares?!?!

britney, lohan and co. are only a media manifactured escapism product. instead of get concerned and talk about the real issues that affect our everyday life, people 'escape reality' but getting into these divas!

Guze Xerri

Sep 12th 2008, 07:14

@ Edward Grech,

Oh that figures, I still listen to The Shadows.

Nigel Fenech

Sep 11th 2008, 22:56

Wow..quite a match for Joseph Calleja....

Can you help us on Brand Malta

Albert Buhagiar

Sep 11th 2008, 22:43

Well she is the second international singer who has a Maltese ancestry and says that she is of Italian descent, maybe it is more chique. Some ten years ago Charlene Spiteri of Texas in an interview n a magazine which I remember well was GQ she said that her father is Italian, and he is Maltese and if I am not mistaken he is Gozitan. Charlene Spiteri must be ashamed of herself she denied her roots.

Gerald Fenech

Sep 11th 2008, 21:41

honestly, who cares?

Adrian Camilleri

Sep 11th 2008, 21:07

Ferferlanza LOOOOL

You really made my day :)

I guess even Wentworth Miller has some Maltese blood running........1. he's always on the run & 2 he's crafty! :)

v.vella

Sep 11th 2008, 20:48

Portelli means small gates in Italian. I bet Bill Gates has some maltese blood too! or more likely Gozitan blood which also explains why Austin found it so easy to strike those microsoft deals with him!!!

alfredmiller

Sep 11th 2008, 20:39

Told you so Britney!
Ehe yess tal-Bigilla Spears. they had a grocer in Sliema.

v.vella

Sep 11th 2008, 20:18

Hey! come to think of it Spears in Maltese is Lanez (plural of Lanza) could the great tenor Mario Lanza be maltese too? Could The Bard himself William Shakespeare (Ferfer lanza in maltese) be maltese?! The list is never ending!!

Edward Grech

Sep 11th 2008, 20:17

Guze Xerri, the “Oops” in a pun on the title of Britney Spears’ famous song “Oops, I did it again”.

Charles Said Vassallo, thanks for the links. By any chance, do you know whether there is any link between Antonio Portelli and the military surgeon Gavino Patrizio Portelli (1795-1865) ? Thank you!

D Fenech

Sep 11th 2008, 17:42

That explains her ability to sink and surface and come up smiling!!!!

Must say she seems to be developing a true Maltese derriere!!!!!

Joseph Schembri

Sep 11th 2008, 17:36

Who is this Britney? There are a couple of brats called Britney in our street.

Keith Muscat

Sep 11th 2008, 17:05

therefore the Princess of Pop and King of Maltese Rock Freddie Portelli might even be related!!!! lool

nothing bad with having a maltese ancestry:)

well at least now we know why she's always in the headlines!

shaun camilleri

Sep 11th 2008, 16:56

Who cares! So one of her ancesters was Maltese. Is that a news story?

Charles Sammut

Sep 11th 2008, 16:51

Britney's sister Jamie Lynn just had a baby and she is barely 17. I guess she could also be lumped with Britney as having Maltese ancestry. Surely nothing to go gaga about..

Angelo Micallef

Sep 11th 2008, 16:45

Hmmm...could this be our best bet at coming last in the Eurovision Song Contest and truly deserving it? I think yes hehe

Daniel Russell

Sep 11th 2008, 16:44

Could this be the beginnning of a new duet with Enzo Guzman??

Rosalie Portelli

Sep 11th 2008, 16:32

@J.Jibiri I am a Portelli and very proud of it too.

K Xuereb

Sep 11th 2008, 16:22

I can already imagine a bright spark at Maltasong trying to 'recruit' her for yet another stab at Eurovision 'glory' :-D

D Brincat

Sep 11th 2008, 16:22

Before making any negative comments about Britney, maybe we should all take a good look at ourselves, and our families to see that it's quite an easy feat to fall off the wagon once or twice. Imagine how difficult it must be to be put under a microscope and have the whole world look down at you with scrutinising eyes.

Anywho, very interesting news, however I do recall Britney saying her ancestry was mostly Irish and Italian.

Maria Victoria Borg

Sep 11th 2008, 15:53

This is hardly a surprise. I always thought that Britney has a figure similar to a Maltese. What can I say? She's very lucky to have our genes ;)

Charles Said-vassallo

Sep 11th 2008, 15:13

To top it all off, here is a link:

1. Antonio Portelli, married with issue.
1.1. Edward Richard Portelli, (1873 Malta -), (Migrated to UK), married 1896 in Essex Uk to Alice Taylor, with issue.
1.1.1. George Anthony Portelli, (later Portell), (1898 -), married Middlesex Uk 1923 to Lilian Esther Lewis, with issue.
1.1.1.1. Lilian Irene Portell, (1924 Middlesex UK - 1993 USA), married 1945 Hendon Uk to Barney O'Field Bridges, with issue.
1.1.1.1.1. Lynn Bridges, (1956-, married to James Parnall Spears, with issue.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Britney Spears, (1981

Alexander Morana

Sep 11th 2008, 14:39

Way to go Britney. You have the Gahan and Zeza genes!

Angelica Bossert

Sep 11th 2008, 14:37

Though I'm far from fond of Britney or the culture that promotes "talent" like hers, please people, keep in mind that she's still a human being. Let's do away with the sour grapes and stop being so high and mighty.

Denis Catania

Sep 11th 2008, 14:25

Britney is human, and yes she made some mistakes. Not too many off us can say we are perfect. We should go to Paceville and see Maltese 14 year old kids making Britney look like an angel. Now I know where she gets her good looks. If Britney announces a show in Malta, she will sell 50,000 seats.

Mark Gau

Sep 11th 2008, 14:09

You want a real Maltese Star!!! check out Troy Cassar Daley who has ARIA Awards in Australia ... now that is the real Maltese pros..

peter grech

Sep 11th 2008, 13:56

So what?

D. A . Agius

Sep 11th 2008, 13:38

Geez, give her the MIdalja ghall-gieh tar-Reupubblika !

Three awards, all related to a video, thus not really confirming her Pop abilities, but rather the video director's ability!

David Thake

Sep 11th 2008, 13:34

Well! That explains SOME of Britney's behaviour...... :)

JC Micallef

Sep 11th 2008, 13:33

Thanks for the info, Mr. Said-Vassallo, that's very interesting. Some very intriguing personalities too....

Pity no Micallefs are mentioned....

Cheers,

JCM

MF Vincenti

Sep 11th 2008, 13:30

hahahahahahaa! pleassssse... I can think of a few ROYAL titles to bestow upon her but they are all far from Noble!

Carina Dimech

Sep 11th 2008, 13:27

Dear Mr. Said-Vassallo

I hope that your comment was tongue in cheek otherwise i would really be shocked.

Do you seriously have nothing better to do then check Ms. Spear's ancestry??!!!!!

p.s. i really don't think that any member of noble geneologies will be grateful to you for adding Ms. Spears to their club

however 10 points for pick up stunts, i am sure that Ms. Spears would ask you out on a date if she ever had to read this.....in between her rehab stints obviously!!!!

Guze Xerri

Sep 11th 2008, 13:25

Why the" Oops "in the title ?

this is hardly news, but having a Maltese ancestor is not a mistake or a bad thing.

joanna jibiri

Sep 11th 2008, 13:15

he he he this is good. thank god im not a portelli. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Julian Brincat

Sep 11th 2008, 13:04

Royal or noble connection? Not that anyone is bothered any more but im sure most people would have some noble connection if you look far enough. Quite interesting to hear of her links to malta though. Small island but far reaching!! I wonder if her family is still living in malta?

Pauline Barbara

Sep 11th 2008, 13:03

@ Charles Said- Vassallo

Your link was very interesting, thanks for that.

Daniel Russell

Sep 11th 2008, 12:47

Charles, your list is really interesting, it is worth a look!
I wonder if she would be interested in finding more about her Maltese roots and visiting the island

Steve Evans

Sep 11th 2008, 12:46

Genealogy is a fascinating and at times addictive hobby that can lead one into all matter of interesting an sometimes sad areas of Family History. It has become one of the most popular pastimes in the United Kingdom. Can someone explain as to its popularity here in the Maltese islands, and where does one begin here? Anyone with an interest might like to try the Family Search web site.

Charles Said-vassallo

Sep 11th 2008, 10:11

How interesting is that!!!, who is next to claim Maltese genes.. I think it will be interesting to see how Britney is linked to this Portelli chap and where he is from in Malta.

I ve complied a list of interesting people connected to Maltese ancestry.
http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/Chapter11.html

Maltese ancestry is far interesting due to the diverse connections of many different nationalities settling in Malta over the many centuries. I would love to look deeper into this Portelli's ancestry and maybe or hopefully find Britney a Noble connection and just maybe a ROYAL link..