North West Great-grandparents: Meet North West’s Great-grandparents

North West is a celebrity child. She is the child of American reality TV personality, actress, and socialite Kim Kardashian and her former husband, musician Kanye West. North was born on June 15, 2013. As of 2022, she is at the age of 9 years. She was born at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She is the sister of Saint West, born in December 2015, Chicago West born via surrogate in January 2018, and Psalm West born via surrogate in May 2019. North West has been featured on the cover of WWD’s Beauty Inc. magazine for a story about Generation Z.

North West: Profile Summary

NameNorth West
Age9 years old (As of 2022)
Date of birthJune 15, 2013
Place of birth Los Angeles
GenderFemale
ParentsKim Kardashian and Kanye West
SiblingsSaint West, Chicago West, and Psalm West
GrandparentsDonda West, Ray West, Robert Kardashian, Kris Jenner
Great-grandparentsRobert Houghton, Mary Jo Shannon, Arthur Kardashian, Helen Kardashian, Portwood Williams Sr, Lucille Williams

North West:Parents

North West was born in the union of Kim Kardashian and her ex-husband Kanye West. Her parents were long-time friends who started seeing each other in April 2012. They got engaged in October 2013 and married on May 24, 2014, at Fort di Belvedere in Florence. The pair is well known in the entertainment industry which has resulted in their relationship becoming the talk of several people and the media. Kim wore a dress which was designed by Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy during her wedding ceremony. Their marriage was called “a historic blizzard of celebrity” by The New York Times. The pair have four children together. Their kids are North West, Saint West, Chicago West, and Psalm West. The duo decided to go their separate ways. Kim officially filed for divorce on February 19, 2021. Due to “irreconcilable differences”, Kim and Kanye West agreed before the court to get separated. However, the two agreed to joint custody of their four children. The divorce of Kim and Kanye West made the headlines and was a disappointment to most of their fans and followers. Kim sought faster proceedings in the divorce from Kanye as she filed a complaint to the Los Angeles Superior Court. She revealed that Kanye wanted to slow down the divorce procedure, adding that Kanye does not want to accept that the parties’ marital relationship is over. On March 2, 2022, Kim was declared legally single.

North West:Grandparents

North West’s grandparents are Robert Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Donda West, and Ray West. Her maternal grandfather, Robert George Kardashian was an American attorney and businessman. He was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 22, 1944. He is best known as O. J. Simpson’s friend and defense attorney during Simpson’s 1995 murder trial. He was famous for his law career and was also the brain behind playing music between films in theatres, developing the concept into a business, and starting a new company called Movie Tunes. He was a co-founder of the trade publication Radio & Records, which he and his partners sold for a huge profit a few years later in 1979.

North’s maternal grandmother is Kristen Mary Houghton, born on November 5, 1955, in San Diego, California. She is a media personality, socialite, and businesswoman who is recognized for starring in the popular reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021). She was the host of a pop culture-driven daytime talk show, Kris. The series started its six-week trial summer run on several Fox-owned stations on July 15, 2013. Kanye West, on the show, revealed the first public picture of his daughter North West. She also runs her own production company, Jenner Communications, in Los Angeles. She has a children’s boutique with her eldest daughter, Kourtney called “Smooch”. She is called the “matriarch” of the family. She has been featured on the covers of some lifestyle and fashion magazines, including CR Fashion Book, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, The Hollywood Reporter, Es Magazine, Variety, New You, Haute Living, and WSJ. Magazine and Stellar.

North’s grandparents from her father’s side are Ray West and Donda C. West. Her paternal grandfather is Ray West. Ray West is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He participated in the Black Panther Movement between the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his good photography skills. He has worked as a photojournalist with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Some of his credited works the pictures of civil rights activist Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and the portrait of civil rights activist and poet, Maya Angelou. He has a desire to help the less privileged. He became a Christian counselor. He opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland, with startup capital from his son in 2006. He has been helping people who have and are still falling at risk for the consequences of societal problems.

North’s paternal grandmother is called Dr. Donda C. West (née Williams). She worked as a professor and chair of Chicago State University’s Department of English, Communications, Media, and Theater. She retired to serve as his manager. She was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Virginia Union University. She has taught at Morris Brown College in Atlanta and Chicago State University. She taught English at Nanjing University as well. She founded the non-profit Kanye West Foundation in 2003. She is the subject of her son Kanye’s song “Hey Mama”, which appeared on his 2005 album Late Registration.

North West:Great-Grandparents

North West’s Great-Grandparents are Robert Houghton, Mary Jo Shannon, Arthur Kardashian, Helen Kardashian, Portwood Williams Sr, and Lucille Williams. MARY Jo “MJ” Campbell or Mary Jo Shannon, is one of the great-Grandparents of North West. She was born on July 26, 1934, in Arkansas. She formerly worked as an etiquette school teacher, model, and entrepreneur. She opened up a children’s boutique called Shannon & Company in 1980. North’s great grandfather, Robert Houghton was born on 12 May 1931, in San Diego, California, United States. He has passed away. He Died in March 1975, in Mexico.

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North’s great-grandfather, Portwood Williams was born in the year 1915, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. He is now deceased. He passed away on 10 August 2013 at the age of 98 years old. He was laid to rest at Arlington Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. North’s great-grandmother, Lucille E. Williams was also born on October 15, 1915. She was born in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. She also died on 28 May 2008 at the age of 92 years. She was buried at Arlington Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA.

North’s great-grandfather, Arthur Kardashian was born on October 27, 191,7 in Karakale Köyü, Hanak, Ardahan, Turkey. He holds an Armenian American nationality. He passed away at the age of 95 on December 9, 2012. He died in Mission Hills, Santa Barbara County, California, United States. North’s great-grandmother, Helen Kardashian was born on July 15, 1917, in Los Angeles, the United States of America. She is of Armenian American nationality. She died on May 22, 2008, and was buried at Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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  • Ruth Kai Botchway is a Senior Editor at Dicytrends.com. She is a graduate of All Stars Media College (2021) with a Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies. With more than two years experience in Journalism, she has served as an intern at Accra FM and worked with Green TV and Ashiaman TV. She worked as a Maritime Journalist/ influencer, producing Port and Maritime agenda initially aired on Ashiaman TV. You can reach her via email: Ruthbotch1912@gmail.com

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Ruth Kai Botchway

Ruth Kai Botchway is a Senior Editor at Dicytrends.com. She is a graduate of All Stars Media College (2021) with a Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies. With more than two years experience in Journalism, she has served as an intern at Accra FM and worked with Green TV and Ashiaman TV. She worked as a Maritime Journalist/ influencer, producing Port and Maritime agenda initially aired on Ashiaman TV. You can reach her via email: Ruthbotch1912@gmail.com

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