Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia
Date of Birth: August 25, 1998
Ethnicity: African-American
China Anne McClain is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is a member of the sister girl group McClain, along with her sisters, Lauryn Alisa McClain and Sierra Aylina McClain.
China is the daughter of Shontell, a songwriter, and Michael McClain, a music producer. Her sisters have also acted.
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Birth Name: Kenya Summer Moore
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Birth: January 24, 1971
Ethnicity: African-American
Kenya Moore is an American actress, model, television personality, author, and producer. She is a former Miss USA.
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Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia
Date of Birth: June 22, 1981
Ethnicity: African-American
Porsha Williams is an American television personality, model, and singer. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to African-American parents.
Porsha’s grandfather was Hosea Williams (Hosea Lorenzo Williams), a civil rights leader, minister, businessperson, philanthropist, scientist, and politician. Hosea was the son of Willie Wiggins. He was raised by his maternal grandparents, Lelar and Turner Williams.
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Birth Name: Kiely Alexis Williams
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Date of Birth: July 9, 1986
Ethnicity: African-American
Kiely Williams is an American singer, rapper, dancer, actress, and songwriter. She is known for being a member of former girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls.
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Birth Name: Eva Marisol Gutowski
Place of Birth: Orange County, California, U.S.A.
Date of Birth: July 29, 1994
Ethnicity: African-American, Afro-Puerto Rican, Irish, Polish, French, Dutch, English, German
Eva Gutowski is an American YouTuber (Youtube.com/mylifeaseva) and Internet personality. She has African-American, Afro-Puerto Rican, Irish, Polish, French, Dutch, English, and German ancestry. Her sister stated her ethnicity via Ask.fm. In her ‘MARCH Q AND A’ video, Eva stated that she is of part Polish and Puerto Rican descent.
Her surname is Polish.
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Birth Name: Ray Erskine Parker
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date of Birth: May 1, 1954
Ethnicity: African-American
Ray Parker, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and recording artist. He is known for writing and performing the theme song to Ghostbusters. Ray was a member of the funk and R&B group Raydio.
Ray is the son of Venolia (Johnson) and Ray Erskine Parker.
Sources: Death record of Ray’s father – http://www.findagrave.com
Death record of Ray’s mother – http://www.findagrave.com
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Birth Name: Malia Ann Obama
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth: July 4, 1998
Ethnicity:
*Luo Kenyan (paternal grandfather)
*English, as well as Scottish, Irish, German, Welsh, Swiss-German, French, possibly remote African (paternal grandmother)
*African-American (mainly), with distant English, Scottish, and Irish (mother)
Malia Obama is the eldest daughter of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and of lawyer and writer Michelle Obama. She has a younger sister, Sasha Obama. Her uncle (mother’s brother) is college basketball coach and broadcaster Craig Robinson (not the actor of the same name).
Malia’s paternal grandparents were Barack Hussein Obama (the son of Onyango and Habibah Akumu) and Stanley Ann Dunham (the daughter of Stanley Armour Dunham and Madelyn Lee Payne). Malia’s paternal grandfather was Kenyan, of the Luo tribe. Malia’s paternal grandmother was American-born, had English, and smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of Scottish, Irish, German, Welsh, Swiss-German, and French ancestry.
Malia’s maternal grandparents are Fraser Robinson III (the son of Fraser Robinson, Jr. and LaVaughn Delores Johnson) and Marian Lois Shields (the daughter of Purnell Nathaniel Shields and Rebecca Jumper/Coleman).
Malia’s maternal grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, and great-great-great-grandparents, were all black. Malia’s mother also has some European ancestry on her family tree, with distant English, Scottish, and Irish, roots. One of Malia’s mother’s white ancestors was her own great-great-great-grandfather, Charles Marion Shields. Charles was the son of Henry Wells Shields and Christianna Payne Patterson.
Malia’s father has distant Irish ancestry, going back to his great-great-great-grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, who arrived in the States in 1850, from Moneygall in Ireland. Research done by a team of genealogists has suggested that Malia’s paternal grandmother had remote African-American ancestry (in the 1600s), through possible descent from a slave named John Punch.
In page 13 of his autobiography, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995), Malia’s father writes that a distant ancestor of his mother’s “had indeed been a full-blooded Cherokee” [Native American]. No Cherokee Native American ancestry has yet been documented/verified for Malia’s father.
Malia is a first cousin, twice removed, of Rabbi Capers Funnye. Capers is a Jew-by-choice. Malia’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Fraser Robinson and Rose Ella Cohen, were also Rabbi Funnye’s maternal grandparents.
Malia’s maternal great-great-grandmother Rose Ella Cohen had the usually Jewish surname “Cohen”. Rose was an African-American woman, whose father, Caesar Cohen, was also African-American. It is not clear where the “Cohen” surname originates in this family, or if Caesar Cohen had Jewish ancestry of some kind.
Sources: Genealogy of Malia Obama – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Malia’s father – http://www.wargs.com
Article about Malia’s father’s Irish ancestry – http://living.oneindia.in
Article suggesting that Malia’s paternal grandmother, Stanley Ann Dunham, had remote African-American ancestry – http://www.nytimes.com
Genealogy of Malia’s mother – http://famouskin.com
Genealogy of Malia’s mother (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://www.wargs.com
Notes on Malia’s mother’s ancestry, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak – http://www.honoringourancestors.com
Birth Name: Euphemia L. Sumpter
Place of Birth: Hollis, New York City, New York
Date of Birth: June 20, 1980
Ethnicity: African-American
Tika Sumpter is an American actress, television host, and model.
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Birth Name: Ernest Banks
Date of Birth: January 31, 1931
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas
Date of Death: January 23, 2015
Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois
Ethnicity: African-American
Ernie Banks, nicknamed “Mr. Cub” and “Mr. Sunshine”, was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs, between 1953 and 1971.
Source: http://www.aaregistry.org
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Russell and his mother
Birth Name: Russell Carrington Wilson
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Birth: November 29, 1988
Ethnicity: African-American, possibly Native American
Russell Wilson is an American football quarterback. He plays for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League.
He stated in an interview that he is mixed, of African-American and Native American descent. The interview can be seen here, at around 2:47.
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: March 23, 1989
Ethnicity:
*Polish, African-American (father)
*Chinese, Afro-Jamaican (mother)
Ayesha Curry is an American-Canadian actress. She is the wife of NBA basketball player Stephen Curry.
Regarding her heritage, she stated on Twitter:
my mom is chinese/Jamaican and my dad is polish/African American.
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Place of Birth: Sacramento, California
Date of Birth: January 5, 1968
Ethnicity:
*African (father)
*European (mother)
Nicole Mitchell Murphy, born Nicole Mitchell, is an American fashion model, television personality, designer, actress, and businessperson. Her father is black and her mother is white. A picture of Nicole’s parents can be seen here.
Nicole was married to actor and comedian Eddie Murphy. She was also previously engaged to retired football player Michael Strahan.
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Birth Name: Robert Pilatus
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Birth: June 8, 1965
Place of Death: Frankfurt, Germany
Date of Death: April 2, 1998
Ethnicity:
*African-American (biological father)
*German (biological mother)
Family Background: Rob Pilatus was a German singer, dancer, and model. He was a member of the pop duo Milli Vanilli. Rob was a son of a German stripper and an American soldier, and was adopted at age four by a couple living in Munich, Germany, where he grew up.
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/1432182/milli-vanillis-pilatus-dead/
Obituary of Rob Pilatus – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-rob-pilatus-1155008.html
Birth Name: Mahogany Gordy
Place of Birth: Michigan
Date of Birth: October 5, 1994
Ethnicity: African-American, English
Mahogany Lox is a singer, actor, DJ, and social media star on Twitter, Vine and YouTube.
Mahogany is the daughter of Berry Gordy IV and Valerie Robeson. She is the sister of SkyBlu and the niece of Redfoo from the pop duo LMFAO.
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Birth Name: Vonetta Lawrence McGee
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California
Date of Birth: January 14, 1945
Place of Death: Berkeley, California
Date of Death: July 9, 2010
Ethnicity: African-American
Vonetta Lawrence McGee was an American actress. She is best known for her movie roles during the 1970s. She was married to actor Carl Lumbly.
Sources: Obituaries of Vonetta McGee –
Birth Name: Jane Harrison
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth: October 27, 1951
Ethnicity: African-American
Jayne Kennedy is an American television personality, corporate spokeswoman, producer, writer, public speaker, philanthropist, beauty pageant titleholder, and sports broadcaster.
She was the first African-American woman to hold the title of Miss Ohio USA. Jayne was married to actor Leon Isaac Kennedy and is now married to actor Bill Overton.
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Birth Name: William Robinson, Jr.
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Birth: February 19, 1940
Ethnicity: African-American, 1/8th French
Smokey Robinson is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.
Smokey is the son of Flossie Robinson (Smith) and William Robinson, Sr. His maternal great-grandmother was of French descent.
A picture of young Smokey with his parents can be seen here.
Sources: Genealogy of Smokey’s mother, Flossie Robinson (Smith) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Smokey’s mother – http://www.findagrave.com
Article mentioning Smokey’s maternal French great-grandmother – http://www.telegraph.co.uk
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Birth Name: Angela Renee White
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth: c. late 1980s
Ethnicity: African-American
Blac Chyna is an American video model and business owner. She owns Lashed, a beauty salon in Los Angeles. She is dating television personality Rob Kardashian. She was previously dating rapper Tyga.
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Claudia Rose Pfeiffer, David E. Kelley, and Michelle Pfeiffer
Date of Birth: February 1993
Ethnicity: African-American, possibly other
Claudia Rose Pheiffer is the adopted daughter of actress Michelle Pfeiffer and television writer and producer David E. Kelley.
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Birth Name: Naturi Cora Maria Naughton
Place of Birth: East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 20, 1984
Ethnicity: Afro-Caribbean, African-American
Naturi Naughton is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was an original member of the girl group 3LW, along with Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams. She is known for her roles in the films The Playboy Club, Fame, and Notorious.
Naturi is the daughter of Brenda and Ezra Naughton. A picture of Naturi and her parents can be seen here.
Naturi has said that her father’s family is from the Caribbean and her mother’s family is from the American South.
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