Jovan Adepo – 8th Annual AAFCA Awards – Arrivals – Taglyan Complex – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Jovan Valde Bland
Place of Birth: Ploughley, Oxfordshire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: c. September 1988
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Yoruba Nigerian (mother)
Jovan Adepo is a British-American actor. He is the son of Adelola Omowunmi (Adepo) and James Melvin Bland. His father was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. His mother was born in London, England, of Yoruba Nigerian descent.
Jovan’s paternal grandmother was Crystal Y. Bland (the daughter of James Bland and Annie Mae Crutch). Annie was the daughter of Horatio Crutch and Sadie.
Jovan’s maternal grandparents were Patrick Fatai/Fatayi Adepo and Shakira A. F. Talabi. Patrick was a noted Nigerian public official who served under former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Sources: Obituary of Jovan’s paternal grandmother, Crystal Y. Bland – http://www.chattanoogan.com
Obituary of Jovan’s great-grandmother, Annie Mae Crutch – https://www.familysearch.org
Likely Jovan’s great-grandparents, James Bland and Annie Mae Crutch, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org