Birth Name: Cory Anthony Booker
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth: April 27, 1969
Ethnicity: African-American, some English
Cory Booker is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as a United States Senator from New Jersey, since 2013. He was previously the Mayor of Newark (from 2006 to 2013).
Cory’s parents, Carolyn Rose (Jordan) and Cary Alfred Booker, are/were both black. One of Cory’s maternal great-grandfathers, Stephen Henry Brown, was white.
A DNA test conducted on the PBS television program Finding Your Roots, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., stated that Cory is of 47% African, 45% European, and 7% Asian or Native American, ancestry.
Cory’s paternal grandparents were Wathia Clarence Allen (the son of Charlie A. Allen and Elizabeth Leonard) and Jesse Lucille Booker (the daughter of Franklin/Frank Booker and Mary Willie).
Cory’s maternal grandparents were Limuary Alja Jordan (the biological son of Stephen Henry Brown and Alzinia/Alzenia Collins) and Adeline Nadine Wilson (the daughter of Joseph N. Wilson and Rosa E.).
Sources: Genealogies of Cory Booker – http://www.geni.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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