Date of Birth: 20 December 1980
Place of Birth: Stepney, London, England
Ethnicity: Afro-Bajan, African American (father); English (mother)
Family info: Ashley Cole is an English footballer who is the 5th most capped English player ever (107 caps). He was married to popstar Cheryl Cole (born Cheryl Tweedy).
Cole’s father, Ron Callender, is from Barbados. He left the family after seven years of marriage and later moved to Australia. Cole and his younger brother Matthew were brought up by their mother Sue Cole, who is English.
Cole is a distant relative of American singer Mariah Carey.
Mariah said: “It’s fascinating. My grandmother was a Cole before she married and it turns out she comes from the same area of Alabama as his (Ashley’s) ancestors”.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Cole
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/16328/I-prayed-for-Nat-King-Cole-I-got-Ashley-instead
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