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Michelle Buteau

September 17, 2018, 8:25 pm
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Michelle Buteau – 6th Annual Logo NewNowNext Awards – Arrivals – The Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos

Birth Name: Michelle A. Buteau

Place of Birth: New Jersey, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 24, 1977

Ethnicity:
*Haitian [African, possibly other], Lebanese (father)
*Jamaican [African, possibly other], French (mother)

Michelle Buteau is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and podcast host.

Michelle is the daughter of Marie Antoinette and Mitchel/Michel Buteau. Her father is from Haiti. Her mother is from Jamaica. They can be seen here. Michelle is married to Dutch photographer Gijs van der Most.

Michelle has said (at 1:36):

My mom’s from Jamaica and my dad’s from Haiti… my mom’s half-white, her dad was from France… my dad, from Haiti, you know, he’s got some Lebanese in him.

Source: http://michellebuteau.com

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Mamoudou Athie

September 22, 2018, 5:42 am
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Place of Birth: Mauritania

Date of Birth: c. 1988

Ethnicity: Mauritanian

Mamoudou Athie is a Mauritanian-American actor. His father, a diplomat, received political asylum in the U.S. when Athie was six months old. He was raised in New Carrollton, Maryland.

Photo by excelentphoto/www.bigstockphoto.com/

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Princess Nokia

September 24, 2018, 6:43 pm
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Birth Name: Destiny Nicole Frasqueri

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 14, 1992

Ethnicity: Puerto Rican

Princess Nokia is an American hip hop artist of Puerto Rican heritage. She expresses pride in her Afro-Indigenous roots through her music and fashion.

Her mother died of AIDS.

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Bia

September 30, 2018, 7:31 pm
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Birth Name: Bianca Landrau

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: August 16, 1993

Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*Puerto Rican (mother)

Bia is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and model. She debuted on the Oxygen reality television show Sisterhood of Hip Hop.

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Juliana Paes

October 3, 2018, 9:42 am
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LOS ANGELES – JUN 7: Juliana Paes at the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award to George Clooney at the Dolby Theater on June 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA Photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Juliana Couto Paes

Place of Birth: Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date of Birth: March 26, 1979

Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, African, Indigenous], some Syrian/Lebanese

Juliana Paes is a Brazilian actress and model.

Juliana is the daughter of Regina (Couto) and Carlos Henrique Paes. They are pictured here. She is married to businessperson Carlos Eduardo Baptista, with whom she has two children.

She has said:

There [in India], people thought I was from North India, where people have lighter skin. I have arab ancestry.

She has also stated that she has Indigenous and African ancestry.

Juliana’s paternal grandmother was named Cleuza.

Juliana’s maternal grandmother is named Íris.

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Jade Eshete

October 7, 2018, 8:07 am
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Jade Eshete – 2016 PaleyLive LA – “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” TV Series Premiere Screening & Conversation – Arrivals – The Paley Center for Media, 465 N Beverly Drive – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 9, 1985

Ethnicity:
*Ethiopian (father)
*African-Guyanese (mother)

Jade Eshete is an American actress.

Jade has said (at 0:12):

I’m born and raised in Brooklyn, but my mother is Guyanese, my father is Ethiopian.

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Arnaut Groeneveld

October 11, 2018, 7:37 am
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Birth Name: Arnaut Groeneveld Danjuma

Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria

Date of Birth: 31 January, 1997

Ethnicity:
*Dutch (father)
*Nigerian (mother)

Arnaut Groeneveld is a professional football player. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Dutch father and a Nigerian mother, and is eligible for either national team.

Source: https://dutchsoccersite.org

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Dolores Chaplin

October 11, 2018, 7:39 am
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Dolores Chaplin – 39th Annual Deauville American Festival – “Snowpiercer” Premiere and Closing Ceremony – Arrivals – The CID, Palais des Congres – Deauville, France – Photo Credit: Pixplanete / PR Photos

Birth Name: Dolores Betaudier Chaplin

Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: C. 1971

Ethnicity: African-Trinidadian (maternal grandfather), Irish, English, 1/32 Scottish

Dolores Chaplin is a British actress and production manager.

Dolores was born in London, England, and grew up in France and Spain. Her father, actor Michael Chaplin (born in Michael John Chaplin), was born in Santa Monica, California, of English, Irish, and 1/16th Scottish, ancestry. Her mother, painter Patricia Chaplin (born Patricia V. Betaudier), was born in London, England, of African-Trinidadian and Irish ancestry.

Her sister is actress Carmen Chaplin. Among her first cousins are actresses Kiera Chaplin and Oona Chaplin, circus performer and actor James Thiérrée, and actor and rapper Orson Chaplin. She is the niece of actors Geraldine Chaplin and Sydney Chaplin.

Dolores’s paternal grandfather was actor Charlie Chaplin (born Charles Spencer Chaplin, the son of Charles Chaplin and Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill, who were entertainers). Charlie was born in England. His documented ancestry was English and some Irish. Dolores’s great-grandfather Charles was the son of Spencer Chaplin and Ellen Elizabeth Smith. Hannah was the daughter of Charles Frederick Hill and Mary Ann Terry.

Dolores’s paternal grandmother was Oona O’Neill, an actress (the daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill [Eugene Gladstone O’Neill] and writer Agnes Boulton). Oona was born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda. Eugene was born in New York City, New York, the son of actor James O’Neill, who was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and of Ella O’Neill (born Mary Ellen Quinlan), who was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Irish parents, Thomas Joseph Quinlan and Bridget Lundigan. Dolores’s great-grandmother Agnes was born in London, the daughter of Edward William Boulton, an artist, who was American, of English and Scottish descent, and of Cecil/Cecille Maud/Maude Williams.

Dolores’s maternal grandfather was Patrick C. Betaudier, a painter. Patrick was born in Trinidad, in the West Indies.

Dolores’s maternal grandmother was Kathleen Doherty, a model. Kathleen was Irish.

Charlie Chaplin is often stated to have had some degree of Romani (Gypsy) ancestry. It does not appear that this ancestral claim has ever been verified/documented. Charlie was sometimes believed to have been Jewish (especially during his lifetime), but his parents were not of Jewish heritage.

Sources: Genealogies of Dolores Chaplin – https://www.geni.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogies of Dolores’s paternal grandparents, Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer Chaplin) and Oona O’Neill – https://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Dolores’s paternal grandfather, Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer Chaplin) – http://www.wargs.com

Draft card of Dolores’s paternal grandfather, Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer Chaplin) – https://www.archives.gov

Information about Dolores’s mother – http://patricia-chaplin.com

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Anthony Ramos

October 11, 2018, 7:41 am
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Anthony Ramos – “A Star Is Born” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Shrine Auditorium, 665 W Jefferson Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Anthony Ramos Martinez

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 1, 1991

Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, possibly other]

Anthony Ramos is an American actor and singer.

He is of Puerto Rican descent.

Within Puerto Rico, he is likely of Spanish and African ancestry.

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Steve McQueen

October 16, 2018, 7:45 am
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Birth Name: Steve Rodney P. McQueen

Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 9 October, 1969

Ethnicity: African-Grenadian, African-Trinidadian

Steve McQueen is a British film director, producer, screenwriter, and video artist. He is the first black person to direct a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, 12 Years a Slave, 2013. His family is Grenadian and Trinidadian.

He is married to Dutch cultural critic Bianca Stigter, with whom he has two children.

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Haddaway

October 22, 2018, 7:10 am
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Haddaway – Acceleration 2014 Portugal International Race and Music Festival Concert – April 25, 2014 – Algarve International Circuit, Sitio do Escampadinho, Mexilhoeira Grande – Portimao, Portugal –  Photo Credit: Rui M. Leal / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Nestor Alexander Haddaway

Place of Birth: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Date of Birth: 9 January, 1965

Ethnicity: African-Trinidadian

Haddaway is a Trinidadian-born German singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Jessie Reyez

November 3, 2018, 9:17 am
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Jessie Reyez with her parents

Birth Name: Jessica Reyez

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: June 12, 1991

Ethnicity: Colombian [Spanish, African]

Jessie Reyez is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She was born in Toronto, to Colombian parents. Reyez predominantly sings in English, but sometimes in Spanish.

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Jayden Fowora-Knight

November 3, 2018, 7:16 pm
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Ethnicity: Nigerian

Jayden Fowora-Knight is a British actor. He plays Phillip, the Nutcracker, in the film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018).

The name Fowora is Nigerian.

Photo by Prphotos

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Dolores Chaplin

October 11, 2018, 7:39 am
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Dolores Chaplin – 39th Annual Deauville American Festival – “Snowpiercer” Premiere and Closing Ceremony – Arrivals – The CID, Palais des Congres – Deauville, France – Photo Credit: Pixplanete / PR Photos

Birth Name: Dolores Betaudier Chaplin

Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: C. 1971

Ethnicity: African-Trinidadian (maternal grandfather), Irish, English, 1/32 Scottish

Dolores Chaplin is a British actress and production manager.

Dolores was born in London, England, and grew up in France and Spain. Her father, actor Michael Chaplin (born in Michael John Chaplin), was born in Santa Monica, California, of English, Irish, and 1/16th Scottish, ancestry. Her mother, painter Patricia Chaplin (born Patricia V. Betaudier), was born in London, England, of African-Trinidadian and Irish ancestry.

Her sister is actress Carmen Chaplin. Among her first cousins are actresses Kiera Chaplin and Oona Chaplin, circus performer and actor James Thiérrée, and actor and rapper Orson Chaplin. She is the niece of actors Geraldine Chaplin and Sydney Chaplin.

Dolores’s paternal grandfather was actor Charlie Chaplin (born Charles Spencer Chaplin, the son of Charles Chaplin and Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill, who were entertainers). Charlie was born in England. His documented ancestry was English and some Irish. Dolores’s great-grandfather Charles was the son of Spencer Chaplin and Ellen Elizabeth Smith. Hannah was the daughter of Charles Frederick Hill and Mary Ann Terry.

Dolores’s paternal grandmother was Oona O’Neill, an actress (the daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill [Eugene Gladstone O’Neill] and writer Agnes Boulton). Oona was born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda. Eugene was born in New York City, New York, the son of actor James O’Neill, who was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and of Ella O’Neill (born Mary Ellen Quinlan), who was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Irish parents, Thomas Joseph Quinlan and Bridget Lundigan. Dolores’s great-grandmother Agnes was born in London, the daughter of Edward William Boulton, an artist, who was American, of English and Scottish descent, and of Cecil/Cecille Maud/Maude Williams.

Dolores’s maternal grandfather was Patrick C. Betaudier, a painter. Patrick was born in Trinidad, in the West Indies.

Dolores’s maternal grandmother was Kathleen Doherty, a model. Kathleen was Irish.

Charlie Chaplin is often stated to have had some degree of Romani (Gypsy) ancestry. It does not appear that this ancestral claim has ever been verified/documented. Charlie was sometimes believed to have been Jewish (especially during his lifetime), but his parents were not of Jewish heritage.

Sources: Genealogies of Dolores Chaplin – https://www.geni.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogies of Dolores’s paternal grandparents, Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer Chaplin) and Oona O’Neill – https://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Dolores’s paternal grandfather, Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer Chaplin) – http://www.wargs.com

Draft card of Dolores’s paternal grandfather, Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer Chaplin) – https://www.archives.gov

Information about Dolores’s mother – http://patricia-chaplin.com

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Keke Wyatt

November 9, 2018, 5:00 pm
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Birth Name: Ke’Tara Shavon Wyatt

Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

Date of Birth: March 10, 1982

Ethnicity:
*African-Caribbean, African-American (father)
*European (mother)

Keke Wyatt is an American R&B singer and television personality.

She is the daughter of Lorna Wyatt, a vocalist, and Keever Wyatt II, an organist and vocalist. Keke is married to Zachariah Darring. She has three children with her former husband, road manager Rahmat Morton; and five children with her former husband, ordained minister Michael Jamar.

Keke has said:

I’ve been singing since I was 2, and I sang my first song in front of people when I was 5. It was in church and it was called “Beautiful.” My mother taught it to me. She’s a very good singer. She’s a White woman… I’m biracial. My mother is White and my daddy is — his father is full-blooded West Indian and his mother is Cherokee Indian and Black. So I’m White, Indian and Black.

It is not clear if this Cherokee Native American ancestry has been verified/documented.

Keke’s paternal grandfather was Kever West Wyatt, Sr. (the son of Luther Wyatt).

Keke’s paternal grandmother was Mary Earline Buckhalter (the daughter of Richard Buckhalter and Ethel Brown). Mary was born in Alabama.

Keke’s maternal grandmother is named Beverly.

Source: Keke’s paternal grandmother, Mary Earline Buckhalter, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

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Jayden Fowora-Knight

November 3, 2018, 7:16 pm
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Ethnicity: Nigerian

Jayden Fowora-Knight is a British actor. He plays Phillip, the Nutcracker, in the film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018).

The name Fowora is Nigerian.

Photo by Prphotos

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Jillian Hervey

November 11, 2018, 8:39 pm
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Birth Name: Jillian Kristin Hervey

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: June 19, 1989

Ethnicity: African-American, 1/4 Louisiana Creole [African, French], small amounts of English and Welsh

Jillian Hervey is an American singer and dancer.

She is the daughter of actress, singer, songwriter, producer, model, and television personality Vanessa L. Williams and music executive Ramon Hervey II. Her uncle is actor and comedian Chris Williams.

All of her grandparents were/are black.

Jillian’s paternal grandfather was Ramon/Raymond Triche Hervey (the son of Henry Peter Hervey and Georgianna/Georgiana/Georgia Wilhemine Triche). Ramon was born in Illinois, to Louisiana Creole parents. Henry was the son of Octave/Olin Hervey and Rita Gasper. Georgianna was the daughter of George/Gus Triche and Amelia/Amanda Gauff.

Jillian’s paternal grandmother was named Winifred L. Collins.

Jillian’s maternal grandfather was Milton Augustine Williams (the son of Milton Augustine/Abner Williams and Iris Agnes Carl/Carll). Jillian’s grandfather Milton was born in New York. Jillian’s great-grandfather Milton was the son of John Hill Williams and Mary L. Fields. Iris was the daughter of Frank S. Carl/Carll and Imogene Jackson.

Jillian’s maternal grandmother is Helen L. Tinch (the daughter of Edward James Tinch and Doris Catherine Griffen/Griffin). Edward was the son of John Wilbur Tinch and Helen Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Doris was the daughter of Moses George Wilson and Elvira Viola Johnson.

In an interview, a journalist stated that Jillian’s mother’s mixed heritage includes African American, Welsh, and Native American. It is not clear if this Native American ancestry has been verified/documented. Jillian’s mother’s appeared on the program Who Do You Think You Are? (2011), where she discovered that her own great-great-grandfather, David Carll, was a “mulatto” (mixed race) man who avoided slavery and married a white woman (her great-great-grandmother).

One of her Jillian’s maternal great-great-great-great-grandfathers, George Appleford, was born in Surrey, England, in 1802.

An Ancestry.com DNA test stated that Jillian’s mother’s genetic ancestry is:

*56% African
——–*23% Ghana
——–*15% Cameroon/Congo
——–*7% Togo
——–*6% Benin
——–*5% Senegal
*44% European
——–*17% British Isles
——–*12% Finnish/Ural/Volga
——–*11% Southern European
——–*4% Spain/Portugal

Jillian’s mother’s has said:

Now, I can’t wait to go to Ghana and Cameroon and Togo and Senegal — it’s a great opportunity to see why the customs resonate with you. I love to travel and I love to explore, and I have to admit that I was always jealous of people who knew their cultural background. Both my family and myself came out with light eyes, so obviously there is a recessive gene here. Not knowing what that was just made me very curious.

Sources: Genealogies of Jillian Hervey – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Jillian’s maternal grandfather, Milton Augustine Williams (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com

Jillian’s maternal great-grandmother, Iris Agnes Carl/Carll, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Tyrone Nurse

November 20, 2018, 4:56 pm
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Birth Name: Tyrone Michael Nurse

Place of Birth: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 4 January, 1990

Ethnicity:
*English (father)
*African-Jamaican (mother)

Tyrone Nurse is a British boxer. His father is English and his mother is Jamaican.

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IZA

November 25, 2018, 5:31 am
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Birth Name: Isabela Cristina Corrêa Lima

Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date of Birth: September 3, 1990

Ethnicity: African-Brazilian

Iza is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and dancer.

She is the daughter of Isabel Cristina (Corrêa) and Djalma Leite Lima.

Source: http://www.uol.com.br

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Caetano Veloso

November 28, 2018, 4:41 pm
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Birth Name: Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso

Place of Birth: Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil

Date of Birth: August 7, 1942

Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, Indigenous, African, possibly other]

Caetano Veloso is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, and writer.

Caetano is the son of Claudionor (Viana) and José Telles Veloso. Among Caetano’s siblings is singer and songwriter Maria Bethânia.

Caetano has described himself as “mulatto”. He is said to have Portuguese, African, and Indigenous ancestry.

Caetano’s paternal grandfather was José Cupertino Telles. Cupertino was described as “black” on the book Caetano – Uma Biografia (2017).

Caetano’s paternal grandmother was named Maria Clara Velloso.

Caetano’s maternal grandfather was Anísio César de Oliveira Viana.

Caetano’s maternal grandmother was Júlia Muniz de Araújo. Julia is said to have had Pataxó Indigenous ancestry.

Source: Genealogy of Caetano Veloso – http://www.geni.com

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