Discover their roots.
Explore the heritage, family histories, and connections of 18,574 people.
Sean Paul
Actor · Musician
Jamaican [African, as well as one eighth Sephardi Jewish, German, English, Chinese]
Kingston, Jamaica
Selah Marley
Musician · Model
Father: Jamaican [African, as well as English] · Mother: African-American
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Shahadi Wright Joseph
Actor · Musician
African-Trinidadian, African-American
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Shailene Woodley
Actor
Father: English, some Scottish · Mother: African-American, Louisiana Creole [African, French, Spanish, some German and Italian], English, Swiss-German, distant Cuban and Haitian
San Bernardino, California, United States
Shakira
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Father: Lebanese · Mother: Colombian, including Spanish [Castilian, Andalusian, Aragonese, Cantabrian], Indigenous, African, Catalan, Basque, Galician, and Italian/Sicilian
Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Shalim Ortiz
Actor · Musician
Father: Puerto Rican · Mother: Dominican Republic, Spanish, distant French, Russian, and Montenegrin
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shari Belafonte
Actor · Musician · Model
Father: African-Jamaican, as well as Dutch Jewish, Irish, and Scottish · Mother: African-American
New York City, New York, U.S.
Shari Headley
Actor · Model
Father: African-Trinidadian · Mother: likely African-American
Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Shaznay Lewis
Musician
Father: African-Barbadian · Mother: African-Jamaican
London City, London, England, U.K.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Actor · Musician
Father: African-American · Mother: Jamaican [African, small amount of Scottish]
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.
Shirley Chisholm
Politician
Father: African-Guyanese · Mother: African-Barbadian
New York City, New York, U.S.
Shygirl
Musician
Father: African-Grenadian · Mother: English, one quarter French-Canadian, one quarter Welsh, 1/32 Swiss, distant German
Bromley, Kent, England, U.K.
