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Gary Valenciano
Musician
Father: Filipino [Bicolano, Tagalog], some Spanish, small amount of Chinese · Mother: Puerto Rican [including Spanish and some either African or Taíno], Italian, Portuguese
Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines
Gene Rockwell
Musician
Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish and Walloon, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, and Swiss-French], as well as, some Cape Malay/Cape Coloured [Indonesian, Chinese, Khoisan, Indian, English, Scottish, Irish, Mauritian, remote Xhosa], distant Angolan, Malayali, Guinean, Malagasy, Khoikhoi, Bengali, Norwegian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Timorese, remote Spanish, Sri Lankan, Finnish, Basque, Latvian, and Kenyan
Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Grace Rolek
Actor · Musician
*25% Polish *25% Italian *25% African-American *25% Japanese
Burbank, California, U.S.
Hailee Steinfeld
Actor · Musician · Model
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish * maternal grandfather – Boholano Filipino, African-American * maternal grandmother – English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish
Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hank Kingi
Actor · Athlete
African-American, one eighth Japanese, Creole [French, African]
Los Angeles, California, United States
Irv Gotti
Musician
African-American, African-Trinidadian, one quarter Filipino
New York City, New York, U.S.
Jadagrace
Actor · Musician
Father: African-American * maternal grandfather – English, Scottish * maternal grandmother – Japanese
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Jair Oliveira
Musician
*75% Brazilian [African, Portuguese, possibly other] *25% Japanese
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jessica Sanchez
Musician · TV Personality
Father: Mexican, including Spanish, Indigenous Mexican, and African · Mother: Filipino [including Aklanon]
Chula Vista, San Diego, California, United States
Jhené Aiko
Musician
African-American, one quarter Japanese, one eighth Louisiana Creole [African, French], distant Native American
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jim Fouché
Politician
Afrikaner [German, Dutch, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot, Danish, Swiss-German, Portuguese], small amounts of African [Angolan, Khoikhoi, Ethiopian], Indian [Malayali, Bengali], English, remote Timorese, Malagasy, Indonesian, Chinese, Finnish, Swedish, and Swiss-French
Wepener, Orange Free State, South Africa
Joe Bataán
Musician
Father: Filipino · Mother: African-American
Spanish Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Johannes de Klerk
Politician
Afrikaner (Belgian [both Flemish and Walloon], Dutch, French, German, Swiss-French, Swiss-German), remote African (including Khoikhoi), Danish, Indian, Indonesian, and Malagasy
Burgersdorp, Cape Colony (now South Africa)
Jordan Clarkson
NBA · Athlete
Father: African-American * maternal grandmother – Filipino [Kapampangan]
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Josh Ho-Sang
Athlete
Father: African-Jamaican, Chinese · Mother: Chilean-Ashkenazi Jewish
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joséphine Jobert
Actor · Musician
Father: French, Sephardi Jewish, Spanish · Mother: Martiniquais, Spanish, African, and likely Chinese
Paris, France
Judith Hill
Musician
Father: African-American · Mother: Japanese
Los Angeles, California, United States