Discover their roots.

Mercedes Scelba-Shorte

Actor · Model

Father: African-American · Mother: Italian/Sicilian, Irish

New Jersey, U.S.

Meredith Brooks

Musician

English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, one eighth Czech, one eighth Polish, as well as remote French

Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.

Meredith Hagner

Actor

Father: German, possibly other · Mother: Irish

New York City, New York, U.S.

Meredith Marakovits

TV Personality

Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, possibly other

Walnutport, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Meredith Salenger

Actor

Ashkenazi Jewish

Malibu, Los Angeles, California, United States

Meredith Vieira

TV Personality

Azorean Portuguese

Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

Merle Dandridge

Actor · Musician

Father: African-American · Mother: Korean, Japanese

Okinawa, Japan

Merle Oberon

Actor

English, Irish, Indian, Māori

Girgaum, Emmanuel, Bombay, British India (now Girgaon, Mumbai)

Merlin Olsen

Actor · Athlete

Father: Danish · Mother: English

Logan, Utah, U.S.

Merrell Twins

Actor · Musician · TV Personality

Father: German, some English and Irish · Mother: Mexican, Spanish, Portuguese, possibly Filipino

Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.

Merrick Garland

Ashkenazi Jewish

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Merrilee Rush

Musician

Father: German · Mother: Swedish

Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Merritt Patterson

Actor

Scottish, English

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Merritt Wever

Actor

English, some Scottish, other

Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

Merry Anders

Actor · Model

Father: Norwegian, possibly other · Mother: Swedish

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Merv Griffin

TV Personality

Irish, possibly some English

San Mateo, California, United States

Meryem Uzerli

Actor · Model

Turkish, German, one eighth Croatian

Kassel, West Germany (now Germany)

Meryl Streep

Actor

Father: German, including Swiss-German · Mother: English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, remote French and Swedish

Summit, New Jersey, U.S.

Mesut Özil

Athlete

Turkish

Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany)

Meta Golding

Actor

Father: publicly unknown · Mother: Haitian

India

Method Man

Actor · Musician

African-American

Hempstead, Long Island, New York, U.S.

Metro Boomin

Musician

African-American

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Mette Frederiksen

Politician

Danish

Aalborg, Denmark

Mette Towley

Actor

Father: Swedish (five eighths), one quarter British Isles [English, Irish], approx. one eighth Norwegian, remote German · Mother: African-American

Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota, United States

MF DOOM

Musician

Father: Xhosa Zimbabwean · Mother: African-Trinidadian, one quarter African-Barbadian

Hounslow, Middlesex, England, U.K.