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Explore the heritage, family histories, and connections of 18,574 people.
Rotimi
Actor · Musician · Model
Father: Yoruba Nigerian · Mother: Igbo Nigerian
Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Sade
Musician
Father: Yoruba Nigerian · Mother: English
Ibadan, Oyo State, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (now Nigeria)
Saffron
Actor · Musician
Father: English, one eighth Irish · Mother: Portuguese, Chinese, 1/32 Dutch
Lagos, Nigeria
Sarah-Jane Crawford
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Irish, African-Caribbean [including Nigerian, Beninese, and Togolese], possibly other
Lambeth, London, England
Sessilee Lopez
Model
African-American, African-Cape Verdean, some Portuguese, Spanish, and Spanish Creole, possibly Dominican Republic and Cuban
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Actor · Musician
Father: African-American · Mother: Jamaican [African, small amount of Scottish]
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.
Shirley Bassey
Musician
Father: Efik Nigerian · Mother: English
Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
Solange Knowles
Actor · Musician · Model
Father: African-American · Mother: Louisiana Creole, including African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish, Breton, and Belgian Walloon, remote Penobscot First Nations
Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Sunny Hostin
TV Personality
Father: African-American · Mother: Puerto Rican [Spanish, including Galician and Canarian, Taíno, African, some Sephardi Jewish]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Suzanne Malveaux
TV Personality
Louisiana Creole [African, French, as well as Spanish and Italian, distant Irish, at least 1/1024 Algonquin First Nations]
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.