Discover their roots.

Alex Garland

TV Personality

English, one eighth Lebanese, 1/16th Scottish, around 1/64th Afrikaner [Dutch, German, as well as remote Belgian, Indonesian, and Angolan]

Westminster, London, England, U.K.

Alice Krige

Actor

Father: Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Belgian, distant Swiss-German] · Mother: English, distant Irish

Upington, Cape Province, South Africa

Andrew Lincoln

Actor

English, smaller amounts of Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot], Scottish, and Irish

St. Pancras, London, England, U.K.

Andrew Mehrtens

Athlete · TV Personality

German (paternal grandfather), Scottish, English, Northern Irish, Irish

Durban, South Africa

Baby Queen

Musician

Scottish, English, one quarter Breton French, 1/16th Italian

Durban, South Africa

Basil Rathbone

Actor

English, smaller amounts of Irish and Scottish

Johannesburg, South African Republic

Candice Swanepoel

Model

Afrikaner, including Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Dutch, French Huguenot, and German, with very distant African [Angolan, Ethiopian], English, Malayali Indian, Sumbawa Indonesian, and Norwegian

Mooi River, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Caspar Lee

Actor · TV Personality

English, Irish, Dutch, possibly other

Westminster, London, England, U.K.

Charlene, Princess of Monaco

Athlete · Socialite

English, German, some Scottish and Irish, 1/16th Afrikaner [German, Dutch, French Huguenot, distant Danish, remote Malagasy, Indian, Indonesian, Angolan, and Khoikhoi]

Mater Dei Hospital, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

Christian Bale

Actor

English, smaller amounts of Cornish, Welsh, Irish, and Guernsey Channel Islander

Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Cressida Bonas

Actor · Model

English, distant Irish and Scottish, likely distant Welsh, remote French

Winchester, Hampshire, England, U.K.

Dan Smith

Musician

English, Scottish, possibly other

Wandsworth, London, England, U.K.

Dave Matthews

Actor · Musician

Irish, English, Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German], at least 1/64th African, including remote Angolan

Johannesburg, South Africa

David Pocock

Athlete · Politician

English, Scottish, Afrikaner [German, Dutch, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot]

Messina, Transvaal, South Africa

Derek Muller

TV Personality

British Isles [English, Scottish, Irish], Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Belgian, Danish, remote Austrian, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Polish, Luxembourgish, Bengali Indian, Indonesian, Timorese, Tamil, Khoisan, Malagasy, Angolan, Ethiopian, Beninese, Czech, Mauritian, Kenyan, other African]

Traralgon, Victoria, Australia

Elon Musk

TV Personality

English (mostly), along with Scottish, German/Swiss-German, and Afrikaner [French Huguenot, Dutch, German, Belgian, remote Swedish, Indonesian, Malaysian, and Bengali Indian], distant Welsh

Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Embeth Davidtz

Actor

Afrikaner/Dutch, French, English

Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.

Emma Corrin

Actor

English, Cornish, Irish, Scottish, Manx, Dutch, German, around 1/64th Italian, remote Belgian Flemish, Spanish, and Sephardi Jewish

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, U.K.

Emma Lahana

Actor

English, Greek, Jewish, possibly other

Auckland, New Zealand

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

Hugo Weaving

Actor

English, as well as one eighth Belgian [Walloon] and one sixteenth Manx/Isle of Man

Ibadan, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (now Nigeria)

J. M. Coetzee

Afrikaner [Dutch, French, German, Belgian Flemish], Portuguese, one eighth Polish, English, Irish, as well as 1/256th Tamil Indian, 1/1024 Malagasy, remote Danish and Finnish

Cape Town, South Africa

J. R. R. Tolkien

English, as well as 1/16th German

Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now South Africa)

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

Joel Stransky

Athlete

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: English

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa