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C. J. Wallace

May 15, 2018, 7:40 pm
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Birth Name: Christopher Jordan Wallace, Jr.

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 29, 1996

Ethnicity:
*Afro-Jamaican (father)
*African-American, European (mother)

C. J. Wallace is an American actor. He is the son of the rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (born Christopher George Latore Wallace) and singer Faith Evans.

His paternal grandparents are from Jamaica. His mother is of European (her own father) and African-American (her own mother) descent.

C. J.’s paternal grandparents are Selwyn George Latore, a politician, and Voletta Wallace.

C. J.’s maternal grandparents were Richard Swain and Helene Evans, a professional singer.

In her book autobiography (Keep the Faith: A Memoir, 2008), C. J.’s mother talks about her father, stating, “I’ve heard people mumble something about him being Italian but I don’t know for sure.”

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Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

June 3, 2018, 9:24 pm
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Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman – Point Foundation Honors Los Angeles 2016 Annual Gala – Beverly Hilton Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Sheri Determan / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Date of Birth: October 21, 1984

Ethnicity:
*Afro-Jamaican (biological father)
*likely English (biological mother)

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman is a Canadian actor and fashion model.

Jeffrey was adopted by a Canadian couple as an infant, and was raised in Rimbey, Alberta. Jeffrey’s biological brother is football player Cleyon Laing.

Jeffrey has stated:

My father is from Jamaica, my mother is from the UK, but I was adopted as an infant by a really wonderful family, in Alberta, Canada. What we refer to as, “Texas of the North”. So I was a mixed race child in a predominantly white environment.

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Karamo Brown

June 15, 2018, 7:47 pm
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Karamo Brown – “Gringo” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Regal LA LIVE Stadium 14, 1000 W Olympic Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Karamo Karega Brown

Place of Birth: Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 2, 1980

Ethnicity: Afro-Jamaican

Karamo Brown is an American television host, reality television personality, activist, and actor.

Karamo is the son of Charmaine Marie (Grant) and Henry I. Brown. Karamo’s parents are from Jamaica. Karamo has two children.

Karamo has stated:

I’m a single father of two boys and I love making and producing TV. I’m first generation American, both of my parents are Jamaican and I was a social worker for many years before transitioning into TV full time about four years ago.

Sources: Birth record of Karamo Brown – http://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Karamo’s parents – http://www.familysearch.org

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Claude Kelly

June 24, 2018, 7:32 pm
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Claude Kelly – 61st Annual BMI Pop Awards – Arrivals – Beverly Wilshire Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Emiley Schweich / PR Photos

Birth Name: Claude G. Kelly

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 28, 1980

Ethnicity: Afro-Jamaican

Claude Kelly is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer.

Claude’s parents are from Jamaica. Claude has said:

My Jamaican background definitely affects my writing… I’m so grateful for my heritage. Jamaica is a small island with a BIG personality. We are strong, courageous, bold, colorful, proud, emotional, hard working, and lovers of live. You can hear all of that in my music, I think.

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Michelle Hurd

July 5, 2018, 5:41 pm
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Michelle Hurd – 2016 PaleyFest Fall TV Preview – “Ash vs Evil Dead” TV Series – Arrivals – The Paley Center for Media – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 21, 1966

Ethnicity:
*Afro-Jamaican (father)
*English, Scottish, German (mother)

Michelle Hurd is an American actress.

Michelle is the daughter of Merlyn Sue (Purdy) and actor Hugh Hurd (born Hugh Lincoln Hurd). Michelle’s sisters are Denise and Adrienne, who is an actress and dancer. Michelle is married to actor Garret Dillahunt.

Michelle’s paternal grandparents were George Hurd and Eltis A. George and Eltis were born in Jamaica, and were of Afro-Jamaican descent.

Michelle’s maternal grandfather was Reuben/Rueben Edward Purdy (the son of Ruben Edward Purdy and Martha A. McEwen). Reuben was born in Iowa. Ruben was born in Iowa, the son of Mynard Purdy and Susannah Pribble. Martha was born in Iowa, the daughter of Zachariah McEwen and Talma Brown.

Michelle’s maternal grandmother was Cora Caroline Kuehn (the daughter of Martin Julius Kuehn and Emma Caroline Buesing). Cora was born in Minnesota. Martin was born in Wisconsin, the son of German parents, Christian Fredrick Kuehn and Anna Carolina Jacobs. Emma was born in Minnesota, to parents from Germany.

Sources: Michelle’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Michelle’s parents – http://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Michelle’s father – http://www.nytimes.com

Genealogy of Michelle’s mother (through her own brother, Max Allen Purdy) – http://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Michelle’s uncle (mother’s brother), Bobby Lee Purdy – http://www.frankfuneralhome.net

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Ella Mai

July 12, 2018, 10:50 pm
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DJ Mustard, Ella Mai – 2018 BET Awards – Arrivals – Microsoft Theatre, 777 Chick Hearn Court – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: November 3, 1994

Ethnicity: Afro-Jamaican, Irish

Ella Mai is a British singer and songwriter. She is known for her worldwide hit “Boo’d Up”.

Ella has Jamaican and Irish ancestry.

Source: Ethnicity of Ella Mai – https://www.capitalxtra.com

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Michelle Buteau

September 17, 2018, 8:25 pm
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Michelle Buteau – 6th Annual Logo NewNowNext Awards – Arrivals – The Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos

Birth Name: Michelle A. Buteau

Place of Birth: New Jersey, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 24, 1977

Ethnicity:
*African-Haitian, some Lebanese (father)
*French, African-Jamaican (mother)

Michelle Buteau is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and podcast host.

Michelle is the daughter of Marie Antoinette and Mitchel/Michel Buteau. Her father is from Haiti. Her mother is from Jamaica. They can be seen here. Michelle is married to Dutch photographer Gijs van der Most.

Michelle has said (at 1:36):

My mom’s from Jamaica and my dad’s from Haiti… my mom’s half-white, her dad was from France… my dad, from Haiti, you know, he’s got some Lebanese in him.

Source: http://michellebuteau.com

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Tyrone Nurse

November 20, 2018, 4:56 pm
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Birth Name: Tyrone Michael Nurse

Place of Birth: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 4 January, 1990

Ethnicity:
*English (father)
*African-Jamaican (mother)

Tyrone Nurse is a British boxer. His father is English and his mother is Jamaican.

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Protoje

December 10, 2018, 5:56 pm
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Protoje and Dub Akom – Musa Cascais Festival 2012 – Day 1 – Praia de Carcavelos – Carcavelos, Portugal – Photo Credit: Rui M. Leal / PR Photos

Birth Name: Oje Ben Ollivierre

Place of Birth: Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica

Date of Birth: June 14, 1981

Ethnicity:
*African-Vincentian (father)
*African-Jamaican (mother)

Protoje is a Grammy-nominated reggae singer and songwriter. He is the son of Lorna Bennett, a reggae singer from Jamaica, and Michael Ollivierre, from the island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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Oluniké Adeliyi

December 18, 2018, 5:13 am
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Gil Bellows, Olunike Adeliyi, Michael Eklund – “Errors of the Human Body” Los Angeles Special Screening – Arrivals – Arena Theater – Los Angeles, CA. USA – Photo Credit: DavidJLevin Photography / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Wendy Olunike Adeliyi

Place of Birth: Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: January 5, 1977

Ethnicity: Yoruba Nigerian, possibly African-Jamaican

Oluniké Adeliyi is a Canadian actress.

Oluniké has stated that she has Yoruba Nigerian ancestry. She is also said to have Jamaican ancestry.

Oluniké has a daughter.

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Liz Mitchell

January 13, 2019, 8:37 pm
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Boney M. Featuring Liz Mitchell – Festival ERP Remember Cascais 2012 – Day 2 – Hipodromo Manuel Possolo – Cascais, Portugal – Photo Credit: Rui M. Leal / PR Photos

Birth Name: Elizabeth Rebecca Mitchell

Place of Birth: Clarendon, Jamaica

Date of Birth: July 12, 1952

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Liz Mitchell is a Jamaican-born British singer. She was a member of the vocal group Boney M., along with Marcia Barrett, Bobby Farrell, and Maizie Williams.

Liz was born in Clarendon, Jamaica, and emigrated to London, England, with her family in 1963.

pic by prphotos

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Marcia Barrett

January 13, 2019, 8:40 pm
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Place of Birth: Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica

Date of Birth: October 14, 1948

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Marcia Barrett is a Jamaican-born British singer. She was a member of the vocal group Boney M., along with Bobby Farrell, Liz Mitchell, and Maizie Williams.

Marcia was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, and moved with her parents to Croydon, England, in 1963.

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Samantha J

January 13, 2019, 8:53 pm
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Birth Name: Samantha Gonsalves

Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica

Date of Birth: October 10, 1996

Ethnicity: Jamaican [African, Portuguese, Sephardi Jewish]

Samantha J is an Jamaican model, singer, and songwriter.

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Lashana Lynch

January 18, 2019, 12:09 am
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Lashana Lynch – “Septembers of Shiraz” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W Pico Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Lashana Rasheda Lynch

Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 27 November, 1987

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Lashana Lynch is a British actress.

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Skye Edwards

February 5, 2019, 6:11 pm
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Birth Name: Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards

Place of Birth: London, England

Date of Birth: 27 May, 1974

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Skye Edwards, sometimes simply Skye, is a British musician. She is known as the singer for electronic band Morcheeba, and for her solo career.

Skye is of Jamaican heritage. “Skye” is the acronym of her birth name, Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards.

Skye and her two sisters were fostered by an English couple.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/

Photo by Prphotos.com

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Leomie Anderson

March 1, 2019, 7:34 am
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02/18/2019 – Leomie Anderson – London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2019 – Naked Heart Foundation’s Fabulous Fund Fair – Arrivals – The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos

Birth Name: Leomie Jasmin Francis Anderson

Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: c. March 1993

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Leomie Anderson is a British model and designer.

Source http://www.vogue.it

Photo by Prphotos.com

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Liz Mitchell

January 13, 2019, 8:37 pm
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Boney M. Featuring Liz Mitchell – Festival ERP Remember Cascais 2012 – Day 2 – Hipodromo Manuel Possolo – Cascais, Portugal – Photo Credit: Rui M. Leal / PR Photos

Birth Name: Elizabeth Rebecca Mitchell

Place of Birth: Clarendon, Jamaica

Date of Birth: July 12, 1952

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Liz Mitchell is a Jamaican-born British singer. She was a member of the vocal group Boney M., along with Marcia Barrett, Bobby Farrell, and Maizie Williams.

Liz was born in Clarendon, Jamaica, and emigrated to London, England, with her family in 1963.

pic by prphotos

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Wayne Messam

March 16, 2019, 7:41 am
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Birth Name: Wayne Martin Messam

Place of Birth: South Bay, Florida, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 7, 1974

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Wayne Messam is an American politician and businessperson. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been Mayor of Miramar, Florida, since April 1, 2015.

His parents were Jamaican.

Wayne is married to Angela, with whom he has three children.

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Lashana Lynch

January 18, 2019, 12:09 am
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Lashana Lynch – “Septembers of Shiraz” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W Pico Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2016 – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Lashana Rasheda Lynch

Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 27 November, 1987

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Lashana Lynch is a British actress.

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Marcia Barrett

January 13, 2019, 8:40 pm
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Place of Birth: Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica

Date of Birth: October 14, 1948

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Marcia Barrett is a Jamaican-born British singer. She was a member of the vocal group Boney M., along with Bobby Farrell, Liz Mitchell, and Maizie Williams.

Marcia was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, and moved with her parents to Croydon, England, in 1963.

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