sobe
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Post by sobe on May 9, 2005 5:21:35 GMT -4
I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty confident that he's 100% Greek. He has a brother named Gus. That's pretty Greek. Actually, I googled "Pete Sampras Greek" and several bios say that he's the third child of greek immigrants.
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veronicamars
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Post by veronicamars on May 9, 2005 11:56:05 GMT -4
Mariah goes by her mother's last name, I believe and her Venezuelan heritage has been mentioned oodles of times.
What is Tom Morello, formerly of Rage Against the Machine.
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Deleted
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2005 16:06:33 GMT -4
His dad is first generation American, born from Greek parents; his mom is a Greek immigrant. So, sobe is right, 100% Greek. His brother is Gus, his sisters are Stella and Marion.
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SApril
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Post by SApril on May 9, 2005 20:42:05 GMT -4
re: Mariah
When her grandfather immigrated to the US, he changed his name from Nunez to Carey. I believe Mariah said he was 12 years old when he left Venezuela. Carey is her father's last name, not her mother's.
Mariah went over to Venezuela in 1999. There was a show that supposedly found her relatives. The little girl there looked exactly like Mariah.
From a 2003 interview with Latina magazine:
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veronicamars
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Post by veronicamars on May 13, 2005 11:57:27 GMT -4
Also, what is the ancestry of the actress who plays Ruthie on 7th Heaven? She looks like a mixture of some kind.
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mimsie
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Post by mimsie on May 13, 2005 16:12:43 GMT -4
I just found out that Vin Diesel, whom I really don't like but I'll mention iit anyway, is bi-racial, being half African-American and half Italian American. That's from IMDB.
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ladymadonna
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Post by ladymadonna on May 14, 2005 0:58:28 GMT -4
I think "multiracialness" is WAY more common than we would all think.
I am of Scotch/Irish decent, so much so that you would claim incest at some points (due to surnames, Mc married Mac and so on). Mr. ladymadonna is very German, in fact he has distant relatives who were Nazis.
We have three kids. The oldest looks like a Native American princess: Dark brown(straight) hair and eyes, tan complexion. My middle daughter looks like she is straight out of Irish Weekly: red hair, hazel eyes, freckles, very fair skin. My son is a towhead, dark-hazel eyes, medium skin tone.
They all resemble me much more than their dad, who has very light blue eyes and brown (now grey) hair. I have naturally dishwater blonde hair and VERY dark brown eyes.
The upshot of all of this is: no matter what ancestry my hubby and I claim, there is obviously some mixin' going on, because our kids each have very distinct coloring and characteristics. Incidentally, none of them have his prominent "Jewish" nose, instead, they have a mix between "Irish" noses and whatever else we may have buried in our respective ancestries. People tell us we have stunningly gorgeous kids, despite their being so different in their features. All this from two people who have pretty clear cut "racial" backgrounds.
Topic? This made my day:
re: Jack Johnson
Made me LMFAO! Dave Matthews was born in S. Africa (due to family circumstances, true), and most of his relatives live there, so..... multiracial? Perhaps.
Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead was part mexican, but looked completely "white".
I just think that any American whose family has been in this country for at least 100 years is multiracial at some point, which I realize isn't really the issue, but it's something to think about.
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Post by Coffeecakes on May 15, 2005 3:14:11 GMT -4
The little girl that plays Ruthie(Mackenzie Rosman) is supposedly mixed with Native American. I personally think she is mixed with black and is merely giving the classic explanation that she is ethnic looking because of Native American blood. I call bullshit. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found out that Ruthie was supposed to be the biological daughter of the Camdens. Bad casting choice there, if you ask me. Ruthie#1Ruthie#2With straightened hair
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soul
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Post by soul on May 16, 2005 4:28:11 GMT -4
LadyMadonna, I'm confused. Your husband is Jewish but his family were Nazis?
Message to Mariah: Your daddy's black, baby.
Message to Ruthie: Your real daddy's black, baby.
Regarding Mariah, at least, she is finally acknowledging that her pappy was black, according to SApril'spost.
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veronicamars
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Post by veronicamars on May 17, 2005 0:41:09 GMT -4
You know, now that I think about it, I'm not sure, but I don't think I have ever seen one bit of publicity on the girl who plays Ruthie. That alone says something.
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