Cheryl Burke

Burke in 2011, DFree / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Cheryl Stephanie Burke

Place of Birth: San Mateo, California, United States

Date of Birth: May 3, 1984

Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – Filipino

Cheryl Burke is an American dancer, model, and television personality. She is known for appearing on Dancing with the Stars, as well as I Can Do That and Dance Moms.

Cheryl is the daughter of Rosario Charito and Stephen L. Burke. Her mother was born in Manila. In 2007, Cheryl won the Role Model Award at the 7th Annual Filipino American Library Gala.

A 23andMe DNA test whose results Cheryl displayed on YouTube stated that her genetic ancestry is:

*49.7% Ashkenazi Jewish
*49.4% Chinese & Southeast Asian
——–*49.4% Filipino & Austronesian
*0.9% Southern European
——–*0.6% Spanish & Portuguese
——–*0.3% Greek & Balkan

Cheryl also stated that her father had never met his own father. Her father had previously been described as being of Irish and Russian (likely meaning Russian Jewish) descent.

Cheryl’s maternal grandfather was named Braulio Ramos Bautista.

Cheryl’s maternal grandmother was named Rosario Ferinion Carrasco.

Sources: http://www.asiancemagazine.com

Genealogy of Cheryl Burke (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com

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17 Responses

  1. madman says:

    She is the daughter of Rosario C. (Bautista) and Stephen L. Burke. And she was born in San Mateo County, California, not San Francisco.

  2. cwm85 says:

    She’s beautiful. Asian women are so cute and attractive to me.

  3. Connerfromvine says:

    Do her eyes always look different from one another or is it just the pic?

  4. noneofyourbusiness says:

    She looks part black.

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