Lynda Carter
Carter in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Linda Jean Córdova Carter
Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 24, 1951
Ethnicity:
*father – English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
*mother – Mexican/Spanish
Lynda Carter is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and model. She was crowned Miss World USA 1972. She is famous for her role as Wonder Woman in the 1970s television series.
Lynda is the daughter of Juanita (Cordova) and Colby Carl Carter. Her father had English, German, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry, and her mother was of Mexican/Spanish-Mexican descent. Lynda is not able to speak Spanish fluently but can understand the language.
Lynda was married to business executive and lawyer Robert A. Altman, until his death, with whom she has two children.
Lynda’s paternal grandfather was Elijah Vincent Carter (the son of Marion Vincent Carter and Jennie Throughmann). Elijah was born in Illinois. Marion was the son of Isaac Carter and Sarah Jane Foreman.
Lynda’s paternal grandmother was named Doris Moss Slightam. Doris was born in Derbyshire, England.
She has stated:
I grew up in a house filled with music. My mother, who is of Mexican and Spanish descent, used to sing to my English-Irish father, and between the two of them I was introduced to a diverse array of music…
Source: http://www.wonderland-site.com
You’re right Ethnic. Her father is of English and Irish descent. This is in Lynda’s own words. “I grew up in a house filled with music. My mother, who is of Mexican and Spanish descent, used to sing to my English-Irish father, and between the two of them I was introduced to a diverse array of music, ranging from country to blues to classical. I was encouraged to sing since I spoke my first word, and I’ve sung every day of my life since then. And not just in the shower, either!”
http://www.lyndacarter.com/lyndaherstory.html
It has been stated since the 1970’s that Colby Carter is Irish!
Another source that says her father is of Irish descent.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004812/bio
Carter is an English name, perhaps she could be part English and irish??
Hi Ethnic – The name can be of English or Irish origin.
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Carter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_%28name%29
Anyway you can’t always go by names in the British Isles because the populations moved around. The Carters went to Ireland in the Norman times . Here is an entry about an Irish politician called Thomas Carter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carter_%28Irish_politician%29
Here on a genealogy site it states that Lynda’s father is of Irish descent. http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/lcarter/index.html
In many places it says that her father is of Irish descent. It this an error? There are many sources that list this. This is a recent one.
http://55plusmag.us/articles/6-english/107-the-wonder-of-a-woman.html
Are jews white bread? History would say not. The hebrew tribes were
conquered, pillaged and raped through out history. If you’re proud of your history you should be proud of the black people in your gene pool.
What has that got to do with Lynda Carter? Or do you just go to random comment sections and post random drivel?