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Birth Name: Maiara Kyilor Walsh
Birthplace: Washington State, USA
Date of Birth: 18 February 1988
Race or Ethnicity: Brazilian (possibly Mestizo) and Irish, German, Swedish American
Natural Eye Color: Blue
Maiara Walsh (born February 18, 1988) is a Brazilian American actress known for playing Ana Solis on the sixth season of the hit ABC show, Desperate Housewives, and as Meena Paroom on the Disney Channel sitcom Cory in the House.
Walsh was born in Washington State to a Brazilian mother and an Irish/German/Swedish American father. She speaks fluent Portuguese and she is proficient in Spanish. Maiara and her family moved to São Paulo, Brazil when she was two years old. At 11 she moved to Simi Valley, California to pursue her acting career.
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Yep im Irish and my mothers maiden name is Walsh it is an Irish second name.
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lol since when is full blooded brazilian native american lol. its more reffered either to full on portuguese or some mullato mix of white/black
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“full-blooded Brazilian” her mother is native american lol
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Walsh is really, really common around here, in Ireland. I can assure you it’s an Irish name. I have two friends with the surname, and know tonnes of others. :D
I always knew she had Brazilian in here, and Irish, but never knew about the Swedish and German.
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I thought she was BAHAVIAN from BAHAVIA lol just kidding
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Lol! Good one. (:
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Brazilian is not a ethnic group or a race it is a nationality. Her mother’s background is probably Portuguese Mestizo(Portuguese,NativeAmerican and possibly black).
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She was born to a full-blooded Brazilian mother and
Irish/German/Swedish father
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Is ethnic going to change the ethnicity on Maiara’s profile above or what?
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Can anyone here explain what Anglo means? Thanks a bunch.
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Anglo means English.
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Walsh is a very Irish surname. It’s not anglo at all
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Yeah ur probably right, but no websites state that shes half irish, they all say shes half american and half brazilian.
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I just think that with a surname like Walsh it’s more likely that she is half American-Irish as opposed to half American-English. Walsh (sometimes Walshe) is one of the most common Irish surnames … the only English people with Walsh as a surname would be of Irish descent
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