Mariah Carey

Birth Name:

Mariah Carey

Birth Place:

Long Island, New York, USA

Birth Date:

March 27, 1970

Race or Ethnicity:

Irish, African, Venezuelan

The American singer was born to an Irish mother named Patricia Hickey and a father of Venezuelan and African heritage named Alfred Roy Carey. Mariah stated in an interview that her mother is a third generation Irish American.

She also mentioned on Lopez Tonight that she has a Venezuelan great grandmother on her father’s side. Unfortunately, her bi-racial family was the target of racial slurs and hostility while young Mariah was growing up.

Source:

1. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_8_37/ai_n27364315/
2. http://people.famouswhy.com/mariah_carey

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3. Tamia
4. Jennifer Beals
5. Dina Eastwood
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7. Grace Kelly
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9. El DeBarge
10. Chris Evans
11. Grady Sizemore
12. Parys Sylver
13. Carlos Pena, Jr.
14. Carey Mulligan
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