Sean Paul

Paul in 2006, photo by Adam J. Sablich / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques

Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica

Date of Birth: 9 January, 1973

Ethnicity: Jamaican [African, as well as one eighth Sephardi Jewish, German, English, Chinese]

Sean Paul is a Jamaican recording artist, dancehall rapper, singer, record producer, and actor. His paternal great-grandfather was a Sephardi Jew (whose family was from Portugal, as well as more distantly from the Netherlands, Germany, Serbia, and France). His other ancestry includes Afro-Jamaican, German, English, and Chinese. Sean was raised Catholic.

Sean is married to Jamaican television host Jodi Stewart, with whom he has two children.

Sean’s paternal grandfather was Ronald Barrington Henriques (the son of Nathaniel Morais Henriques and Isabel/Isabelle Viola/Violet Eisner). Nathaniel was born in Kingston, to Sephardi Jewish parents, Isaac Cohen Henriques and Hannah Vaz. Isabel was the daughter of Carl August/Augustus Eisener/Eisner and Medora Jane Tomlinson, who had German, English, and likely Afro-Jamaican, ancestry.

Sean’s paternal grandmother was Marjorie Teresa Corbett (the daughter of Alfred Clarence Leonard Corbett and Ianthe Isabel Bawn). Marjorie was of African-Jamaican background. Alfred was the son of James Corbett and Mary E. Ianthe was the daughter of James Bawn.

Sources: http://www.ynet.co.il

Genealogy of Sean Paul (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

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52 Responses

  1. WestIndiangrl says:

    he is 10% jamaican Get your information right he is chinese jamaican,black jamaica & white jamaican his family has been in jamaica for over 300 years JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS ! v_v

  2. Capricious says:

    He’s sexy.

  3. ShawntheGod says:

    Looks like a quadroon.

  4. tinasheeeee says:

    I’ve always thought he was Jamaican & Puerto Rican since I was younger.

  5. ihatemostpeople says:

    I don’t really see the Chinese in him, but I wouldn’t doubt his Chinese ancestry. A lot of people don’t know this, but Jamaica is comprised of many different ethnic groups. There are Chinese Jamaicans and Indian Jamaicans. Most people think Jamaicans are just plain black. Yes, black Jamaicans are the majority, but there are a lot of non-black Jamaicans. AND the so-called black Jamaicans that live there could even be mixed with Chinese and Indian. Naomi Campbell and Tyson Beckford have Chinese ancestry. One wouldn’t think that by looking at them. I had a friend who had a Jamaican father and a French mother. When I first met her I thought she had some Asian in her, and sure enough she did from her father’s side. The funny thing is her dad looks predominantly black, but his mom was half Chinese and half black Jamaican. His daughter looks more Asian than him.

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