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Birth Name:
Tatyana Marisol Ali
Birth Place:
Long Island, New York, USA
Ethnicity:
Afro-Panamanian, Trini Indian.
The actress/singer most famous for appearing as Ashley Banks in the Television series, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, was born to a father of East Indian ancestry from Trinidad and Tobago named Sheriff Ali. Her mother, Sonia is of Afro-Panamanian heritage.
Panamanians are made up of predominantly mixed Amerindians and Spanish ethnicities otherwise referred to as Mestizo. Ali’s mother is said to be of West Indian heritage according to last.fm.
Ali speaks Spanish fluently and some Hindi.
Source:
http://www.last.fm/music/Tatyana+Ali
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I have also thought that she was very pretty as well. For some odd reason, I believed a rumor about her and Chilli being paternal sisters, for so long! And to find out that they weren’t was as disappointing as an innocent child finding out that mythical holiday characters don’t exist. All in all, she is beautiful and I think that she has blossomed so well. She and myself share some similar features. Pretty girl.
She was in the most recent magazine of Essence talking about being half afro-latina.
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