Traci Bingham

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Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 13, 1968

Ethnicity: African-American

Traci Bingham is an American actress, model, and television personality. She is famous for playing Jordan Tate on the television show Baywatch.

Her parents, Hazel E. “Betty” (Owens) and Lafayette L. Bingham, Sr., are both black. Traci has stated that her father also has Italian and Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.

Traci is married to musician Robb Vallier.

Traci’s paternal grandfather was named George G. Bingham. George was born in Pennsylvania.

Traci’s paternal grandmother was named Ruth Elizabeth Gould. Ruth was born in Pennsylvania.

Source: Traci’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Curious about ethnicity

27 Responses

  1. M says:

    She’s probably mixed with white and Native American, maybe Asian.

  2. WTF says:

    OMG y’all dumbasses got her ethnicity WRONG. I typed in “Traci Bingham ethnicity” and got this shit: Bingham was born in North Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1968, to a librarian mother and an aircraft technician father. Her mother is African American and her father is of Wampanoag Native American and Italian descent.

    • WTF says:

      She isn’t just black. Dumbasses. Why is it listed only as “African American”. She’s mixed not black. Stop claiming mixed people as black, dumb niggas!!!

      • follers says:

        Thanks to Writer_278’s help, the text clearly and blatantly states, “Her parents, Hazel E. “Betty” (Owens) and Lafayette L. Bingham, Sr., are both black. Traci has stated that her father also has Italian and Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.”

        Then the text names Bingham’s paternal grandparents and includes a link to her father’s entry on the census, which lists him and his parents as black.

        If I can write this in a way that would be any more clear and explicit, please tell me what that is.

        For the record, it’s probably the first time I’ve been called a “dumb n–ga”.

      • midori29 says:

        @WTF most people have stated that Tracy Bingham was lying about her Italian ancestry and is just African American black

        • xoxo says:

          I highly doubt she’s lying. She looks mixed, not fully black.

          • midori29 says:

            @Xoxo she looks black to me. Blacks and black Africans are the Most diverse looking race on earth. Looking black means thousands of different looks, skin tones and hair textures. There are alot of anti black racists on this site unfortunately and people with self hatred issues who are mixed themselves. You’re just projecting your insecurities. To many people ALL pretty black women look mixed . Sad

          • andrew says:

            you are not black

      • midori29 says:

        @WTF, Tracy was lying about and admixtures as many women in black Hollywood do.

  3. noneofyourbusiness says:

    She looks like she belongs on RuPaul’s Drag Race.

  4. Writer_278 says:

    “Correction”- Bingham is of African American descent. I have found an obituary record of her brother LaFayette, as well as census records which document both of her parents as African Americans.

    Traci’s Father in the 1940 census:

    http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Massachusetts/Lafayette-Bingham_39p437

    Traci’s Brother’s obituary:

    http://www.bostonherald.com/2007/04/lafayette_l_bingham

  5. odessa says:

    She looks different from when she was in Baywatch.

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