Miranda Rae Mayo
Place of Birth: Fresno, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 14, 1990
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*mother – English, German, Scottish, some Dutch
Miranda Rae Mayo is an American actress and model.
Miranda has stated:
I’m only half African-American, so only half the time I got the rhythm. The only half, you’re like… stop.
Miranda’s paternal grandfather was surnamed Mayo.
Miranda’s paternal grandmother was surnamed Neal.
Miranda’s maternal grandfather is Merrill James Langford (the son of Horace Fountain/Forrest Langford and Dorothy Madelyn Risse). Merrill was born in Nevada. Horace was born in Sonora, Mexico, to parents from Utah, James Harvey Langford, Jr. and Mary Lydia Bedford Jackson, whose parents were English. Dorothy was born in Washington, the daughter of William Ludwig Peter Risse, whose father was German and whose mother was the daughter of German parents, and of Florence Adelen Toothaker.
Miranda’s maternal grandmother is named Jennie Robinson.
Sources: Obituary of Miranda’s uncle (mother’s brother) – http://www.familysearch.org
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