Aja Miyake-Mugler

Birth Name: Venus Nadya Oshun

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*father – African-American, some Nigerian
*mother – Puerto Rican [Indigenous: Taino/Arawak], African-American, Egyptian

Aja Miyake-Mugler, formrerly known as Aja LaBeija or better mononymously as Aja, is an American rapper, reality television personality, and drag queen best known for competing on the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and on the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.

She has stated that her mother is of Indigenous Taino/Arawak and Middle Eastern, specificially Egyptias descent. She has also said that her father is African-American, with Nigerian roots.

A DNA test whose results Aja displayed on her Twitter page stated that her genetic ancestry is:

*53% Sub-Saharan African
——–*27% Nigerian
——–*17% Cameroon, Congo & Southern Bantu Peoples
——–*7% Mali
——–*1% Senegal
——–*1% Benin & Togo
*35% European
——–*10% England, Wales & Northwestern Europe
——–*8% Portugal
——–*8% Spain
——–*3% France
——–*2% European Jewish
——–*1% Greece & the Balkans
——–*1% Italy
——–*1% Ireland & Scotland
——–*1% Eastern Europe & Russia
*7% Indigenous Americas
——–*4% Indigenous Puerto Rico
——–*1% Indigenous Americas-Colombia & Venezuela
——–*1% Indigenous Americas-Mexico
——–*1% Indigenous Eastern South America
*3% North African
——–3% Northern Africa

Sources: https://x.com (Taino/Arawak descent)
https://x.com (Middle Eastern descent)
https://x.com (Egyptian descent)