Amira McCarthy
McCarthy in 2014, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Amira Sallah McCarthy
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 2 February, 1996
Ethnicity:
*father – Irish, African-Jamaican
*mother – Gambian
Amira McCarthy is a British singer. She was a member of band Neon Jungle, along with Shereen Cutkelvin, Jessica Plummer, and Asami Zdrenka.
Her father is of half Irish and half Afro-Jamaican descent; her Irish family is from Cork. Her mother is from Gambia. A picture of Amira with some of her family members can be seen here.
Source: http://www.sundayworld.com
Afro-Gambian?
Is that like Euro-Swedish?
Correction:
*Irish, Afro-Jamaican (father)
*Gambian (mother)
http://www.sundayworld.com/entertainment/music/neon-jungle-star-amira-mccarthy-says-shes-keen-to-discover-her-roots
“My dad is half-Irish and his family are from Cork, so that’s where my surname comes from. I’ve never been to Cork because someone told me it was boring.”
Amira’s maternal grandmother: http://images.twistmagazine.com/uploads/images/file/23136/screen-shot-2015-09-23-at-3-28-31-pm.png?fit=crop&h=498&w=500