Daniel Adams-Ray

Birth Name: Daniel David John Adams-Ray

Place of Birth: Nairobi, Kenya

Date of Birth: 18 August, 1983

Ethnicity:
*father – Swedish, one quarter Gibraltarian [possibly Scottish]
*mother – Indonesian, possibly other

Daniel Adams-Ray is a Swedish rapper, singer, and fashion designer. He is also known as Big-Danne.

His father, Bill Adams-Ray, a doctor, is Swedish, and also has one quarter Gibraltarian [possibly Scottish], ancestry. His mother is from Indonesia. Daniel was born in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1996, he moved with his family to The Netherlands, and a year later to Lidingö, Sweden.

Daniel’s mother is sometimes described as Indonesian and Dutch. It is not clear if she is of Indonesian and Dutch ancestry or has dual citizenship. One article described his mother as “Dutch Indonesian Chinese.” It is not clear if this statement is accurate.

Daniel’s paternal grandfather was Jack Adams-Ray (born Johan Friedrich Edvard Adams-Ray, the son of Edward Adams-Ray and Dagmar Sandberg). Edward was born on Gibraltar, and is said to have been of Scottish descent. Dagmar was the daughter of Johan Sandberg och Selma Ferdinanda Vilhelmina Rosvall.

Daniel’s paternal grandmother was Anna-Lisa Larsson (the daughter of Erik Larsson and Ebba Åström).