Daya Vaidya
Vaidya in 2016, photo by kathclick/www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Daya Vivian Vaidya
Place of Birth: Kathmandu, Nepal
Date of Birth: May 20, 1980
Ethnicity:
*father – Gujarati Indian
*maternal grandfather – Italian
*maternal grandmother – English, Irish, Scottish, German, distant French, Dutch, and Swiss-German
Daya Vaidya is a Nepalese-born American actress.
Daya is the daughter of Laura and Atul Vaidya. She moved to Oakland, California, with her family at the age of two. She is married to Don Wallace, with whom she has three children.
Daya’s father is pictured here. Daya’s mother is pictured here.
Daya’s paternal grandparents likely were Babubhai Pranjivan Vaidya (the son of Pranjivandas M. Vaidya) and Dayaben Babubhai “Daya” Dave. Daya’s grandfather Babubhai was born in Gujarat, India.
Daya’s maternal grandfather was Vincent J. Depaulo (the son of Sebastiano/Sebastian Depaulo/dePaolo and Carmela/Carmilla Ponticello). Vincent was born in New York, to Italian parents.
Daya’s maternal grandmother was Vivian/Vivienne Hughes (the daughter of Audney Frank Hughes and Etta Mae Pardue). Vivian was born in Indiana. Audney was born in Indiana, the son of James Henry Hughes and Alice Hutton. Etta was born in North Carolina, the daughter of Robert Lee Pardue and Nannie B. Atkins.
Sources: http://www.indiawest.com
Marriage record of Daya’s maternal grandparents, Vincent J. DePaulo/DePaolo and Vivian/Vivienne Hughes – https://www.familysearch.org
Please add Irish, Scottish, German, and distant French, Dutch, and Swiss-German to her mother’s ancestry.
Carmela –> Carmela Ponticello.
Etta was born in North Carolina, the daughter of Robert Lee Pardue and Nannie B. Atkins.
Marriage record of Daya’s maternal grandparents, Vincent J. DePaulo/DePaolo and Vivian/Vivienne Hughes – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D9JN-616Z
Daya’s maternal grandfather was named Vincent J. Depaulo (the son of Sebastiano Depaulo/dePaolo and Carmela). Vincent was born in New York. Sebastiano and Carmela were born in Italy.
Daya’s maternal grandmother was Vivian Hughes (the daughter of Audney Frank Hughes and Etta Mae Pardue). Vivian was born in Indiana. Audney was born in Indiana, the son of James Henry Hughes and Alice Hutton.
She is also said to have Spanish roots from her mother.