Eniko Parrish
Parrish in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Eniko Nadine Parrish
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 18, 1984
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*mother – Jamaican [Chinese, African]
Eniko Parrish is the wife of comedian, actor, writer, and producer Kevin Hart, with whom she has two children.
A picture of Eniko’s parents with Kevin can be seen here. A picture of Eniko with her father can be seen here.
Eniko’s maternal grandfather was Leslie Fong (the son of John Fong and Edith Francis/Frances Chin). Leslie was born in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of Chinese parents. John was the son of Edward Fong. Francis was the daughter of Charles Chin.
Eniko’s maternal grandmother is named Dorothy V. White. Dorothy is a black Jamaican.
Eniko’s paternal grandmother likely is named Viola G.
Sources: http://rollingout.com
http://www.vibe.com
Birth record of Eniko’s maternal grandfather, Leslie Fong – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eniko’s maternal great-grandparents, John Fong and Edith Francis/Frances Chin – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Eniko’s maternal great-grandfather, John Fong – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Eniko’s maternal great-grandmother, Edith Francis/Frances (Chin) Fong – https://www.familysearch.org
I thought she was part Japanese.
https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/starledger/name/annette-fong-obituary?pid=3027013
Diane Andrea Fong’s sister Annette Denise Fong’s obituary.
Annette’s parents are Leslie Fong and Dorothy.
Leslie Fong
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJ4-TXR
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XNSH-Q5S
Leslie Fong’s parents are John Fong and Edith Francis/Frances Chin who are both listed as Chinese.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KPBB-LD8
On John Fong’s death record it says his birthplace is China.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSP-WJZ6
Diane and Annette’s sister Michelle J Fong has an address in Kingston, Jamaica.
1/4 Chinese?
Nice find!
She’s 1/4th Chinese at least. Edith’s death record states her birthplace as China. So Leslie Fong was full blood Chinese. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSP-44W2
Also I think one of these could be Dorothy’s birth record.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XN6V-V24
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XN6V-P7S
On most records Dorothy’s middle name is listed as V. I don’t know where bablah found her middle name Virginia.
There’s a naturalization record of a Dorothy Virginia Fong in NJ, that was also born in september 1930.
According to Annette’s SSN application, Dorothy’s last name was White.
I think it should say Dorothy V. White, at least for now.
Interesting. There’s an ancestry tree of a Dorothy White Fong and a Leslie Fong. But Dorothy’s birth year is given as 1937 instead of 1930 and it states she died in Los Angeles.
@comrade
I think that’s supposed to be the same Dorothy, but maybe they confused her with a Dorothy Fong that was born in 1937 and lived in Sacramento, CA, because I doubt Eniko’s grandmother died outside Maryland (I found a facebook post by her cousin that confirms Dorothy died in 2017, just like the one in the ancestry tree).
On another note, I think her Parrish family is from Georgia. Possible relation to Richard Parrish and Jimmie Lee Fraizer.
Looks like if there is any Chinese, it is on her mother’s side.
Here is a picture of her husband with her mother and father:
https://www.instagram.com/p/r7vNt7qJWq/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=c512d8db-df8a-4db0-8380-a60e60c87217
One of her father:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtW9CpjEp3/
Her father’s name is Kevin Kenneth Parrish (1954 or 1955). His mother appears to be a Viola G. Parrish (1930 or 1931) and they appear to have been from Northern New Jersey.
Sharon L. Fillmore (1959) appears to be her mother. She also seems to originate in Northern New Jersey.
Her mother is Diane Fong. Sharon is her step-mother. I think Diane’s mother is named Dorothy Virginia.
Eniko’s full name is Eniko Nadine Parrish.
Oh, thanks for the correction on the mother.
That woman in arguably half Chinese.
is*