Etta James
James in 2003, Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Jamesetta Hawkins
Date of Birth: January 25, 1938
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Death: January 20, 2012
Place of Death: Riverside, California, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*father – likely Swiss
*mother – African-American
Etta James was an American singer.
Her mother, Dorothy Hawkins, was African-American. According to Etta, her biological father was Rudolf Wanderone, “Minnesota Fats,” a professional billiards player, who was the son of Swiss parents, Rudolf/Rudolph Walter Wanderone and Rosa/Rose Bergin/Burgin. Etta was raised in Watts, South Central Los Angeles.
Etta was married to Artis Mills, and had two children.
Sources: Genealogies of Etta James (focusing on Rudolf Wanderone’s ancestry) – https://www.geni.com
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She had Asian looks tho…..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Wanderone
She was African American and Swiss? I always thought of her as a big cheese in music.
I didn’t know she was biracial
She cr@zy