Maya Rudolph
Rudolph in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Maya Khabira Rudolph
Place of Birth: Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 27, 1972
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*African-American (mother)
Maya Rudolph is an American film and television actress and comedian. She has appeared in the films A Prairie Home Companion, Grown Ups, and Sisters (2015), and on Saturday Night Live.
She is the daughter of producer Richard James “Dick” Rudolph and soul and R&B singer Minnie Riperton (Minnie Julia Riperton). Maya’s mother died when Maya was seven years old. Maya’s father is Jewish, from a family from Lithuania, Russia, Germany, and Hungary. Maya’s mother was African-American.
Maya has four children with her partner, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2016) stated that Maya’s genetic ancestry is:
*67.3% Caucasian
——–*49.9% Ashkenazi [Jewish]
——–*7.3% Broadly Northern [European]
——–*6.5% British & Irish
——–*2.4% Broadly European
——–*0.8% Broadly Southern European
——–*0.4% Scandinavian
*31.8% Sub-Saharan African
——–*26.5% West African
——–*3.2% Central & South African
——–*2.1% Broadly Sub-Saharan African
*0.7% Southeast Asian
*0.2% Unassigned
Her Southeast Asian DNA link was evidently to Madagascar.
Maya’s paternal grandfather was Sidney J. “Sid” Rudolph (the son of Judel/Julius Abraham Rudashevsky/Rudashevski/Rudolph and Nellie Eliashof/Ellashof/Elishof). Sidney was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a philanthropist, and once owned all of the Wendy’s and Rudy’s restaurants in Miami-Dade County. Maya’s great-grandfather Judel was a Jewish emigrant, from Vilna, then in the Russian Empire, now Lithuania, the son of Yisroel David/Dovid Rudashevsky and Sora Gordon. He was a haberdasher, and helped found a large synagogue in Pittsburgh. Maya’s great-grandmother Nellie was born in Kovno, Lithuania, to Jewish parents, Samuel Eliashof and Hannah “Annie.”
Maya’s paternal grandmother was Muriel Eileen Neufeld (the daughter of Ralph Newfeld/Neufeld and Blanche/Blanch Edith Toffler). Muriel was born in Chicago, Illinois. Ralph’s father, Nathan Newfeld/Neufeld, was a Jewish emigrant from Germany. Ralph’s mother, Rebecca W. Wolf, was born in Louisiana, to Jewish parents from Germany. Blanche was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Hungarian Jewish parents, Alex Toffler and Meriam/Mary/Marie Toffler.
Maya’s maternal grandfather was Daniel Webster Riperton (the son of George Riperton and Molly/Mollie L. Grigsby). Daniel was born in Hustonville, Kentucky, and was African-American. George was the son of Henriette Lily Meaux, whose parents, John Black Meaux and Lucinda, were born into slavery in Kentucky; their owner freed them and his 59 other slaves upon his death. Molly was the daughter of James Grigsby, whose parents were also born into slavery, and of Delia Crow.
Maya’s maternal grandmother was Thelma Inez Matthews (the daughter of Chester/Ed A. Matthews and Elizabeth/Minnie “Bettie” Grundy). Thelma was born in Holmes County, Mississippi, and was African-American. Chester was the son of John Edward Matthews and Isabella McIntosh. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Grundy and Ella Smith.
Sources: http://news.google.com
Genealogy of Maya Rudolph – http://www.geni.com
Maya’s paternal grandfather, Sidney J. “Sid” Rudolph, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Maya’s paternal great-grandfather, Ralph Newfeld/Neufeld, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Maya Rudolph (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://i.imgur.com
Maternal family history of Maya Rudolph, from Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2016 – http://www.dailymail.co.uk
She reminds me of my mom. My mom is black and white, but consider herself just black. My mom’s biological mother was white mostly German or English descent and her dad was an Afro-Cuban.
Why would she pretend to be monoracial?
Sorry I made a mistake I meant fully white.
I thought she was fully black wow I am surprised.
O_o
No, you didn’t.
She is mulatto.
There’s not a single fully black person that looks like her. Do you even know what a black person looks like?
I grew up listening to Minnie Riperton and have her cds (and mp3s). I’m not sure that it matters that she was light-skinned..lol!
Minnie Riperton of ‘Loving You’ fame was quite light skinned.
No. Minnie was medium brown skinned not light skinned. She was about the same complexion as myself and I don’t consider myself light at all, just medium. She looked like the typical black women to me. I am fan of her music. I have listened to her music since I was a young child. She was amazingly talented!! I miss her so much.
Minnie Riperton definitely doesn’t look like the typical black woman. She looks at least 30% mixed and most black people in the states have 1/8-1/5 admixture.