Maya Rudolph
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 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
Dr. Gates stated in that episode that her Southeast Asian ancestry was Malagasy.
She is one of these so-called biracials but is actually only 1/3 Subsaharan African.
Biracial,I don’t like using that word, but you guys insist on it. Okay saying someone is biracial is very tricky especially on this side of the hemisphere. That 31% is what she inherited, her brother Marc could have more. Dna is funny, you inherit 50% from each parent, but it’s no telling what 50% you get, it a crap shoot. No Biracial person going to be the same
He father is Jewish thus “biracial” is legit. Swallow it.
Clearly her mom isn’t just African American if Maya is only 31% European. Her mom is mixed race like Quincy Jones. 34% white.
Cleary neither one seem to understand what African American means, even though it’s been explained atleast a few dozen times
correvtion: neither one of you
The only person who doesnt understand African American is you. I’m obviously saying that her mother should be listed as biracial as well since she’s more mixed than her daughter
Maya’s mater0qnal great-grandmother looked white: https://minnieriperton.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/minnie-with-her-namesake-and-other-family-members/
@Multiethnicchick
Well clearly you don’t understand that African American is just our cultural name. It doesn’t tell you what our fully ancestry is. So when you people say a certain person is more than African American, we never said they weren’t. That’s why the definition says(partial or full African) which leaves room for other ancestral backgrounds. Which everyone knows African American have. So you suggesting her mother or whomever being listed as biracial is not something I’m debating against
@andrew
The grandma looks like what we call high yellow or yellow bone
Thank you.
and you are brainless :-(
No she isn’t ugly but you are an idiot :)