Monica Raymund
Raymund in 2010, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 26, 1986
Ethnicity:
*father – English, Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – Dominican Republic
Monica Raymund is an American actress. She is known for her roles on the shows Lie to Me, The Good Wife, Chicago Fire, and Hightown.
Monica is the daughter of Sonia, who co-founded the Soulful Arts Dance Academy in St. Petersburg, and Steve Raymund, the retired CEO of Tech Data Corp., a distributor of computer components and software.
Her father, who is caucasian and from California, is of half English (from his own father) and half Ashkenazi Jewish (from his own mother) ancestry. Her mother is from the Dominican Republic. Monica was raised Jewish and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.
Monica has said:
My father is white & Jewish. My mother is brown & Dominican. I’m proud of my heritage on both sides. Their love inspired me. #UnityMovement
Monica’s paternal grandfather was Edward Charles Raymund (the son of William Bernard Raymond and Vera Pauline Maxson). Edward was born in California, and was a philanthropist and businessperson, who founded the family company Tech Data Corp., a multi-billion dollar corporation. Edward had English ancestry. William was the son of William Bernard Raymond and Ruby Z. Downs. Vera was the daughter of Charles Fremont Maxson and Mary Pearl Smith.
Monica’s paternal grandmother was Annette Leah Davidson (the daughter of Morris Davidson and Myrtle Spector). Annette was born in New York, to a Lithuanian Jewish father, from Vilnius County, and a Russian Jewish mother. Myrtle was the daughter of Abraham Spector, from Kiev, and of Ida.
Monica’s maternal grandmother is named Maria Lara.
Sources: http://www.tampabay.com
http://www.jewishpresspinellas.com
Genealogy of Monica Raymund (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Monica’s paternal grandfather, Edward Charles Raymund – http://www.legacy.com
Black people always want to claim everyone. Her mother is a mixed Dominican, not 100% black. Morons.
Right!!
Dominicans are not Africans or Haitians and Dominican is an ethnicity and I should know cause I’m Dominican haiti is not in dr Dominicans ethnicity is HISPANIC
Dominicans are not Hispanics they are black people that speak spanish just like hatians are black people that speak french it would be stupid to called hatians french just because they speak french,Get it! Its really not that hard
Dominicans are mulatto or triracial
Or Black or white… I am dominican and I am black. Get your facts right!
They are a mixture of native, black and white
Dominicans are Hispanic, idiot.
What do you think “Hispanic” means? A country that speaks Spanish. Therefore Dominicans are Hispanic. Their race (most are mixed, some are black) is irrelevant.
Dominicans aren’t black, they’re Latino. Like some Latinos they can be mixed with African, not all are. Just because DR is right next to Haiti doesn’t automatically mean they’re mixed with Haitian.
To Islander_Miss
I don’t know where you got the idea,that for a Dominican to have African blood,he/she has to be mixed with Haitian.Both sides of that island,have a very well documented history of slavery.With both sides stocking themselves with a continuous infusion of subjugated Africans, for centuries. Dominicans have African blood, because they have their own African ancestors,It has nothing to do with Haitians
The main thing with Haitians is,that they ran white people off their part of the island.While Dominicans invited white people by the boat load to theirs.
Wrong! Dominicans & Haitians ARE the same people. The entire island belonged to France initially. Too many Latinos want to get away from their African past. We all should do our research & face up to reality. If in doubt, get a DNA test & don’t be surprised at what you find.
Half and half Ricardo, right with the find your past and race greatly, but wrong when it comes to such fears, people are not afraid, racial eugenetics profilling that specify to a race that you are and no matter what that (which is why caucasians with black traits of 9 precent are caucasian), and Dominicans are diverse in three major groups of caucasian, negro, and aborigine, and Haitans are one mostly majority as negroid. Just as Argentina is majority Caucasian.
Dominicans are a mixture of black and hispanic
Latino is not a race
she’s biracial of black and white.
Jewish is a religion and ethnicity. Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews identify with each other and group together genetically most of the time. If Italian or whatever is considered a ethnic group, then surely Jewish can be as well.
ethnicity it just to be more clear about where you from.
Dominican isnt a race but it is a ethnicity. :))
precisely!
Judaism is an ethno religion. people can be Jewish ethnically