Mýa
Mýa in 2010, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Mýa Marie Harrison
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., U.S.
Date of Birth: October 10, 1979
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Italian (mother)
Mýa is an American recording artist, songwriter, dancer, producer, and actress. She made her debut with her self-titled album in 1998, and has appeared in the films Love for Sale, Penthouse, and Shall We Dance? She is known for her beautiful vocals and can dance various styles from Hip-Hop to Tap. She appeared on season nine of Dancing with the Stars. She is also known as My My, Mya-Re, Smoove Jones, and Mýa Lan$ky.
Mýa was born in Washington, D.C., to an African-American father, Sherman Alphonso Harrison, Jr., a musician, and a mother of Italian descent, Theresa Marie, who is an accountant. She has stated:
My mother’s mother is from Italy, right outside of Rome. My dad is African-American. His grandmother is American Indian.
Mýa’s paternal grandfather was Sherman Alphonso Harrison (the son of Sherman Catlett Harrison and Lou Ethel Ware). Mýa’s grandfather Sherman was born in Essex County, Virginia. Mýa’s great-grandfather Sherman was the son of Catlett Alfonso Harrison and Carrie Muse Holmes. Lou was the daughter of Willie Allie Ware and Julia A. Fortune.
Source: http://randb.about.com
Mýa’s paternal grandfather, Sherman Alphonso Harrison, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Mýa’s paternal great-grandfather, Sherman Catlett Harrison, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Mýa’s paternal great-grandmother, Lou Ethel (Ware) Harrison – http://www.legacy.com
So she’s an 1/8 Native American and the rest is Italian and Black? I just thought she was Cuban…
@Princess Cuban is not a race, there are mostly people of African descent living in Cuba and very little whites. Cuban whites are like 15%.
Cubans are mixed can be identified as white:
According to Cuba’s Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas ONE 2012 Census, the population was (11,167,325 ): 7,160,399 whites, 1,034,044 blacks and 2,972,882 mulattoes or mestizos.
Cubans are mixed and many can be identified as white*
Pretty Cuban girl.
She looks Indian..
She looks part Arabian or indian
Funny you should say that, my mother is biracial and people have mistaken her for being Indian as well but she’s not. She’s half black and half white. IDK why some ignorant people think that all mulattoes are going to look black. There’s no specific way to look mixed. A lot of mulattoes could pass as Indian and a lot can pass as Hispanic too. My brother’s ex-girlfriend looks like a Latina but she’s a mulatta. Stop being a dumbass!!
latino not a race and most latinos are mixed, and the term you used “mulata” is spanish word meaning mixed with black and white like a lot of latinos in the Caribbean.
She looks like the typical Guyanese girl
Lmfao bitch please she does not. She looks exactly what she is which is black and wife. Have a seat heffa!
white* I fucked that up, sorry I was typing too fast and didn’t catch that error.