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
..ethnicity mix epeople are beautiful but also still get discriminated..pure people comment..where did u see anyone pure of breed that look good..the only one I see are the one that look like hobo and ghetto people..trailer trash..forest living trash..
Hi VACHA, do you have a link?
thanks
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She’s also mixed with Native American too..
I love Mya!! She’s beautiful, talented and can dance her AZZ off!!
your all idiots. does it matter whether she’s african american or afro-jamaican? she was born in DC! besides all black people this side of the hemisphere aren’t even indiginous. like jamaica popped out of the water with black poeple on it hahaha. they were all slaves. soblack is black regardless of what prefixes it. besides shes not even jamaican.
WORLDLY BEAUTY
Mya (a.k.a. Mya Harrison) plays nightclub singer Lola Martinez in Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, but in real life, the beauty says she’s of Italian, African-American and Native American descent. “My mother’s mother is from Italy, right outside of Rome. My dad is African-American. His grandmother is American Indian,” she says.