Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo in 2014, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Shaffer Chimere Smith
Place of Birth: Camden, Arkansas, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 18, 1979
Ethnicity: African-American
Ne-Yo is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. He is also known as Gogo.
Ne-Yo is the son of Loraine and Wiley L. Smith, who were musicians. His parents are both black. He was raised partly in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is married to Crystal Renay Williams. Ne-Yo has seven children, including two with his former partner Monyetta Shaw; and three with Crystal.
A 23andMe DNA test whose results Ne-Yo displayed on his Twitter page stated that his genetic ancestry is:
*88.4% Sub-Saharan African
——–*87.3% West African
——–*0.8% Broadly Sub-Saharan African
——–*0.3% African Hunter-Gatherer
*10.1% European
——–*4.0% Broadly Northwestern European
——–*3.7% British & Irish
——–*1.2% French & German
——–*1.1% Broadly European
——–*0.1% Iberian
——–*0.1% Scandinavian
——–*0.1% Broadly Southern European
*0.4% East Asian & Native American
——–*0.4% Southeast Asian
Ne-Yo has sometimes stated that he has some degree of Chinese ancestry on his father’s side. Given his DNA test results, it is unlikely that he has any Chinese ancestry in at least the last 200 years.
Ne-Yo’s maternal grandfather’s surname is Parham. Ne-Yo’s grandfather’s brother, Bobby Parham, is a member of the band The Dramatic Force.
Ne-Yo’s maternal grandmother was named Rosie M.
Ne-Yo in 2008, photo by Adam J. Sablich / Shutterstock.com
If thats his mom Id agree that she doesnt look at all Chinese. hmm
She is clearly not half or even a quarter chinese.
i found a pic of Ne-Yo with his mother, who is half chinese !!!!
Check it out http://soulsummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ne-yo-mother-300×199.jpg
What is it with the whole, getting mad over ‘black’ people apparently dismissing their heritage? Apparently trying to look a nicer mix by lying? Is this just a typical American accusation or what? (I live in the UK, where naturally people are just as prejudice and ignorant, ..’confused’ as people seem by comments on this ‘site also, but not sure that i’d heard people accusing mixed race people who are predominatly black, of lying about being mixed race..)
His Grandfather was chinese on his mothers side? Assuming the Grandma is ‘black’ (i wont bother specifying) this would make his mother, mixed, Black(?) and Chinese.
More information on both his parents heritage would be better, but theoretically that would be right.
Think of it in a Maths sense, using fractions.
You are half of each of your parents DNA.. Half of your mother, half of your father. Therefore you will recieve half the heritage of each. If your parents have some of the same background, you add both halves together.
For example, M(Mother) F(Father)
M=1/2 Italian, 1/2Scottish (/2) + F=1/2 Italian, 1/2Spanish (/2) = Baby, 1/2 Italian, 1/4 Scottish, 1/4 Spanish
This is because you take half of each gene.. The child of this product would be half of the half Italian of the mother, which would make a quarter, then the same for the other.. Therefore they are 1/4 + 1/4 = 2/4 …Which is a half.
His *heritage* is mixed.
wow you can’t say he has “chinky” eyes, that’s racist. And so what if he’s black and chinese? he’s talented