Paula Patton
Patton in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Paula Maxine Patton
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 5, 1975
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*mother – German, English, smaller amount of Dutch
Paula Patton is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Hitch, Idlewild, Déjà Vu (2006), Jumping the Broom, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, 2 Guns, Warcraft, and Sacrifice (2019).
Her father, Charles Patton, is black. Her mother, Joyce (Van Raden), who is white, has German, English, and at least 1/16th Dutch, ancestry. Paula has identified herself as Black. She has stated:
I find it [the term “biracial”] offensive. It’s a way for people to separate themselves from African-Americans… a way of saying ‘I’m better than that.’ I’m black because that’s the way the world sees me. People aren’t calling Barack Obama biracial. Most people think there’s a black president.
Paula has a son with her former husband, singer and songwriter Robin Thicke.
Paula’s maternal grandfather was Benjamin Alexander Van Raden, Jr. (the son of Benjamin Van Raden and Grace Read Alexander). Paula’s grandfather Benjamin was born in New York. Paula’s great-grandfather Benjamin was born in Nebraska, the son of Carl Edward Holeman Van Raden, whose father was Dutch and whose mother was German, and of Louisa Bergman, whose parents were German. Paula’s great-grandmother Grace was born in New York, and had English ancestry. Grace was the daughter of Robert Read Alexander and Laura Davis, who were from Massachusetts.
Sources: Genealogy of Paula’s maternal grandfather, Benjamin Alexander Van Raden, Jr. – https://www.wikitree.com
Obituary of Paula’s maternal grandfather, Benjamin Alexander Van Raden, Jr. – http://www.legacy.com
Marriage record of Paula’s maternal great-grandparents, Benjamin Van Raden and Grace Read Alexander – https://familysearch.org
Paula’s maternal great-grandfather, Benjamin Van Raden, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Paula’s maternal great-grandmother, Grace Read Alexander, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Paula’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Carl Edward Holeman Van Raden and Louisa Bergman, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
her facial features look fully Caucasian
I Was Looking At Numerous Pictures Of Paula Patton, And She Looks Multiracial. Not Just White And Black. She Has Asian Eyes. She Looks Like A Multiracial Brazilian That Is Mixed With 3 Or More Races.
She’s pretty and looks very white. I was surprised she’s half black bc she does notttt look it at all! And can someone pls tell why she married that ugly R&B wannabe!iilk
if she’s light brown how can she look white or black? or white and black ,she’s def not grey.In reality she comes from people of two different cultures of course but not two different races no one is racially mixed ..there is only one race which is the human race I’m sorry you got brainwashed and all life on earth all of this creation appears the way it does because we have a creator come on wakeup we’re all on earth and we’re all related so get over the it and pass the artificial line already .
Paula Patton’s father is half Native American. She stated this in an interview.
What interview is that book?
I wanna know to
She barely looks Black.
you have a problem you were saying ignorant things about some of the other celebs on here as well obviously she doesn’t look black because she’s brown. and if you’re talking about culture physical facial features and skin tone has nothing to do with culture or nationality ,so yeah .