Rachael Ray
Ray in 2007, stocklight / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Glens Falls, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 25, 1968
Ethnicity: Sicilian Italian (maternal grandfather), English, French-Canadian/French, Welsh, Scottish, German
Rachael Ray is an American celebrity chef, television personality, writer, and businessperson.
She is the daughter of Elsa/Elsie and James Ray. Her maternal grandfather was Sicilian Italian, and her other ancestry includes English, French-Canadian/French, Scottish, German, and Welsh. Rachael is able to speak Italian, though it is not her mother tongue.
Rachael is married to John Cusimano, a lawyer and lead singer of the rock band The Cringe.
Rachael’s paternal grandfather was named Douglas T. Ray.
Rachael’s paternal grandmother was Esther Lewis (the daughter of Albert Raymond Lewis and Grace F. Cunningham). Esther was born in Illinois. Albert was the son of Walter Bryant Lewis and Annie C. Vetter, whose parents were German. Grace was the daughter of Barnett Cunningham and Lucy Mildred Grimsley.
Rachael’s maternal grandfather was named Emmanuel/Emanuel Scuderi. Emmanuel was Italian.
Rachael’s maternal grandmother was Christine Emma Stott (the daughter of Benjamin H. Stott/Stout and Elsie J. Laro). Christine was born in New York. Benjamin was the son of John Henry Stott and Jennie L. Norton. Elsie was the daughter of Edward Laro and Emma Daniels.
Sources: http://www.vanityfair.com
Rachael’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Rachael’s maternal grandmother, Christine Emma Stott, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Christine Emma Stott on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Rachael’s maternal great-grandparents, Benjamin H. Stott/Stout and Elsie J. Laro – https://familysearch.org
Every time Rachel Ray talks about her heritage she only mentions sicilian. I guess she does not recognize her father side French, Welsh, and scottish. It is called being prejuidice to yourself. Alot of people do this all the time. Say they are half Polish and half German they will only say they are German. In my family we are Irish, French Canadian and English German. The men only say Irish. It is very misleading and disrespectful because without the other sides of you in my case 50% non Irish I wouldn’t be here. So there is prejuidice among whites within themselves. I mean Halle Berry’s daughter is 75% white but yet she calls her daughter black. Prejuidice is prejuidice. I mean a prejudice white southerner made the 1 percent black rule and if you believe that ignorant racist then you are just like him.
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well we can only assume the child is 75% white,we don’t know the true makeup of both parents.I mean the father could be another one of those same self haters your talking about.However I don’t believe Halle hates her white half,because she is forever with her mother.Now I do understand what your saying,but that’s she chose to bring up her daughter,how she was brought up to think.From the new pics,she’s not whitish anymore,but that can change.Who knows how she will ID herself later.However what about the half blacks who only claim their white half like dinsel or jessica szohr who I heard myself say she was just hungarian
i thought she was like Spanish or Mexican or somethin’
yeah…I always thought she was mexican or spanish because she’s always cooking friggin tacos and nachos…lol. It’s like the actor that played the Mexican singer in La Bamba…..Lou Diamond Philips….Now I would have sworn he was Mexican or some sort of Latino …maybe a mixture of native american. He does have native american, but his father is of Scottish Irish descent and his mother is a proud filipina like you I guess…..I guess that’s where he gets his darker features…..but who would of thought….but then again I think a lot of filipinos could pass for hispanic since it was a colony of spain at one point.
She looks hispanic to me..
I agree lmao! :D
very nice food