Raven-Symoné
Raven-Symoné in 2011, Dfree/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 10, 1985
Ethnicity: African-American
Raven-Symoné, also known as Raven, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, executive producer, and director. Her roles include the films The Little Rascals, Dr. Dolittle, and its sequel; The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Fat Albert, College Road Trip, and Mighty Oak, television’s The Cosby Show, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, That’s So Raven, The Cheetah Girls, For One Night, and Raven’s Home, and as a co-host on The View.
She is the daughter of Lydia and Christopher Pearman. Her parents are both black. She was raised partly in Ossining, New York. Raven-Symoné is married to social media manager Miranda Maday.
Raven-Symoné’s paternal grandfather is the son of Oscar Cicero Pearman, Sr. and Vera Clyde Jones.
Raven-Symoné’s maternal grandfather was Julius Herbert Gaulden (the son of James Andra “Jim” Gaulden and Johnnie Lee Simpkins). Julius was born in Louisiana. Jim was the son of Andrew Gaulden and Mary Ann Colloin/Collins.
Raven-Symoné’s maternal grandmother is named Louise Moss. Louise was born in Louisiana.
Sources: Genealogy of Raven-Symoné – http://www.geni.com
Article about Raven-Symoné’s family – http://files.usgwarchives.net
all these comments are true about black ppl far as us being of native American descent or some white in us, it goes waaay back, I have a Rihanna shade of skin and my twin bro is chocolate like Michael Jordan, weird right? so i went on ancestory.com found out we have native american and white in us, wait and my grand father has blue eyes, it was confusing.
Raven is of Native American descent and probably white too.
To be African American is to have little bit of everything.
Essentially African American doesn’t mean being 100% African.
Almost 100% of African American have mixed ancestry, mainly White blood lines.
Chances are you will never bump into a African American person thats 100% African.
Most African-Americans are mixed with Native-American and are of “White” descent also.
shes has no white in her so shut the fuck up
Yes she does, don’t be in denial.
she looks white in her face, not skin color! i believe that you should be proud of who you are mixed or not! she took a dna test who knows if she’s native american(just saying). i’m russian, romanian, austrain german basque and native maerican and look colombian. you can never tell these days, so its a guess!
If funny when people say stuff like “she looks white in her face”
It reminds me of the Maury Povich when the mother is saying “you can tell the baby is his cause of his eye” then Maury says “YOU ARE NOT THE FATHER”.
Looks don’t count for much in the grand scheme of things.
Raven Symone has always struck me as an actress who would be well cast in the role of the (in)famous New Orleans voodoo high priestess, Marie Laveau.
I’m proud to be American. You have absolutely no idea how much freedom we have. I have an aunt who went to Egypt and when she came back she was DEPRESSED because of how that country is. I am PROUD to be an American. We have so many rights and we literally take it for granted. I’m glad I was born here. And we’re not just one color either. We’re made up of different colors and races, which is awesome.
I happen to be Irish, British, German, Native American, and Spanish. There also might be some Greek roots in there as well. And you know what? I am proud of who I am.
I didn’t include this in my first comment. I meant to.
I love Raven. She is so awesome. I loved her in The Cosby Show. :D
you not shit you just a asshole