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
@neiltennant
(she has green or hazel eyes thats impossible that she is only african American)
A black person can have light eyes without European help, it’s simply a mutation. Blue and green and whatever else eyes were around long before the pale skin mutation popped up( it’s just rare) in Africans.There are three to four causes for blue eyes in Africans, and only one cause is from European help.
Now that being said, when it comes to Raven she has European heritage.
Quote from her interview:
(I come from every continent in Africa(except one).Also I come from every continent in Europe)
Yes she did say every CONTINENT
Also, African American is a cultural identity. It is not a skin color, you can have other ethnicities in your bloodline(which on the average we do)
* According to Ancestry.com, the average African American is 65 percent sub-Saharan African, 29 percent European and 2 percent Native American.
* According to 23andme.com, the average African American is 75 percent sub-Saharan African, 22 percent European and only 0.6 percent Native American.
* According to Family Tree DNA.com, the average African American is 72.95 percent sub-Saharan African, 22.83 percent European and 1.7 percent Native American.
* According to National Geographic’s Genographic Project, the average African American is 80 percent sub-Saharan African, 19 percent European and 1 percent Native American.
* According to AfricanDNA, the average African American is 79 percent sub-Saharan African, 19 percent European and 2 percent Native American.
For example of some African Americans, all of whom come from the Southeasten part of the United States: http://i.imgur.com/9PdM0Hv.png
Sorry Percentages don’t determine what you are. I’m 87% African and 12% European and 1% Native American and I’m definitely Irish-American over African-American.
correction; her eyes are hazel (light brown) and her hair is virtually black (noirette) I think it should be listed
correction; her eyes are green (one eye grey/green the other green/hazel)
Both her eyes are brown with green but one might have slightly more green than the other. Or it could be the lighting.
http://thegrid10.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Raven-Symon-raven-symone-25575268-1410-2280.jpg
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20600000/Raven-Symon-raven-symone-20682464-807-938.jpg
wut the F, happened to her nose?
She looks East Indian or Black Arab
@Bobatu, actually NO she does not. With makeup and fake hair wigs, anyone in Hollywood can look mixed. She is BLACK period.
Well no, one of her parents is mixed.
Wow I just came to post the same thing. I thought she’d be mixed with Indian.
She looks Creole, and I believe she is.
She is so pretty!!!
I WANNA MARRY HER
PERFECT BLACK WOMAN
LOVE IT