Soledad O’Brien
O’Brien in 2011, lev radin / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: María de la Soledad Teresa O’Brien
Birth Place: St. James, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 19, 1966
Ethnicity:
*father – three quarters Irish, one quarter Scottish
*mother – Cuban [African, some Spanish, small amount of Indigenous]
Soledad O’Brien is an American broadcast journalist, executive producer, and philanthropist.
Soledad is the daughter of Estela Lucrecia (Marquetti y Mendieta) and Edward Ephram O’Brien. Her father is a white Australian, from Toowoomba, Queensland, of three quarters Irish and one quarter Scottish ancestry. Her mother, who is Cuban, is black, and was born in Havana. Soledad is not fluent in Spanish. Soledad is married to businessperson Bradford “Brad” Raymond, with whom she has four children.
Soleded’s Irish ancestry is from counties Cork and Clare.
A DNA test taken by the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2016) stated that Soledad’s genetic ancestry is:
*63.4% European
——–*34.5% British & Irish
——–*17.7% Broadly Northern European
——–*4.3% Iberian
——–*4.0% Broadly European
——–*2.9% Broadly Southern European
——–*<0.1% French & German
*32.4% Sub-Saharan African
——–*28.7% West African
——–*2.1% Broadly Sub-Saharan African
——–*1.5% Central & South African
*3.2% East Asian & Native American
——–*2.5% Native American
——–*0.6% Broadly East Asian & Native American
——–*0.1% Southeast Asian
——–*<0.1% Broadly East Asian
*0.9% No Match
*0.2% Middle Eastern & North African
Soledad’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Patrick O’Brien (the son of Patrick O’Brien and Ellen Fitzgerald). Thomas was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Irish parents. Patrick was born in Miltown Malbay, County Clare, the son of Anthony O’Brien and Mary Kinane. Ellen was born in Bantry, County Cork, the daughter of Michael Fitzgerald and Hannah Sullivan.
Soledad’s paternal grandmother was Muriel Wightman (the daughter of William Joseph Wightman and Maria Higgins). Muriel was born in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia. William was born in Yandilla, Queensland, to Scottish parents, William Hunter Wightman and Mary Wilson, William from Potterow, Edinburgh and Mary from Aberlemno, Angus. Soledad’s great-grandmother Maria was Irish, from County Limerick.
Soledad’s maternal grandfather was Nicolás/Nicholas Alberto Marquetti y Hernández (the son of Antonio Marquetti y Seranno and Juana de Lucrecia Hernández). Nicolás was born in Havana, Cuba.
Soledad’s maternal grandmother was Juana de las Luz Maria de la Caridad Mendieta y Arredondo (the daughter of Eduardo Mendieta and Maria Josefa Arrdedondo y Núñez).
O’Brien in 2007, photo credit: jasondrumsatl
A DNA test on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2019) found that Soledad has a common ancestor with comedian and television personality Stephen Colbert.
Sources: http://www.cnn.com
Genealogy of Soledad O’Brien – http://www.pbs.org
Genealogies of Soledad O’Brien (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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She’s made Cuban Latina very much
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soledad is wanna be black person but white when its convenient
i hate her pretentious ass
How would you know?
Whteva,
You don’t have to like her, but the fact that she is a Harvard Grad
speaks volumes in regards to her intellect. What’s your claim to fame.
By the way I am a fan.
I fell in love with her beauty years ago and really enjoyed her discussions on CNN. Then I got tired of her constantly reporting on one black topic after another. I believe it has sterotyped her for any other journalism topics in the future and will defintely hurt her overall career down the road. Sad but true.
She’s black what do you expect. There are news reporter of different races who constantly report their own race. Why is it when blacks report their own race it’s always something negative said. Jealousy.
How exactly is she black? Her dad is white. Make up ur mind people, either the father dictates the ethnicity or not. Obama is white then, correct, as his mother is white?