Stephen Curry
Curry and his daughter Riley Curry in 2015, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Wardell Stephen Curry II
Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 14, 1988
Ethnicity: African-American
Stephen Curry, also known as Steph Curry, is an American professional basketball player. A point guard, he plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is regarded as one of the greatest players ever. He is one of the record-setting Splash Brothers basketball duo, with Klay Thompson.
Stephen is the son of Sonya Alicia (Adams), a volleyball player and educator, and Dell Curry (Wardell Stephen Curry), an NBA player, who played with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, and Toronto Raptors. His brother is professional basketball player Seth Curry. He was raised mostly in Charlotte, North Carolina, also spending time in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, while his father played in those cities.
Stephen’s parents are both African-American. His grandparents are all African-American as well. Stephen is married to Canadian-born actress Ayesha Curry, with whom he has four children.
Stephen is sometimes described as having a Haitian maternal grandparent. This is not accurate.
Stephen’s paternal grandfather is named Wardell Curry (the son of Blanch Perline Curry).
Stephen’s paternal grandmother is named Juanita Marian/Marion Leitch/Gaines Casey (the daughter of Eugenia Marian Gaines).
Stephen’s maternal grandfather is Cleive Ester Adams (the son of Cleive Ester Adams and Bertha Blanche Arrington). Stephen’s great-grandfather Cleive was the son of Jonnie Lee Adams and Mattie Annie Taylor. Bertha possibly was the daughter of John Arrington and Ruby Tyree.
Stephen’s maternal grandmother is Candy Ann Wyms (the daughter of Walter Leonard Wyms and Evelyn Katherine Snell). Walter was the son of Judge Paul Wyms and Virginia Belle Hines. Evelyn was the daughter of Archie Newbern Snell and Gertrude Katherine Hubbard. A picture of Archie’s parents, Stephen’s great-great-great-grandparents Wesley Snell and Flora Etta DeHart, can be seen here.
Curry’s parents
A picture of Stephen with his wife and daughter can be seen here.
Sources: Marriage record of Stephen’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Family history of Stephen’s maternal grandmother, Candy Ann (Wyms) Adams – http://www.roanoke.com
Stephen’s maternal great-grandfather, Walter Leonard Wyms, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
his mom looks Creole and she could pass for white, his dad is an African-American (with some Caucasian in him)
I correct myself, she can’t pass for a fully European woman even though she has sizeable non-African ancestry
Quote(his mom looks Creole )
Creole come all different ways, don’t depend on stereotypical looks. They go from dark skin to white looking
I thought he’s half white. I mean, he has kind of green eyes. Whiter than my sorry ass…
LOL but both parent identify as A-A
And that means??? Obama identifies as Black and his mom is a White woman.
Both of his parents are of african desent, so hes not mixed, they would have to be of 2 different backgrounds.
Yes he IS mixed! How his parents identify themselves as doesn’t take anything away from the fact that he has European blood in him. He has green eyes and lighter skin than an average African American. If you do a genetics test on him it would clearly show that he’s mixed and I’m not talking about identity, I’m talking about what is in his blood and his phenotype.
I thought his mom was mix
Isn’t he a little white too? Cuz he seriously doesn’t look that much of a black guy except for his tan skin
Well both parents are African American but it appears that they both have some other heritage too. It could go back a few generations.
@laker Chic his hair texture is 100 percent sub-Saharan West African kinky