Tamia
Tamia in 2013, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Tamia Marilyn Washington
Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: May 9, 1975
Ethnicity:
*father – French-Canadian
*mother – African-Canadian/African-American, distant German
Tamia is a Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, and actress.
Her father was French-Canadian and her mother, Barbara Washington, is black. Her father left before she was born. Tamia is married to American professional basketball player Grant Hill, with whom she has two children.
Tamia’s maternal grandmother was Marylin Isabel Washington (the daughter of Charles Washington and Beulah Walls). Charles was the son of Lewis Washington and Maude Gross. Beulah was the daughter of John William Henry Walls and Cora Matilda Shreve.
Her four times great-grandparents were Jane and John Freeman Walls, who were involved in the Underground Railroad in Puce, now Lakeshore, Ontario, Canada.
Her five times great-grandfather was Abraham D. Shadd, an abolitionist and civil rights activist, who moved to Ontario from the U.S. He was the son of a German father from Hesse-Cassel, a Hessian soldier, and an African-American mother. Tamia’s great-great-great-great-great-aunt was anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer Mary Ann Shadd.
French with the surname Washington? She must have other ancestry beside French Canadian on her dad’s side.
”Her father left before she was born.”
Washington is likely her mother’s last name.
Yes, her mother’s name was Barbara Washington.
That said, has she ever said anything about her father’s background, let alone his ethnicity?
I don’t know. Can’t find her saying it.
Tamia’s maternal grandmother was Marylin Isabel Washington (the daughter of Charles Washington and Beulah Walls). Charles was the son of Lewis Washington and Maude Gross. Beulah was the daughter of John William Henry Walls and Cora Matilda Shreve.
She’s descended from John Freeman Walls and his wife Jane. They’re her 4th-great-grandparents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Freeman_Walls_Historic_Site
Also descended from Abraham Doras Shadd through Cora Shreve (he’s her 5th-great-grandfather)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_D._Shadd
link http://ethnicelebs.com/grant-hill
SHE SO PRETTY I WOULDNT OF GUEST SHE ALL THAT