Tyra Banks
Banks in 2011, kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Tyra Lynne Banks
Place of Birth: Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 4, 1973
Ethnicity: African-American
Tyra Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, businessperson, actress, author, and singer. She was the host of The Tyra Banks Show from 2005 to 2010, created, and presented, the show America’s Next Top Model, and appeared in the films Coyote Ugly and Halloween: Resurrection, among other works. She is also known as BanX.
Her parents, Caroline (London) and Donald Banks, are both African-American. A picture of Tyra with her parents can be seen here.
Tyra has a son with her former partner, Norwegian photographer Erik Asla.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show America’s Next Top Model (2014) stated that Tyra’s genetic ancestry is:
*79% African
*14% British
*6% Native American
One of Tyra’s great-great-grandfathers was named Walter Taylor.
Tyra’s maternal grandfather possibly was Ernest London (the son of Edward London and Ophelia Christopher). Ernest was born in Louisiana. Edward was the son of Charles London and Maria. Ophelia was the daughter of Antoine/Antony Christopher and Susan West Duncan/Champ.
Tyra’s maternal grandmother was Florine B. Coleman (the daughter of Fletcher Coleman and Lucinda/Loucindy Wisner/Hampton). Florine was born in Texas. Fletcher was born in Texas, the son of Ezekle “Zeke”/Ezekiel Coleman and Julia Beasley.
Sources: Genealogical information on Tyra Banks – https://blogs.ancestry.com
her claiming black is no diff than u claiming white when in fact MANY white people are “mixed”
If Tyra is mixed, then all you tan white ppl are mixed with black and are just denying ur ancestry.
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how about we dont try to figure everyone out judging by there looks.’i am not my hair,i am not my skin i am the soul that lives within’india arie.whateva tyra is she is fricken beautiful.and lets face it it would be impossible to find a person in this world of one pure race and thats what makes the people of the world beautifull and diverse.
Get a grip people. There are very few pure breed individuals in the world. No matter where you go there has been the mixing of the races. Tyra like most black americans is of mixed breeding. Any group of people who’s ancestry is close to the eqautor is dark the hair texture varies. Whether it be the continent of Africa or South Amercia or Australia. Those of pure breed are dark. Those of mixed breeding can be from the brightest white to the darkest shoe and still be of mixed breeding. My grandmothers mother was bright and white but of mixed breeding. My grandmother and her sisters where dark as the night. My grandmothers brothers could past for white. I’m the color fo creamy peanut butter. I have a cousin who has a set of twins one is dark and the other is light. We are the coloured people of the world. Embrace who you are and keep it moving. I’m black and very proud. Have a Happy Prosperous Safe New Year.