Venus Williams

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Birth Name: Venus Ebony Starr Williams

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: June 17, 1980

Ethnicity: African-American

Venus Williams is an American professional tennis player. She is 6′1″.

Venus is the daughter of tennis coaches Richard Williams and Oracene Price. She is one of five sisters, including Lyndrea, Yetunde (who died September 14, 2003), Isha, and fellow tennis player Serena Williams. She was raised a Jehovah’s Witness.

Venus’s paternal grandmother was named Julia Mae Williams.

Venus’s maternal grandfather was named Albert Price, Jr.

Venus’s maternal grandmother was named Ora Lee.

Source: Genealogy of Venus Williams (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com