Wentworth Miller
Miller in 2008, Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Wentworth Earl Miller III
Place of Birth: Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: June 2, 1972
Ethnicity:
*25% African-American
*25% Jamaican [African, as well as small amount of Scottish]
*25% Rusyn
*12.5% Lebanese
*12.5% Curaçaoan [mix of Dutch, French, Swedish, Hispanic, remote Polish]
Wentworth Miller is an American actor, model, screenwriter, and producer. He has starred on television’s Prison Break, playing Michael Scofield, as well as Dinotopia and The Flash/Legends of Tomorrow, and in the films The Human Stain, Underworld, Resident Evil: Afterlife, and The Loft. He also wrote Stoker and co-wrote The Disappointments Room, both horror-thriller films. He has used the pseudonym Ted Foulke.
Wentworth was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, to American parents, Roxann (Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher. His family moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, during his early years. He holds dual U.S. and U.K. citizenship.
Wentworth’s father is black, of Jamaican [African, and a small amount of Scottish] ancestry on one side and African-American ancestry on the other. Wentworth’s maternal grandfather’s father was from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, and was of Dutch, French, Swedish, Hispanic, and remote Polish, descent, and Wentworth’s maternal grandfather’s mother was of Lebanese ancestry. Wentworth’s maternal grandmother was the daughter of Rusyn parents.
Regarding his ancestry and his experience with racism, he has said:
My experience is that I find myself having to constantly define myself to others, day-in, day-out… My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn’t make, say, at my family reunion. It leaves a cut. Someone calls you “n______” and it’s like a knife to the gut. To be in that sort of situation it’s just a little nick, but you suffer enough nicks and you bleed to death just the same. So when that happens, you’re confronted with the quandary: do I stop the party, do I grind things to a halt?
Wentworth has mentioned that one of his paternal great-grandmothers was Jewish (which was also written in The New Yorker in 2003). However, Wentworth’s paternal grandfather’s mother was a Black Jamaican, while Wentworth’s paternal grandmother’s mother was an African-American from the Southern United States. Therefore, it is not clear if Wentworth has any documented Jewish ancestry. Similarly, Wentworth has also been described as having English, German, Cherokee Native American, and Russian roots. It is not clear if any of these lineages have been verified/documented.
Wentworth’s paternal grandfather was Wentworth Earl Miller (the son of Claudius/Claude Cephas Miller and Rhena Jane Newman). Wentworth’s grandfather was born in 1925 in New York, to parents who were emigrants from Jamaica. The family is listed as “Negro” (Black) on both the 1930 U.S. Census and the 1940 U.S. census. Claudius was the son of George Miller and Rebecca May. Rhena was the daughter of Richard Pearce/Pierce Newman and Georgiana McDonald Rose. Georgiana’s father, Wentworth’s great-great-great-grandfather, was Scottish.
Wentworth’s paternal grandmother was Pauline Pinkston (the daughter of Greene/Green Fort Pinkston and Penella/Pernella/Percilla Bertha Horne). Pauline was born, c. 1925, in Tennessee. Pauline and her parents are listed as “Negro” (Black) on the 1930 U.S. Census and the 1940 U.S. Census, and “Mulatto” on other censuses, as was common for most African-American families. Greene was a prominent doctor, and was born in Mississippi, the grandson of freed slaves; he was the son of Ritten Pinkston and Fannie Gresham. Wentworth’s great-grandmother Penella was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Jesse/Jessie Henry Horne and Alice Hill. Pauline Pinkston’s second husband was Chester Oden, Jr.
Wentworth’s maternal grandfather was Frederick William Palm (the son of Hendrik/Hendrick “Harry” Frederik Palm and Melekia/Malakia “Margaret” Sabah). Wentworth’s grandfather Frederick was born in New York. Hendrik was born, in 1894, in Willemstad, the capital city of the Caribbean island of Curaçao, the son of Frederick/Frederik Wilhelm Palm, a merchant, and of Maria Josefa Helena “Elene” Conquet, who was born in Santo Domingo. Hendrik’s family had lived on Curaçao for many generations. His ancestry was Dutch (like many people on this island), along with French, Swedish, Hispanic, and remote Polish, with a forebear who was born in Brazil, and who was likely ethnically Dutch. The Palm line originated in Sweden. Wentworth’s great-grandmother Melekia was born in New York. Her parents, Namaan/Naman/Nemen Sabah and Emiline/Emileen/Emily Saba, were emigrants from Beirut, Lebanon. Nemen was the son of Michael Sabah and Anesa Haddad. Emily was the daughter of Abraham Saba and Sada/Saadie Abositty/Abste. This makes Wentworth himself of one eighth Lebanese descent.
Wentworth’s maternal grandmother was Mildred Emiliya/Emilya “Millie” Hawaka (the daughter of Nicholas/Nicolas Hawaka and Florence Busczniewicz). Mildred was born in Pennsylvania. Nicholas was born in Austria, likely of Rusyn descent. Florence was Rusyn.
Sources: Genealogy of Wentworth Miller – https://www.geni.com
Wedding announcement of Wentworth’s parents (with a picture of Wentworth’s mother) – http://news.google.com
Wentworth’s paternal grandfather, Wentworth Earl Miller, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Wentworth’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Pinkston – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
Wentworth’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Pinkston, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Wentworth’s paternal great-grandparents, Greene/Green Fort Pinkston and Penella/Pernella/Percilla Bertha Horne, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Article, including picture, about Wentworth’s paternal great-grandfather, Greene/Green Fort Pinkston – http://www.commercialappeal.com
Picture of Greene Fort Pinkston – https://static.wixstatic.com
Wentworth’s paternal great-grandfather, Greene/Green Fort Pinkston, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Wentworth’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Ritten Pinkston and Fannie Gresham, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Wentworth’s paternal great-grandmother, Penella/Pernella/Percilla Bertha Horne, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Wentworth’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Jesse/Jessie Henry Horne – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Wentworth’s mother – http://www.myheritage.com
http://gw.geneanet.org
Death records of Wentworth’s maternal grandparents, Frederick William Palm and Mildred Emiliya/Emilya “Millie” (Hawaka) Palm – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Wentworth’s maternal grandfather, Frederick William Palm (with picture) – http://news.google.com
Genealogy of Wentworth’s maternal great-grandfather, Hendrik/Hendrick “Harry” Frederik Palm (in the island of Curaçao) – http://www.henkbeers.nl
Information about Wentworth’s Palm ancestors – http://dominicaanserepubliek.nlambassade.org
http://www.oocities.org
Death record of Wentworth’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Namaan/Naman/Nemen Sabah – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Wentworth’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Emiline/Emileen/Emily (Saba) Sabah – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Wentworth’s maternal great-great-great-grandfather, Abraham Saba – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Wentworth’s maternal great-great-great-grandmother, Sada/Saadie (Abositty/Abste) Saba – https://www.familysearch.org
Wentworth’s maternal grandmother, Mildred Emiliya/Emilya “Millie” Hawaka, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Wentworth’s maternal grandmother, Mildred Emiliya/Emilya “Millie” (Hawaka) Palm (with picture) – http://www.legacy.com
people who are 1/32 or 1/64 are mixed-race sorry. i’m 1/64japanese, and i’m part japanese White/Asian mix
sure a random person trying to push their opinions as facts would know better than the actual person about his ethnicity…. sure.. probably…
Why should I do such thing?
*lie
Hello follers
Do you remember the other night, when gottlob stated a jew would punch him/her in the face,for calling them black.In which I stated,it depends on which jews.The reason I said that,is because Africa was full of Jews.During the slave trade,they houses many west african jews in a place called Fort Judah,and ship them off.Now although these jews were shipped off,they managed to keep practicing their faith(both in the west indies and America).Now I’m not saying he has Jewish heritage,I’m just showing how it possible.Now although your rabbi only wants to accept certain Jews,those other groups have tested positive.
@fuzzybear
Are you going to answer my question or not? How much African-Black blood do “white americans” have on average? Of course not counting interracial marriages…
@follers
more inside-the-bubble stuff, huh?
@according to the sample groups,1/3 white americans are 2-20% black
These two are DNA experts:
James Watson 16%
http://www.damnedheretics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/MartinAmisandJamesWatson-230×300.jpg
Mark Shriver 11%
http://www.anthro.psu.edu/faculty_staff/images/shriver.jpg
other people:
Bliss Broyard 17%
http://www.frenchcreoles.com/Broyard_Bliss_head_300.jpg
Well you get the picture
This was to gottlob
“according to the sample groups”
Of course like everywhere else and the reason they say on average.
OK if I understood correctly, basically 33.3% of White Americans are 2 to 20% Black. Reasonable number but somehow I thought higher.
Thank you for answering my question.
@gottlob
your welcome and give it 40yrs,it will be much higher.Oh btw,does this look like a Afro to you?:
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k513/tlxlowe/hesire-scribedensist.jpg
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k513/tlxlowe/StelaofAbneb3rddynasty-1.jpg
Not trying to deny or be funny but that could be an Afro or simply a hat. But like I said I don’t have an agenda, simply here to share ideas. If Egyptians were black (I doubt) then so be it.
@gottlob
Ok fair enough
“I meant feel free to “continue” your rants…”
Rich coming from you that is all you do. Your above comment proves that. You cry and cry and cry until you get your way. You try to push your racist way of thinking/agenda, and try to past it as fact to protect white purity. Notice how I’m not going up to every European saying “there is no way he/she is black” or whatever ethnic mix. You are making yourself look like a deluded idiot pretending to know better than men of science. Especially when you know documentation is not 100% people can easily say so and so is white when in reality that person was black/mulatto. And there has been numerous stories to back me up.
Most Americans are mixed and everyone knows that. Whether they want to admit it or not.
So, you mean, 1/3 white people were eager to marry black? And what’s about stories of discrimination,segregation, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela? All lie?
@nnnnn
First it’s the dna Experts that are saying this.Now you don’t have to be married to have babies.Next mixed-blooded who could pass for full white have done so for generations.It was a way for a better life,it’s a common story.Look at Carol Channing,she knew nothing about her father being mixed.Also take a look at George Herriman:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuDihPPyPA/TUllkthvmyI/AAAAAAAAQKE/TYB3WF5XPyY/s1600/Herriman.jpg
now look at who he married:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/George_and_Mabel_Herriman_-_Wedding_-_1902-07-07.jpg
Things like this happen all the time
@NNNNN
I did reply to you,but it’s awaiting moderation.I was just an example of how mixed blood could easily pass over to the white side.Now as for :
(And what’s about stories of discrimination,segregation, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela?)
All that happen,but that didn’t stop the mixing.
to nnnnn
Eager to marry “whites” of Black African Decent. I explain how the cencus worked back then.. go read!
@NNNNN
Here’s another example gabrielle reece,who is mixed-blooded.Then look at her children,would you think they were anything other than pure white?
@follers
First I thought this was interesting:
http://forward.com/articles/140721/genes-tell-tale-of-jewish-ties-to-africa/
Are you saying you doubt they were Hebrew just because they were black?and why would they have to be converts?No one says anything about the Asian Jews,White ones go without saying,but the black have to be converts.That’s the same thing they said about the Lemba. Yet every test has confirmed their Jewish heritage.What I said above according to my research, were Spanish Jews fleeing the Inquisition,who in the 15th and 16th centuries, intermingled with the local west african communities ,and many of their descendants were the ones that were shipped out. Now some of the jews are converts like(Abayudaya in Uganda and the Jews of Rusape, Zimbabwe and of Sefwi Wiawso and Sefwi Sui in Ghana).However others that may be by blood,have converted to Islam or Christianity
Of course there are African Jews as well as Latin American Jews (by blood), not even I can deny that.
@gottlob
I Can’t deny that.However I not calling anybody black.I say heritage(as in saying you may have an ancestor or two),That doesn’t make you black. That’s the same as me having a white grandfather,doesn’t make me white,and I don’t take offense to having that bloodline.Which is what is confusing me about these other people.
My other comment is in moderation,don’t know why
No, he wouldn’t punch him, he would lawsuit him/her
Maybe, it’s a prejudice, but I think, lawsuit is more
probable, es punch, in that case
Wow….he’s just a mix. But then again, aren’t we all?
He has a middle-eastern nose n curly African-looking hair
Where do you see “Curly African Hair” on his head??? lol :) …Do you know what you just said?! lol :)
he has afro when he grows out his hair
he also has a nosejob
His nose is still not handsome. If he had a nose
job, how was his nose BEFORE?
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVR_y7ywTN0eKWU4i26bgJEsHBjvyfca3sk4quFsB0nReSYPuU
Now is even worse, es before