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
Quite a mixture in this guy.
yes angie may have almost full european blood such as Slovak ,German, French Canadian. But she also has Iroquois. Iroquois is a native indian tribe from the border of america and canada.
That is why her eyes are very asian like. Native indians have mysterious eyes same as hawaiians, french polynesians and malyo polynesians.
Asian people are very beautiful. Megan fox has beautiful blue eyes because of the european blood. However they are asian like to. Same as Cameron Diaz, she is latin and Cherokee indian.
Im the same. I look european. But I get mistaken all the time for looking latin, east european.
But I am very much from New Zealand. With indigenous blood. I am proud of my heritage
Well I am indigenous polynesian (similar to native american), french, irish, (thank god no english) sweedish and russian. I to look like them. Mexican women are very beautiful so does brazilan men and woman. That mario lopez…wow he is handsome. There are a lot of very good looking mexican and latin men and women. I know, I have been to South america.
There are more ugly american people with anglo blood then there are in mexico and south america. Jessica alba is half mexican and she is very beautiful, so is Selma Hayek, Lynda Carter(wonder woman), And dont forget that MISS UNIVERSE 2010 jimena navarrete won.
There are a lot of very beautiful mexican people.
well its cool your part polynesian,so am i aswell,but polynesian are not related to native americans,but i get what your saying where someone could probably think they was but are not tho
Yes there are..they’re hOt ! haa
She has definately got native american blood. all the beautiful people have native american blood, cameron diaz (Cherokee), Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Johnny depp, Myley Cyrus, Beyonce. You can tell by there eyes. the eyes look a bit asian.
To Tash:you didn’t change what you copied for the ladies,because you miller a she to
Meant to say you have miller down as a girl to
Not really (angie is full euro, as for cameron,megan,& myley) it’s the predominately European blood that makes them beautiful. They only have 1/8 indn blood or less and u can’t tell! or else they would look like mexicans.
ugh “eyes look a bit asian”
FYI they are called almond eyes for euros and many europeans have them like Milla Jovovich (serbian/russian) she example of ultimate gorgeousness. The fashion modeling industry is full of Central and Eastern european girls not American/anglo girls are ugly and fat unless they resemble central/eastern girls like that american Karlie Kloss =P
Mila Jovovich is russian and Montenegrin blood. But Montenegrins have very dark features. Beautiful people. They have good features to. However, Russia and Asia are very close to each other. There are a lot of blonde hair, blue eyed asian people there. Russians also have Mongoloid/Asian genes. Because of the russian conquest that took some of asia.
Some Russians may have Asiatic genes from Kipchaks, Mongols
I have baltic, slavic blood as well and offcourse some asian blood. Its great because no body knows where I come. But these Angelina jolie does have asian looking eyes.
Montenegrin blood also have asiatic/slavi genetics.
The Russian empire covered vast expanses of geographic territory and encompassed many different ethnic groups: jews, mongols, cossacks, finns, estonians, uzbeks, tatars etc.. Surely russians interbred with all of these ethnic groups.
That explains their almond eyes.
asiatic/slavi??? as if these two identical lol by slavi u mean slavs? Those are not asians.. the real slavic people are purely white.. those mixed folks from east and middel russia are just turkic tribes such udmurts, chuvashs, tatars, kypchaks etcetc which by interbreeding with russians has borrowed from them some min or less light features.. (examples -tatars Marat Safin, Alsou (singer), Irina Shayk (model) or Boris Yeltzin -socalled russian with typical mongoloid features).. anyway, they are now considered as europeoids but actually nations mentioned above are still of asian/mongoloid descends and majority of them doesn’t look europeoid at all.
Megan Fox have 1/4(25%) indn blood not 1/8
Megan is like 2 or 3% N.A. Be realistic get over your hate toward Whites and accept they there are beautiful ones just like there are ugly and so in all skin colours. And don’t give me the crap theory that 1% or less makes you beautiful, sure
None of those people look Native American and none of them have almond shaped eyes. here is a pic of someone who actually has almond shaped eyes and she is Native American.
Irene Bedard
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1790876416/nm0065942
i look good …… at 67. many wandering what is my ethnicity and i have been taken for a greek, lebanese, indian, arabe, turck, french, italian, and more…. can you do better?
thats great. you dont a strong percentage of germanic/anglo blood then. You may have latin genes. (latin, Spanish, Portugese, Italian, Greek, French) or even arabic genetics. those people look young for ages. :)