I was born in Kaiserslautern German and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. I am the oldest of 8 siblings. I started acting around age 15 and began my professional career at 19. My mum comes from Gary, Indiana and my dad from Jacksonville, Florida they met on a military
I identify myself as 50% Jamaican, 50% Ghanaian. Also, Black British; simply because my mixed mother also identifies herself as Black. I was born and raised in a predominantly white area in Essex. My family were one of the first non-white families to move there 30 odd years ago. My Mum is Jamaican a
My dad was born in Kingston, Jamaica. My mum was born in a village in Cambridgeshire. My dad was a fireman in the Royal Air Force and was stationed nearby. I grew up in various places in the UK as our family moved from one RAF camp to another. When I was too young to remember, we were stationed in C
I identify as being half Dutch and half Sri Lankan. My mother is from The Netherlands and my father is from Sri Lanka. They met in Colombo, Sri Lanka. I was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and I grew up in Colombo, Sri Lanka for the biggest part of my life. Just before turning 16, I moved to The Neth
I identify as a Czech-Syrian raised in Jamaican household. My step-dad is Jamaican, and my biological dad is Syrian. My mum is Czech. I was born in Brno, Czech Republic and was raised in Jamaica. My family and I moved to London in 2004. My mom often told me about my biological dad and where he came
I identify as mixed-race; UK & St Lucian if the world asks but just Brown to me. My mum is Irish-English born in England and my dad is St Lucian and came over here by boat when he was nine. The first recollection I have I was mixed is when I was probably about 6/7, one of the boys in my clas
When people ask for specifics, I say that my Mum’s White British, and that my Dad’s parents moved here from South Africa and are Indian, so I’m technically White/Indian. I’m not religious, and culturally I have little connection to my Indian heritage. Both my parents were born in England. My Dad’s p
I identify as a mixed Black woman. My Mom is German and Pennsylvania Dutch and my Dad is Black and Native American (Blackfoot tribe). From what I know, my parents grew up together in the same neighbourhood, dated in high school, and then got married. I grew up in a predominantly Black neighbourhood.
I see myself as a Surisevillana. My mother is from Surinam and my father is from Spain. They met in Spain. I grew up in Amsterdam. I recognised I was mixed-race later in life, when I was little I never thought about being a child of 2 different ethnicities but in Spain my grandma had to defend me be
I identify as White/Black mixed race, British, Irish and Grenadian. Both my parents are British born but with parents that have different nationalities. My mother’s parents are Grenadian, and my father has an Irish Father and British Mother I had always known I was mixed-race. My mother never made
I identify as Eurasian, Catholic & straight. Mama is from Belgium and Papa is from Hong Kong. Both of my parents have such love and respect for the other’s family and culture that they seamlessly combined their different traditions. As kids, it just meant we got to eat really good food and d
My Mum is half German and half South African. My biological Dad is Spanish and my other Dad is Dominican. I have been asked where I am from, I felt happy because it means people are interested in finding out things about others. I reply by explaining where my parents are from but that I've lived in
I identify as mixed-race; French, Mexican, Catholic & Heterosexual. My Mum is from Mexico and my Dad is from France. They met in Mexico when my Dad moved there for work when he was 25. I grew up in Shanghai, China and Seoul, South Korea. I only recognised I was mixed-race when I arrived in E
I'm a mixed-race woman from south London. I am of Russian, Indian and Caribbean descent. My mum is mixed-race, with her mum being Russian and Caribbean, and her dad being Indian, from the East Indies. My dad is White. Though I do not know much about him, my mum has spoken of him possibly having Span
I identify as mixed-race. I don’t affiliate with any religion but I am highly spiritual. My Mum is half Irish and half St. Vincent and my Dad is Jamaican. I would say I first identified and came to understand my mixed heritage when I was in secondary school so around the age of 13/14. I would always
My Mum is half-English, half-Swiss, and my Dad is from mainland China. I predominantly grew up in Cambridge, which is quite English but has a significant international population, but we visited Switzerland every summer as children. I also spent a few years of my childhood in Singapore, which is ver
I am from Epsom, which some people consider to be Greater London, but I definitely don’t. My parents are nurses, and I grew up in a loving home with an awesome twin sister. I’m a musician and a photographer and I work in education for a local authority. I’ve lived in London for the last 15 years or
I identify as a Surinamese-Dutch American, a Global Nomad and a White -Mixed (Irish, French, Dutch, Chinese, Indian) Atheist. My Mom is Suriname and my Dad is American. They met in Suriname on a blind date! As a diplomat’s daughter, I essentially grew up in 4 cultures at a time: American, Surinamese
My Dad is from an island called St Vincent. My Dads’ Mother & her family were of Indian descent. His Dad (my paternal Grandfather) was of mixed heritage (Native Carib & Portuguese / South American as well as some Scottish). My Mum was born in a small town called Narvik, just past the
My Mum is from Liverpool. My Dad was also from Liverpool but his Dad was from Ghana. Not sure where they met, but they were both teenagers when they met. I grew up in Liverpool, my maternal Grandparents raised me in a White Catholic household. I only recognised I was mixed-race recently. I didn’t kn