Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 29, 1970
Ethnicity:
*Scottish, French, English (father)
*African-American (mother)
China Forbes is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for being the lead singer for band Pink Martini. She is the daughter of Peggy Woodford and Donald Cameron Forbes. Her sister is writer, director, and producer Maya Forbes.
China’s father was white and China’s mother is black. China’s father had Scottish, French, and English ancestry. All of China’s maternal grandparents and great-grandparents were black.
A picture of China’s mother can be seen here.
China is a fifth cousin, once removed, of politician John Kerry. China’s paternal five times great-grandparents, The Rev. John Forbes and Dorothy Murray, were also John’s maternal four times great-grandparents. China is also related to singer Ed Droste, of the band Grizzly Bear.
China’s paternal grandparents were Gordon Donald Forbes (the son of Gerrit Forbes and Marthe De La Fruglaye) and Faith Fisher (the daughter of Richard Thornton Fisher and Georgina Paine). China’s great-grandfather Gerrit was the son of John Malcolm Forbes and Sarah Coffin Jones. Martha was French.
China’s maternal grandparents were Hackley Elbridge Woodford (the son of Thomas Elbridge Woodford and Bassie Agnes Hackley) and Mary Imogene Steele (the daughter of Percy Howard Steele and Mary Imogene Lavenia Waring).
Sources: Profile of China’s family – http://oztypewriter.blogspot.ca
Obituary of China’s paternal grandmother, Faith (Fisher) Forbes – http://www.legacy.com
China’s maternal grandfather, Hackley Elbridge Woodford, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
China’s maternal grandmother, Mary Imogene Steele, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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