Birth Name: Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 14, 1971
Ethnicity: African-American, distant English
Rhonda Ross Kendrick is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and public speaker. She is the daughter of singer and actress Diana Ross. Her legal father, who she was raised by, is music business manager Robert Ellis Silberstein. Her biological father is producer Berry Gordy.
Rhonda’s biological paternal grandparents were Berry Gordy (the son of Berry Gordy and Lucy Hellum) and Bertha Fuller. Rhonda’s grandparents Berry and Bertha were born in Georgia.
Rhonda’s maternal grandfather was Fred Earl Ross (the son of The Rev. William Edward “Ed” Ross and Ida D. J. W. Snead). Fred was born in West Virginia. William was born in Tennessee, the son of Frederick/Fred/Fredrick Ross and Hannah Varnell. Ida was born in Virginia.
Rhonda’s maternal grandmother was Ernestine Lillian Moten (the daughter of The Rev. M. William Moten and Isabella/Isabell/Bell Pruit/Pruitt Caldwell/Codwell Collins). Ernestine was born in Alabama. Rhonda’s great-grandfather The Rev. M. William was the son of Peter Moten. Isabella was the daughter of Hamp Caldwell and Cealia Jones.
Among Rhonda’s half-siblings are actress and model Tracee Ellis Ross and actor and musician Evan Ross, who are the children of Diana Ross, and musician Redfoo, who is the son of Berry Gordy. Her half-nephew and half-niece are musicians SkyBlu and Mahogany Lox. She is also a first cousin, once removed, of actress Bianca Lawson.
Rhonda is also a half-second cousin, once removed, of President Jimmy Carter. Rhonda is descended from President Carter’s (white) great-grandfather, James Thomas Gordy, from his relationship with a black woman, Esther Johnson (President Carter is descended from James’s white wife, Harriet Emily Helms). President Carter and music producer Berry Gordy are half-second cousins.
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