5 Black Celebs You Probably Didn't Know Were Irish
5 Black Celebs You Probably Didn’t Know Were Irish
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The St. Patrick’s Day turn up is real for the Irish — but imagine being Black and Irish.
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Did you know these stars were Irish and Black?
Mariah Carey
MC’s grandparents are immigrants who hail from Cork.
Alicia Keys
Alicia is the daughter of an Irish-Italian mother.
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Obama’s roots have been traced back to Moneygall in County Offaly, Ireland in the 19th century.
The blockbuster star’s mom is of English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.
On January 12, 2016, O’Brien appeared on PBS’s TV genealogy program, Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Finding Your Roots and discovered her Irish roots/
5 Black Celebs You Probably Didn’t Know Were Irish was originally published on globalgrind.com
