My great grandfather came from Scotland to Brazil, George Gracie, from Dumfries. — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots. — Katharine Isabelle Copy Share Image
Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
My father is Croatian but went to school in Bosnia, and my mother's also Croatian but lived in Bosnia. — Ivan Rakitic Copy Share Image
I got family in the U.K. on my dad's side of the family. My grandfather's brother moved to the U.K. from Jamaica.… — Errol Spence Jr Copy Share Image
For more than two decades, I repeatedly voiced the mantra that — situated as we are virtually on the coastline of the… — Edward Seaga Copy Share Image
When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I was born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, but then spent some time in the Bahamas, where my parents moved to join my… — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa,… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
You know people exaggerate that all is wild in Jamaica. I think that sometimes people fire a shot to try to make… — Michael Manley Copy Share Image
Dancehall has always had a homophobic problem, but you go to dance parties in Jamaica, and some of the biggest dancers are… — Diplo Copy Share Image
So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I grew up in Senegal but I was born in St. Louis. My mom and pop made sure we were all born… — Akon Copy Share Image
My parents, Santos and Lupe Padilla, immigrated separately from Mexico and met in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. It was love… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
My mother was an O'Kane from Swatragh in County Derry. My father had a Donegal background. I came into the world when… — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
“I Write books for the little girl in the adult woman who some man told she was not good enough. Let us… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
Jamaica is kind of similar to Miami, but to go from there to Miami, and then Miami to L.A., it's crazy. — Sean Kingston Copy Share Image
When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Today, Jamaica is known because of just one man - Usain Bolt. Not many Indians have managed to reach the finals of… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
My uncle's the archbishop of Jamaica. It is a very Catholic family. There was no monkey business going on. — Michelle Buteau Copy Share Image
As athletes, we sit and think, when international media or whoever make judgments or statements about Jamaica, 'Why aren't members of our… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
Being born in Jamaica, race was never an issue. It was always about the type of person I wanted to be, not… — Tessanne Chin Copy Share Image
We need our children in Jamaica - especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy - to get more attention. — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
My mother was related to four of Jamaica's oldest families, and to say merely that she was out of the top drawer… — Lady Colin Campbell Copy Share Image
My immediate family are from the West Indies - from Trinidad and Grenada - and I have relatives all over the Caribbean. — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
I have always loved doing accents. I have lived with my parents in a number of countries, including Italy and Jamaica. — Sarita Choudhury Copy Share Image
I was born in Senegal in 1996. My mom moved to New York when I was two years old, so I was… — Khoudia Diop Copy Share Image
'A High Wind in Jamaica' is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight - only infinitely… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
I'm a second-generation migrant. My parents came to this country from Pakistan, just like the Windrush generation. — Sajid Javid Copy Share Image
I'm intent on marketing Jamaica. Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa… — Chris Blackwell Copy Share Image
I grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, as the youngest of four children and the only girl. My father died when I was… — Ann-Marie Campbell Copy Share Image
The Caribbean is such a rich place, and Jamaica, personally, is one of my favorite places in the world. I've been lucky… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
When my mom grew up, her father was in the military so she grew up all over the world. She lived in… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
In the United States, viewers don't get to see a lot of things we can show in other countries. We didn't get… — Brooke Burke Copy Share Image
My mother is Lithuanian Australian, and my father was born in Singapore, but he is Pakistani / Saudi Arabian. — Shanina Shaik Copy Share Image
Just getting back to the essence. Even the record I put out, "1 of 1," I went to Jamaica and shot that… — Tyga Copy Share Image
I come from a very big family from every economic background. Some of the streets I talk about, I've actually walked on… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
