Barbados Quote by Ashley Cole

I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen,…

— David Harewood

My parents came over from Barbados in the late 1950s and early '60s.

— David Harewood

My father's from Jamaica.

— Masego

My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly African-American.

— Kehinde Wiley

I grew up with the White half of my family.

— Jaz Sinclair

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. It's a…

— Errol Spence Jr

My wife is from Jamaica. My ex-wife. My stepchildren - and then there's my son. So, it's a biracial family.

— Larry Harvey

My family is Jamaican. We were just the slaves that were dropped off over there. And at the end of the day when you…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but…

— Taiye Selasi

My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the Montana/South Dakota…

— Richie Havens

My parents are British but they emigrated to America, where I was born.

— Heather Brooke

I was raised by mum who's white and she raised me amazingly, but I was never in touch with my black side growing up…

— Liz Cambage