Birth Name: Maya C. Forbes
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: July 23, 1968
Ethnicity:
*Scottish, French, English (father)
*African-American (mother)
Maya Forbes is an American writer, director, and producer. She is the daughter of Peggy Woodford and Donald Cameron Forbes. Her sister, China Forbes, is a singer and songwriter, who is the lead singer for band Pink Martini.
Maya’s father was white and Maya’s mother is black. Maya’s father had Scottish, French, and English ancestry. All of Maya’s maternal grandparents and great-grandparents were black.
A picture of Maya’s mother can be seen here.
Maya is a fifth cousin, once removed, of politician John Kerry. Maya’s paternal five times great-grandparents, The Rev. John Forbes and Dorothy Murray, were also John’s maternal four times great-grandparents.
Maya’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). Maya’s great-grandfather Gerrit was the son of John Malcolm Forbes and Sarah Coffin Jones. Martha was French.
Maya’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 Maya’s family – http://oztypewriter.blogspot.ca
Obituary of Maya’s paternal grandmother, Faith (Fisher) Forbes – http://www.legacy.com
Maya’s maternal grandfather, Hackley Elbridge Woodford, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Maya’s maternal grandmother, Mary Imogene Steele, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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