Birth Name: Ruth Jean Stubblefield
Place of Birth: Grapeland, TX
Date of Birth: July 3, 1945
Ethnicity: African-American (including Gabonese), Native-American (most likely Taino or Carib tribes)
Family Background: Ruth Simmons was the 18th president of Brown University, the first black president of an Ivy League Institution. Ruth Simmons was DNA tested on “Finding Your Roots” where a lot of her ancestry was traced back to the America’s, most likely from the Taino or Carib tribes. Simmons brother was tested which helped determine their African ancestry was from Gabon.
Source: http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2012/04/finding-your-roots-with-henry-louis_30.html