Birth Name: Courtney Bernard Vance
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Birth: March 12, 1960
Ethnicity: African-American (including ancestry from Nigeria, Ivory Coast/Ghana, Cameroon/Congo, and Senegal)
Courtney B. Vance is an American actor. He is married to actress and director Angela Bassett.
Courtney’s paternal grandmother was Ardella Victoria Vance (the daughter of Todd Vance and Katie Holman).
A DNA test taken by the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2014) stated that Courtney’s genetic ancestry is:
*85.5% African
*11.8% European
*<1% Native American
In his 2016 book about the show, Finding Your Roots, Season 2: The Official Companion to the PBS Series, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote that Courtney’s African DNA includes ancestry from Nigeria, Ivory Coast/Ghana, Cameroon/Congo, and Senegal.
Source: Genealogy of Courtney B. Vance (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
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