Birth Name: Lester Don Holt, Jr.
Place of Birth: Marin County, California
Date of Birth: March 8, 1959
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Afro-Jamaican, English, Indian (mother)
Lester Holt is an American journalist. He anchors NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC.
Lester is the son of June Marie (DeRozario) and Lester Don Holt, Sr.
His maternal grandparents were from Jamaica. His maternal grandfather was of English and East Indian heritage, as stated in this video.
Lester’s paternal grandparents were likely Samuel Carroll Holt (the son of John Wesley Holt and Ila Lou Spears) and Lity Mary Houston/Hauston (the daughter of Henry Houston and Mollie Hopson). Samuel and Lity were from Tennessee.
Lester’s maternal grandfather was Knut/Canute Fitzherbert DeRozario.
Lester’s maternal grandmother was Iris May Wilson (the daughter of Arthur Edward Woodburn Wilson).
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