21 Mixed-Race Celebs Who Clearly Won The Genetic Lottery

by Damjan

According to recent data, 2.9 percent of the population in the United States is mixed race. Diversity is beautiful, and it is best proved by the kids who come from mixed-race marriages.

They are simply gorgeous. There is no denying that they have some sort of charm and aura around them - it's like they took all the best genes from both gene pools.

When the United States' anti-miscegenation laws were repealed in 1967, 3% of all newlyweds were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity. Intermarriage rates have gradually increased since then.

By 1980, the proportion of intermarried newlyweds had nearly doubled to 7%. By 2015, the percentage had climbed to 17%.

In 2015, there were over 670,000 newlyweds who had recently married someone of a different race or ethnicity. The entertainment business does an incredible job of portraying these values, as evidenced by the actors, models, and singers we like.

As we said- they have something about them that makes them so appealing. We have created a list of 21 celebs who hit the genetics jackpot, and we know you are going to find it interesting.

So, let us take a look at our celebs:

1. Christina Aguilera

The singer has Ecuadorian origins from her dad’s side while her mother has Dutch, Scottish, German, and Irish origins.

2. Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato has Mexican roots from her father’s side and Irish roots from her mother’s side.

3. Wentworth Miller

This is complicated. He is German, English, African-American, and Jamaican on his father’s side; and Swedish, Russian, Syrian, Dutch, and French on his mother’s side. Quite a mix.

4. Angelina Jolie

Angelina is of Slovak and German descent on her dad’s side and of French Canadian and Dutch descent on her mom’s side.

5. Shay Mitchell

Shays's father is of Irish and Scottish descent while her mother is of Filipino descent.

6. Adriana Lima

She is born in Brazil and has Indigenous, Swiss, Japanese, African, West Indian, and Portuguese genes.

7. Vin Diesel

Vin never met his biological father, but he knows he has German and English roots. Interestingly, since his adoptive father is African-American, he identifies as “a person of color”.

8. Jessica Szohr

Jessica is Hungarian on her mom's side and African-American on her dad’s side.

9. Nicki Minaj

Niki is part African, Indian, and Japanese.

10. Meghan Markle

The Dutches of Sussex is part African-American, Dutch, and Irish.

11. Keanu Reeves

Keanu's name translates as “cool breeze over the mountains”. According to his heritage, he is Hawaiian, English, and Chinese.

12. Olivia Munn

The famous actress has Chinese and Vietnamese roots on her mom’s side as well as German and English roots on her dad’s side.

13. Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo is of Chinese and African-American descent.

14. Naomi Campbell

The famous model has Jamaican and Afro-Chinese origins.

15. Cameron Diaz

Her last name Diaz raised a lot of questions about her ancestry — she is actually of English, German, and Cuban descent.

16. Dwayne Johnson

The Rock is Black Nova Scotian on his father’s side and Samoan on his mom’s side.

17. Maya Rudolph

Maya is moth famous for her role in The Good Place. She is African-American on her mom’s side and Jewish on her dad’s side.

18. Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey has a mix of African-American, Venezuelan, and Irish genes.

19. Jesse Williams

Jesse Williams is of African-American and Swedish descent.

20. Shakira

She is born in Colombia, but she is Lebanese on her dad’s side and Colombian on her mom’s side. Her name translates to “full of sunshine” in Arabic.

21. Vanessa Hudgens

The actor who played in High School Musical is Native American, Filipino, Irish, and Chinese.

The likelihood of marrying a person from a different race is related to education. In 2015, newlyweds with at least some college experience were slightly more likely than those with only a high school education or less to marry someone of a different race or ethnicity.

While 14 percent of individuals with less education were married to someone of another race or ethnicity, this percentage jumped to 18 percent among those with some college experience and 19 percent among those with a bachelor's degree or above.