Her ancestors are French, Spanish, and African. Malveaux has indicated that she considers herself black and that different members of her family identify as white, multiracial, and/or black.
Her father, Floyd Joseph Malveaux, was a doctor who went on to become the dean of Howard University’s College of Medicine. He was also the executive director of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network and the founder of Howard University’s National Human Genome Center.
Her mother, Myrna Maria Ruiz, is a retired elementary school teacher. In an episode of “Finding Your Roots,” she learned that her French ancestors came from a 17th-century French-Canadian fur merchant from Quebec and that her father’s seven-great-grandmother (the fur trader’s wife) was a Native American.
What is Suzanne Malveaux ethnicity?
Suzanne is of mixed race. She was born in Lansing, Michigan, and reared in the United States, therefore she is an American citizen.
Suzanne Malveaux is an American citizen with a broad ethnic background.
Where do Suzanne Malveaux parents come from?
Malveaux was born in Lansing, Michigan, to a New Orleans-based family, with parents who are both of Louisiana Creole descent, having French, Spanish, and African ancestors.
