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Top 10 Celebrities You Would Never Guess Are Actually Black

Usually when someone has a black lineage the trait is obvious. But these biracial celebs have such light skin, it can be nearly impossible to tell that they are actually half black. Whether they play characters that are that white or they just never talk about their lineage, you may be completely surprised that these celebs have a black relative

Here is the top ten list of celebrities you would never guess are actually black below!!!

1. Wentworth Miller

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He is best known for his role on Prison Break where he plays a character that does not look or act at all black. However, Wentworth Miller was born into a multiethnic family, with his father being African America, Jamaican, English, Jewish and Cherokee. His mother was just as diverse, and that diversity has created a very handsome and talented man. He has not only sold his own screenplay, but he is now appearing on the new CW show The Flash.

2. Rashida Jones

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Rashida Jones has made quite the name for herself as an actress taking on both comedic and dramatic films on the large and small screens. When you look at her lineage you won’t be surprised she has so much talent. She is the daughter of Peggy Lipton (who was an actress in shows like Twin Peaks and Mod Squad) and the one and only Quincy Jones. Despite the fact that her father has 79 Grammys and a media empire, Rashida still made a name for herself all her own

3. Dwayne Johnson

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Dwayne Johnson or ”The Rock” is obviously a mix of something but many people are not fully aware of what. There is even a Family Guy sketch about what his ethnicity really is. His father was an African Canadian wrestler and his mother is Samoan. The Samoan features are probably what causes his ethnicity to be so elusive, but it doesn’t take away from the fighting and acting talent that Dwayne possesses

4. Rosario Dawson

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Rosario Dawson is another celebrity who is often a mystery to many people. Some may find it odd when she is cast in African American roles and others may wonder why she gets Latino roles. In fact her mother is a mixture of Puerto Rican and Afro Cuban descent. Rosario’s career continues to take off and proves that hard work can get you places as she grew up with hardly anything to her name.

5. Vin Diesel

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Vin Diesel rounds out the list because it’s not clear if he should be here, but he thinks he should be. His mother is of European descent, but he’s never met his biological father. Despite this, Vin says he identifies himself as a ”person of color” and his stepfather is black, so that must count for something. Vin has never told anyone who his father is nor directly confirmed that his father was black.

6. Kris Humphries

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Kris Humphries is a professional basketball player who is perhaps best known for his brief marriage to Kim Kardashian. Kris Humphries may not look it, but he is part African American through his father, which is probably how he manages to still be a decent basketball player. An interesting fact is that while it only took 72 days of marriage for Kim to request a divorce it took well over a year for a settlement to be reached. Yet another reason to not rush into things.

7. Jessica Szohr

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Jessica Szohr is an actress who started her career on the small screen with shows like CSI: Miami. She became popular when she snagged a role in Gossip Girl and a role in the big screen movie The Internship. Throughout her career few people would have ever suspected that she is one quarter African American through her mother. She has no current projects but it is unlikely this stunning beauty will be out of work for long.

8. Mariah Carey

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Mariah Carey is one of the bestselling music artists of all time selling over 200 million albums worldwide. The single she performed with Boyz II Men remains the longest held number 1 song in history. Her olive skin might throw you off a bit, but she was born to an African American father and a Caucasian mother. But she probably knew that there was something good to be found with African American men, as she ended up marrying and having two children with Nick Cannon.

9. Nicole Richie

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While Lionel Richie isn’t Nicole Richie’s biological father, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a dose of chocolate in her blood. Richie’s biological dad Peter Michael Escovedo was Afro-Mexican. She also possesses Creole and Spanish ancestry.

10. Troian Bellisario

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Troian Bellisario couldn’t get any more white on television if she tried. On the show Pretty Little Liars she plays WASP and leader of the group Spencer Hastings. There is nothing at all about her appearance or character to suggest that she is actually the daughter of Deborah Pratt who is of African and Creole descent. Her father is Donald Bellisario, who is Italian/Serbian.

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