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Merrygold in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Aston Ian Nembhard/Chambers
Place of Birth: Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 13 February, 1988
Ethnicity: * father – African-Jamaican * mother – Irish
Aston Merrygold is a British singer, songwriter, dancer, television personality, and actor. He was a member of boyband JLS. Marvin Humes was also a member of the band.
His father was Jamaican. His mother, Siobhan, is Irish. He was racially bullied at school. He has stated :
I know what it feels like to be bullied. When I joined my school football team aged 14 I was abused because of my race. I was the only black kid on the team and some of the others picked on that… I am mixed race, half black and half white, but they would call me ‘Paki’ because they thought I looked Asian. They would say things like ‘you little black b******’. Looking back now, it was disgusting.
I know what it feels like to be bullied. When I joined my school football team aged 14 I was abused because of my race. I was the only black kid on the team and some of the others picked on that… I am mixed race, half black and half white, but they would call me ‘Paki’ because they thought I looked Asian. They would say things like ‘you little black b******’. Looking back now, it was disgusting.
He is married to Sarah Louise Richards, with whom he has two children.
Aston’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Chambers.