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LAS VEGAS – MAY 20: Herron, Rhona Bennett, Terry Ellis, En Vogue at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV, kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Cindy Ann Herron
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 26, 1961
Ethnicity: * father – African-American * mother – German, one quarter Swiss-German
Cindy Herron is an American singer and actress. She is a founding member of R&B group En Vogue, along with Terry Ellis . She is also known as Cindy Herron–Braggs.
She has four children with her former husband, professional baseball player Glenn Braggs.
Cindy’s paternal grandfather was named Jack Herron.
Cindy’s paternal grandmother was named Alice Bratcher.
Cindy’s maternal grandfather was Clarence August Waeltz (the son of John Conrad Waeltz and Josephine Barbara Geyer). All of Clarence’s grandparents were German. John was the son of Johann Heinrich Waeltz and Anna Margarethe Schaeferle. Josephine was the daughter of Johann M. Geyer and Maria Emilie Justine Rodewald.
Cindy’s maternal grandmother was Martha Verena Menchen (the daughter of Oscar Menchen and Anna Schudel). Oscar was born in Germany. Anna was born in Switzerland, the daughter of Melchior Schudel and Anna Blum.
Source: Obituary of Cindy’s father – https://www.bryanbraker.com