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06/25/2019 – Yates – Serpentine Gallery Summer Party 2019 Presented by Serpentine Galleries and Chanel – Arrivals – Hyde Park – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Reginald Yates
Place of Birth: Camden, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 31 May, 1983
Ethnicity: *81.25% Ghanaian [Fante, Ashanti] *18.75% English
Reggie Yates is a British writer, director, television personality, actor, and radio DJ. He has directed and written the made-for-tv movie Make Me Famous and the film Pirates (2021). He has appeared on the series Doctor Who , The Crust , Trinity , and Rastamouse ; and presented the shows The Voice UK , Prized Apart , Release the Hounds , and Reggie Yates’ Extreme Russia / Extreme South Africa / Extreme UK .
His parents, Felicia Asante and Reginald “Jojo” Yates, were born in Ghana. His father is of three eighths English ancestry.
Reggie’s paternal grandfather was Harry Philip Yates (the son of George William Yates and Dorothy Lloyd). Harry was born in Sekondi, Ghana. George was English, and was born in Uxbirdge, Middlesex, England, the son of Charles William Yates and Mahala Jane Brooks. Dorothy was born in Dixgrove, Ghana, the daughter of Augustus George Lloyd, who was born in Tongoo, Bengal, India, with English ancestry, and of Sarah, who was Fante.
Reggie’s paternal grandmother was named Diana. She was from Ghana, and was presumably from Sekondi.
Sources: https://www.youtube.com https://www.thegenealogist.com
Genealogy of Reggie Yates (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com