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Bingham in 2008, photo by CarlaVanWagoner / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 13, 1968
Ethnicity: African-American
Traci Bingham is an American actress, model, and television personality. She starred as Jordan Tate on the show Baywatch . She has also featured in the film Foolish , on the shows The Dream Team , Strip Mall , BattleBots , and Lingerie Bowl , and in the music videos for “Good Vibrations,” “Money Ain’t a Thang,” and “I Really Like It.”
She is the daughter of Hazel “Betty” (Owens), a librarian, and Lafayette L. Bingham, an aircraft technician. Her parents are both black. Traci has stated that her father also has Italian and Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.
Traci’s paternal grandfather was named George G. Bingham. George was born in Pennsylvania.
Traci’s paternal grandmother was named Ruth Elizabeth Gould. Ruth was born in Pennsylvania.
Source: Traci’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org