Birth Name: Anna Cleveland van Ravenstein
Place of Birth: The Netherlands
Date of Birth: March 19, 1989
Ethnicity:
*Dutch (father)
*Swedish, African-American, possibly some Irish and Cherokee Native American (mother)
Anna Cleveland is a Dutch model. She was born in the Netherlands, to former American model Pat Cleveland and Dutch fashion photographer Paul van Ravenstein. She was raised in Italy.
Anna’s maternal grandparents were Johnny Johnston and Lady Bird Cleveland (the daughter of Albert Cleveland and Nancy/Nannie Edwards). Johnny was Swedish. Lady Bird was African-American, and was said to also have some Irish and Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this Irish and Cherokee ancestry has been verified/documented.
Sources: http://www.harpersbazaar.com
http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com
http://www.vogue.com
Pat Cleveland article – http://madamenoire.com
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