5 Black Celebs You Probably Didn't Know Were Irish

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The St. Patrick’s Day turn up is real for the Irish — but imagine being Black and Irish.

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Did you know these stars were Irish and Black?

Mariah Carey

MC’s grandparents are immigrants who hail from Cork.

Alicia Keys 

Alicia is the daughter of an Irish-Italian mother.

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Barack Obama 

Obama’s roots have been traced back to Moneygall in County Offaly, Ireland in the 19th century.

Vin Diesel

The blockbuster star’s mom is of English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.

Soledad O’Brien

On January 12, 2016, O’Brien appeared on PBS’s TV genealogy program, Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Finding Your Roots and discovered her Irish roots/

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