Birth Name: Benjamin Solomon Carson
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Birth: September 18, 1951
Ethnicity: African-American
Ben Carson is an American author and retired neurosurgeon. He is the son of African-American parents, Sonya (Copeland) and Robert Solomon Carson, a minister in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In 1987, he became the first person to successfully surgically separate conjoined twins joined at the head.
Ben is a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 2016.
Ben’s paternal grandparents were Robert Carson and Anna L. Gordon.
Ben’s maternal grandfather was John Martin Copeland (the son of John H. Copeland and Indiana Ash). Indiana was the daughter of Thomas Ash and Millie. The 1870 U.S. Census lists a man named James Ash living near Indiana’s household, who was possibly her grandfather. James is then-listed as being 100 years old, and as having been born in Africa (c. 1770).
Ben’s maternal grandmother was Ruby Stanley (the daughter of Coleman Stanley and Lucy Smith). Lucy was the daughter of Green Smith and Emily.
According to a DNA test performed by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s PBS television series African-American Lives (2006), Ben is of 80% African and 20% European ancestry.
29839 Sta Margarita Pkwy, 
Videography by Barbara Rosenfeld 
November 2nd, 2015 @ 4:28 am
If Carson is 80% African and 20% European why is he called African American? He should be called African European.
November 2nd, 2015 @ 7:09 am
What about Cruz, Rubio, Jindal, and Soetoro?