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Doria Ragland

Biography

Doria Ragland was born 2 September 1956 in Los Angeles, California, United States to Alvin Azell Ragland (1929-2011) and Jeanette Arnold (1929-2000) . She married Thomas Wayne Markle (1944) 1979 .

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Ragland Family - circa 1989

Rachel Meghan Markle, describing her parents, has said, "My dad is Caucasian and my mom is African American ... I have come to embrace [this and] say who I am, to share where I'm from, to voice my pride in being a strong, confident, mixed-race woman." Her mother, Doria Ragland, has a master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California, lives in View Park-Windsor Hills, and works as a psychotherapist and yoga instructor.



Siblings


Offspring of Alvin Azell Ragland (1929-2011) and Jeanette Arnold (1929-2000)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Doria Loyce Ragland (1956) 2 September 1956 Los Angeles, California, United States Thomas Wayne Markle (1944)


Offspring of Alvin Azell Ragland (1929-2011) and Ava Burrow (1954)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Alvin Joffrey Ragland (1983)


Children


Offspring of Thomas Wayne Markle (1944) and Doria Ragland
Name Birth Death Joined with
Rachel Meghan Markle (1981) 4 August 1981 Los Angeles, California, United States Trevor Engelson (1976-)
Henry Windsor (1984)


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Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General
₪ Wedding
  • She was his second wife. They divorced in 1987.



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