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Birth Name: Kali Michele Rocha
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 5, 1971
Ethnicity:
*75% Portuguese
*25% British Isles [Irish, English, Scottish]
Kali Rocha is an American actress.
Kali is the daughter of Elvita and David Rocha. Her parents’ families are from Massachusetts. She was raised in Providence, Rhode Island. Kali is married to Michael Krikorian, with whom she has two children.
Kali’s paternal grandfather was José “Joseph” Rocha (the son of Manuel Rocha and Maria/Mary José). Kali’s grandfather José was born in Massachusetts, to Portuguese parents.
Kali’s paternal grandmother was Maria Hannah Taft (the daughter of George Elery Taft and Emeline Peets Canfield). Maria was born in Massachusetts. George was born in Massachusetts, the son of Thomas Jefferson Taft, whose mother was born in Canada, to Scottish parents, and of Mary Emma Peets. Emeline was born in Massachusetts, the daughter of John Henry Canfield, whose father was the son of Irish parents, and whose mother was Irish; and of Martha A. Donaghy, who was Irish.
Kali’s maternal grandfather was Domingos Baptista/Batista (the son of Manuel Batista and Henriqueta de Almeida). Domingos was born in Lavos, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
Kali’s maternal grandmother was Maria Thelma “Mary” Pereira Reboco (the daughter of Teodoro Pereira Reboco and Rosária Maria Afonso). Kali’s grandmother Maria was born in Massachusetts, to Portuguese parents, who were born in Lavos, Figueira da Foz. Teodoro was the son of Antonio Pereira Reboco/Reboca and Rosa Maria Pereira.
Sources: Marriage record of Kali’s paternal grandparents, José “Joseph” Rocha and Maria Hannah Taft – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Kali’s paternal grandmother, Maria Hannah (Taft) Rocha – http://www.southcoasttoday.com
Obituary of Kali’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Martha A. (Donaghy) Canfield – https://www.findagrave.com
Marriage record of Kali’s maternal grandparents, Domingos Baptista/Batista and Maria Thelma “Mary” Pereira Reboco – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Kali’s maternal grandmother, Maria Thelma “Mary” (Pereira Reboco) Baptista – https://www.currentobituary.com
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