Birth Name: Vaitiaré Eugenia Hirshon
Place of Birth: Tahiti, French Polynesia
Date of Birth: August 15, 1964
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish, Tahitian/Māori
*mother – French, English, Polynesian/Cook Island [Royal Makea family]
Vaitiare Hirshon, also known as Vaitiare Bandera and Vaitiare Hirshon-Asars, is an American actress. She is known for her role on the series Stargate SG-1.
She was born in Tahiti, French Polynesia, and grew up in Southern California.
Her parents met during the filming of Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Marlon Brando. Her father, Charles Heimata Hirshon, was born in Tahiti, of half American German Jewish and half Tahitian-Māori descent, and started the movie theatres in the South Pacific.
Her mother, Georgina Toomaru, was of French, English, Polynesian/Cook Island [Royal Makea family] ancestry, and was a young model and the first airline stewardess in Tahiti. Through her mother, Vaitiare can trace her roots to the Royal House of Makea, located in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, where her grand-cousin, Tinomana Ariki Puaikura, was the “Queen of Queens.” Vaitiare is a 17th generation Makea, with 11 documented King and Queen ancestors in her genealogy. Author James A. Michener wrote Return to Paradise at her grandfather’s house in Tahiti.
Vaitiare’s paternal grandfather was named Lewis Hirshon. Lewis was a stockbroker, from New York. He was of German Jewish descent.
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