Sonya Balmores

Sonya Balmores – “Wind River” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – The Theater at Ace Hotel – Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2017 – Photo Credit: Carla Van Wagoner / PR Photos

Place of Birth: Kalaheo, Hawaii, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 23, 1986

Ethnicity:
*father – Filipino
*mother – English, Irish, likely distant Native American

Sonya Balmores is an American actress, model, surfer, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was named Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2004. She appeared in the films Soul Surfer and Den of Thieves, and on the shows Inhumans and I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Sonya is the daughter of Malana and Abraham Balmores.

Her father is of Filipino ancestry. Her mother has English and Irish ancestry. Sonya has specified, “I’m part of the Choctaw tribe from Oklahoma.” It is not clear if this Choctaw ancestry has been verified/documented.

Sonya’s paternal grandfather was named Severino Garcia Balmores. Severino was born in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, the Philippines.

Sonya’s paternal grandmother was named Lourdes Aquino. Lourdes was a Filipina.

Sonya’s maternal grandfather was Milam Rayford Sullivan (the son of Earl Edwin Sullivan and Beadie Bernice Snow). Earl was the son of William Henry Nelson Sullivan and Ammon Cozy Hickey. Beadie was the daughter of Milam Joseph Snow and Nancy Jane Wood.

Sonya’s maternal grandmother was Nedra Jane Marcum (the daughter of Charles Edward “Ned” Marcum and Jessie Eleanor Sutton). Nedra was born in Oklahoma. Ned was the son of Henry W. Marcum and Cordelia/Cardelia Beal, who was evidently of one eighth Native American descent. Jessie was the daughter of Dozier Thornton Sutton and Katie Griffin.

Sources:

Obituary of Sonya’s paternal grandfather, Severino Garcia Balmores –

Obituary of Sonya’s paternal grandmother, Lourdes (Aquino) Balmores –

Obituary of Sonya’s maternal grandmother, Nedra Jane (Marcum) Sullivan –

Sonya’s maternal great-grandfather, Charles Edward “Ned” Marcum, on the 1910 U.S. Census –