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John Russell Houston was African-American.
John Russell Houston, Jr. was of Black heritage. However, Whitney Houston was of mixed-heritage as her g-great grandmother on John Houston's, Jr.'s wife's side, Sarah Elizabeth Collins, was a White woman. Her name was Sarah Burke and she was married to a Black man named David Sanderson, who fought for Black rights in the early 1800's.
No. Alana Houston who was Whitney Houston's stepsister, was born to John and Peggy Houston.
Her father, John Russell Houston Jr., died in 2003. He is buried in the same New Jersey cemetery where Whitney is buried.
Whitney Houston had a full brother, Michael Houston. She also had a half-brother, Gary Garland, from her mom's first marriage, and a half-brother John III from her dad's first marriage. She did not have any biological sisters, but she did have a step-sister (Alana) from her dad's subsequent remarriage.
John Russell Houston Jr. died in 2003.
Yes, John Russell Houston was black.
Yes John Russell Houston Jr. was Whitney Houston's father.
John Russell Houston Jr. died in 2003.
While Whitney's father, John Russell Houston Jr., died in 2003, her step-brother John Russell III is still alive.
Her father's name was John Russell Houston Jr.
John Russell Houston Jr.
He was Whitney Houston's step-brother.
Emily "Cissy" Houston and John Russell Houston Jr.
Whitney Houston's father John Russell Houston Jr, was a military veteran, and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield NJ. He died in 2003.
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Yes, John Russell Houston was African-American.