what country is george washington carver from?
United States of America
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 Lee describes himself as being of " mixed " ethnicity and maintains a residence in West Philadelphia . 

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 According to a DNA analysis , he is a descendant through African ancestral lines of the Igbo people of Nigeria . 

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 George Washington was born in Kortrijk , Belgium to Jean Guillaume Washington ( John William Washington ) of England and Marie Louise Tant of Belgium , on May 20 , 1871 . Following then @-@ current nationality law , which considered fatherhood primary , Washington was a British subject until he was naturalized as an American in May 1918 . At least six siblings in the family also settled in different parts of the United States and Central America . A number of accounts claim a relation to U.S. President George Washington , but this is not clearly explained . 

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 In Washington , she met Sam H. Sayyad , whom she subsequently married . He owns an automobile repair center in Irwindale , California . The couple lives in a modest house in El Monte , California , not far from where she grew up . 

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 Cho was born on 18 January 1984 in the city of Asan , in South Korea 's South Chungcheong Province . Cho and his family lived in a basement apartment in the South Korean capital of Seoul for a couple of years before immigrating to the United States . Cho 's father was self @-@ employed as a bookstore owner , but made minimum wages from the venture . Seeking better education and opportunities for his children , Cho 's father immigrated to the United States in September 1992 with his wife and three children . Cho was eight years old at the time . The family first lived in Detroit , then moved to the Washington metropolitan area after learning that it had one of the largest South Korean expatriate communities in the U.S. , particularly in Northern Virginia . Cho 's family settled in Centreville , an unincorporated community in western Fairfax County , Virginia about 25 miles ( 40 km ) west of Washington , D.C. Cho 's father and mother opened a dry @-@ cleaning business in Centreville . After the family moved to Centreville , Cho and his family became permanent residents of the United States as South Korean nationals . His parents became members of a local Christian church , and Cho himself was raised as a member of the religion , although he " hated his parents ' strong Christian faith . " According to one report , Cho had left a note in his dormitory which contained a rant referencing Christianity and denigrating " rich kids " . In a video that Cho mailed to the NBC headquarters in New York he stated , " Thanks to you I die like Jesus Christ , to inspire generations of the weak and defenseless people . " 
