culture and society | December 31, 2025

What Ethnicity Is Aja Metoyer? Everything On Dwayne Wade Baby Mother

Aja Metoyer is a 37-year-old reality star from Basketball Wives who is of Creole ethnicity. She has a son, Xavier with former basketball player, Dwayne Wade.

Aja Metoyer is an American reality star. Suddenly, she gained popularity after she gave birth to a child with basketball player Dwayne Wade.

Metoyer was born on 24th July 1983 in Los Angeles. She is 37 years old as of 2021. Her height is 5 feet 7 inches.

She attended Campbell High School in Georgia. She also went to college. She is also on Instagram under the username @aja_metoyer.

In April 2017, she was the cast of the sixth season of VH1’s Basketball Wives TV series.

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What Ethnicity Is Aja Metoyer?

Aja Metoyer is of Creole ethnicity. She was born and bred in California.

Her parents also lived in California. They are well respected in the city. Aja follows Christianity.

Who Are Aja Metoyer Parents ?

Aja Metoyer’s parents are Donald Metoyer and Cynthia Metoyer.

She has 3 siblings in total, a brother, Derek, and two sisters, Melissa and Cristen. Her sister Cristen is in a relationship with basketball referee, Joe Crawford.

Cristen is also quite popular as she was featured in Basketball Wives alongside. In the show, Aja didn’t have a good relationship and terms with her sister.

Aja Metoyer Husband: Is She Married In 2021?

Aja Metoyer is not married but is a single mother.

Metoyer had a brief relationship with the actor and comedian, Damon Wayans Jr. They were in a relationship since their college days. They were never married though.

Later, she was involved with Dwayne Wade, a retired basketball player. She was involved with him when he was in a public relationship with actress, Gabrielle Union.

Aja Metoyer Kids Details

Aja Metoyer has 3 kids in total. She has two daughters, Amara and Amira Wayan, and a son, Xavier Zechariah.

Metoyer’s two daughters are from her relationship with Damon Wayans Jr. Damon said that Aja neglected the education of their daughters so he filed a case in the court to have full custody of his daughters.

Similarly, Metoyer’s son, Xavier is with the basketball player, Dwyane Wade. Dwyane was in an open relationship with his now-wife, Gabrielle Union at the time.

Metoyer and Dwyane said that Gabrielle and Dwyane were split up at the time Xavier was conceived. Aja faced a lot of criticism such as homewrecker.