His mother , Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah , is of mixed Xhosa and Jewish ancestry , and his father , Robert , is white and of Swiss German ethnicity .
Noah was born in Johannesburg , South Africa .
Noah 's mother , Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah , is of mixed Xhosa and Jewish ancestry , and his father , Robert , is white and of Swiss German ethnicity .
Noah was born in Johannesburg , South Africa .