Question: Of what ancestry is John Dolmayan?  

Context articles: John Smith (Restoration Movement)
Elizabeth Key Grinstead
System of a Down discography
Afro-Grenadian
John (surname)
John Dolmayan
System of a Down
Scars on Broadway (album)
Daron Malakian
Elect the Dead

"Raccoon" John Smith (1784 – February 28, 1868) was an early leader in the Restoration Movement.
 His father, George Smith (originally Schmidt) was of German ancestry, and may have been born in Germany, while his mother, Rebecca Bowen Smith, was of Welsh and Irish ancestry.
 He played a critical role uniting the movement led by Thomas and Alexander Campbell with the similar movement led by Barton W. Stone and in spreading the message of the movement over much of Kentucky.
Elizabeth Key Grinstead (1630 – after 1665) was one of the first persons of African ancestry in the North American colonies to sue for freedom from slavery and win.
 Elizabeth Key won her freedom and that of her infant son John Grinstead on July 21, 1656 in the colony of Virginia.
 She sued based on the fact that her father was an Englishman and that she was a baptized Christian.
 Based on these two factors, her English attorney and common-law husband William Grinstead argued successfully that she should be freed.
 The lawsuit in 1655 was one of the earliest "freedom suits" by a person of African ancestry in the English colonies.
System of a Down is an American rock band formed by musicians of Armenian origin: vocalist Serj Tankian, guitarist Daron Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian, and drummer John Dolmayan in the mid-1990s.
 They have released five studio albums, 16 singles, and 11 music videos. By the end of 1997, the group had signed to American Recordings, then distributed as Columbia Records.
 The following year, they released their eponymous debut album, which peaked at #124 on the United States' "Billboard" 200 and #103 on the United Kingdom's UK Albums Chart; it was certified platinum two years later by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and gold by Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).
 Their eponymous debut album produced a single for the song "Sugar", which reached the top 30 on the "Billboard" mainstream rock songs and alternative songs charts.
 Their follow-up album, "Toxicity" (2001), topped the US and Canadian charts, and also reached the top 10 in Australia, Finland, and New Zealand.
 The album was certified triple platinum in its home country, and triple platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), as well as double platinum by CRIA in Canada.
 "Toxicity" produced singles for the title track, "Chop Suey!
", and "Aerials".
 The last of these peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Songs and Alternative Songs charts.
Afro-Grenadians are Grenadian people of largely African descent.
 This term is not generally recognized by Grenadian's or indeed Caribbeans.
 They usually refer to themselves simply as Black or possibly Black-Caribbean.
 The term was first coined by an Black American history professor, John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998), in his piece entitled "A Note on Racism in History".
 The term may also refer to a Grenadian of African ancestry.
 Social interpretations of race are mutable rather than deterministic, and neither physical appearance nor ancestry are used straightforwardly to determine whether a person is considered a black Grenadian.
 According 2012 Census, 82% of Grenada's population is Black, 13% is mixed Black and European (Mulatto), and 11% are of east-Indian origins.
 (The Europeans are only a 5% of the population.)
In South Asia, John was adopted as a last name by some people during the British colonial era.
 It could be traced to mixed ancestry or colonial adaptation of the name by the locals.
 In South Asian countries there are mixed ancestry (such as Anglo Indian, Anglo Pakistani or Anglo Burmese) with similar or localized names to John.
John Hovig Dolmayan (Armenian: Ջոն Դոլմայան , born July 15, 1973) is a Lebanese-born Armenian–American songwriter and drummer.
 He is best known as the drummer of System of a Down.
 Dolmayan is also the drummer for the band Indicator and former drummer for Scars on Broadway.
 His energetic live performances with System Of A Down over the years, have garnered him critical acclaim.
 Loudwire listed him as one of the "Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Drummers Of All Time" , with Dolmayan being ranked at #22.
System of a Down, sometimes shortened to System and abbreviated as SOAD, is an Armenian-American heavy metal band from Glendale, California, formed in 1994.
 The band currently consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums).
Scars on Broadway is the only studio album by Scars on Broadway, a band consisting of System of a Down members Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan.
 The album contains fifteen tracks, all written by Malakian.
Daron Vartan Malakian (Armenian: Տարօն/Տարոն Վարդան Մալաքեան, born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian–American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.
 He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter and second vocalist of the rock band System of a Down and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Scars on Broadway.
 Like the rest of the Hollywood-based band System of a Down, he is of Armenian ancestry, but he is the only member to have been born in the United States.
 Daron Malakian is known for his distinctive playing and is ranked 40th in Loudwire's list of "Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists Of All Time" and #11 in MusicRadar's poll, "The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever".
 He is placed 30th in Guitar World's List of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.
Elect the Dead is the debut album by rock musician Serj Tankian, lead singer and founding member of Armenian-American metal quartet System of a Down.
 It was released on October 22, 2007.
 Alongside Tankian appears Armenian-American coloratura Ani Maldjian, drummers John Dolmayan from System of a Down and B. Brain Mantia of Primus and Guns N' Roses, Dan Monti on guitars, as well as a string section featuring Antonio Pontarelli.