Birth Name: Sheryl Suzanne Crow

Place of Birth: Kennett, Missouri

Date of Birth: February 11, 1962

Ethnicity: English, smaller amounts of Scottish, Welsh, German

Sheryl Crow is an American singer.

Sheryl’s paternal grandparents were Charles Augustus Crow, Jr. (the son of Charles Augustus Crow, a congressman, and Emma Gardner) and Naomi Wyatt (the daughter of Robert Esco Wyatt and Winnie Dee Fyffe).

Sheryl’s maternal grandparents were Charles Floyd Cain (the son of Henry Wilson Cain and Myrtle Grisham) and Janet.

Sources: Genealogy of Sheryl Crow (focusing on her father’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com

Obituary of Sheryl’s maternal grandfather, Charles Floyd Cain – http://www.findagrave.com

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Birth Name: Robert Oliver Reed

Date of Birth: 13 February, 1938

Place of Birth: Wimbledon, London, England

Date of Death: 2 May, 1999

Place of Death: Valletta, Malta

Ethnicity: English, small amount of German, Lithuanian, Dutch

Oliver Reed was a British actor. He was the only or one of the only major British film stars to have never appeared on stage. Oliver’s uncle was director Carol Reed.

Oliver’s paternal grandparents were Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (an actor, born Herbert Draper Beerbohm, the son of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm and Constantia Draper) and May Pinney Reed. Hebert was a sibling of author/explorer Julius Beerbohm and author Constance Beerbohm, and a half-sibling of parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. Julius was of Dutch, Lithuanian, and German descent. Constantia and May were English.

Oliver’s maternal grandfather was Lancelot Napier Andrews.

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Birth Name: Eric Anthony Roberts

Place of Birth: Biloxi, Mississippi

Date of Birth: April 18, 1956

Ethnicity: English, German, Swedish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Eric Roberts is an American actor. He is the brother of actress Julia Roberts (Julia Fiona Roberts) and the father of actress Emma Roberts.

Eric’s father’s family has lived in the American South for many generations; his ancestry included English, as well as Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. One of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandparents was a German immigrant, and two of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandparents were Swedish. Eric’s mother also had English, Scottish, and other German ancestry.

Eric’s paternal grandparents were Walter Thomas Roberts (the son of John Pendleton Roberts and Jimmie Glen Corbitt) and Beatrice Beal (the daughter of William E. Beal and Pearl E. Ogle).

Eric’s maternal grandparents were Wendell John Bredemus (the son of John Math Bredemus and Eleanor M. Johnson) and Elizabeth Ellen Billingsley (the daughter of James Henry Billingsley and Nellie Hutchings). John was of German descent. Eleanor was of Swedish ancestry.

Sources: Genealogy of Eric Roberts (through Eric’s sister, Julia Roberts) – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak’s article about Eric and Julia’s ancestry, at The Huffington Post – http://www.huffingtonpost.com

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Birth Name: Carrie Alexandra Coon

Place of Birth: Copley, Ohio

Date of Birth: January 24, 1981

Ethnicity: German, English, French, Slovak, Hungarian

Carrie Coon is an American actress.

Carrie’s paternal grandparents are Ralph Dwight Coon (the son of Elmer F. Coon and Helen M. Holslur) and Rosemary Semonin (the daughter of Gervase Joseph Semonin and Anne Marie Gleisinger). Elmer was the son of Byron Coon and Mary E. Messner. Gervase was of French descent. Anna was of German descent.

Carrie’s maternal grandparents are William David Ploenes (the son of Albert Ploenes and Myra Baugh) and Darleen Rose Kosco (the daughter of John Kosco and Caroline Horvath). Albert was born in Pennsylvania, to German parents. John was born in Hungary, of Slovak descent. Caroline was born in Pennsylvania, to Hungarian parents.

Sources: Genealogy of Carrie’s paternal grandmother, Rosemary (Semonin) Coon – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Carrie’s paternal great-grandfather, Gervase Joseph Semonin (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Carrie’s maternal grandmother, Darleen Rose (Kosco) Ploenes – http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net

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Birth Name: James Albert Varney, Jr.

Date of Birth: June 15, 1949

Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky

Date of Death: February 10, 2000

Place of Death: White House, Tennessee

Ethnicity: English, small amount of German, distant Dutch

Jim Varney was an American actor. He was known for his character “Ernest”.

Jim’s paternal grandparents were Andrew Jackson Varney (the son of James C. Varney and Celia Cornett) and Renia/Rena Dean Nickels (the daughter of John S. Nickels and Mary Ann Beverly).

Jim’s maternal grandparents were James Howard (the son of James Isom Howard and Margaret Ann Fluty) and Anna Belle Combs (the daughter of Gideon Combs and Malinda Ellen Scholl).

Sources: Genealogy of Jim Varney – http://famousancestry.info (misidentifies Jim’s paternal grandmother as Fidelia Dilli Dolly Spaulding, who was Jim’s grandfather’s first wife)

Genealogy of Jim’s paternal great-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Varney (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona

Date of Birth: December 21, 1996

Ethnicity: German, English, Irish

Kaitlyn Dever is an American actress.

Kaitlyn’s paternal grandparents are Daniel Lynn Dever (the son of Oval Luther Dever and Marnie Marie Fields) and Louise Anne Longacre (the daughter of Richard Arthur Longacre and Mary Agnes Connolly).

Kaitlyn’s maternal grandparents are Fred Denham and Mary Janice.

Sources: Genealogy of Kaitlyn’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com

Obituary of Kaitlyn’s paternal grandfather, Daniel Lynn Dever – http://www.heraldbulletin.com

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Birth Name: Dean Joseph Norris

Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana

Date of Birth: April 8, 1963

Ethnicity:
*English, Irish, German (father)
*Hungarian (mother)

Dean Norris is an American actor.

Dean’s paternal grandparents were Ralph John Norris (the son of John B. Norris and Annie E. Harper) and Agnes Collins (the daughter of Tunis Collins and Emma Eilerman). Annie was English.

Dean’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Lacay and Julia Batcho (the daughter of Alexander Batcho and Veronica). Joseph was Hungarian. Julia was born in Illinois, to Hungarian parents.

Sources: Dean’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Dean’s paternal grandfather, Ralph John Norris, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Dean’s maternal grandmother, Julia Batcho, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Jordan Elizabeth Ladd

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: January 14, 1975

Ethnicity: English, Ashkenazi Jewish, German, remote Irish

Jordan Ladd is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor/producer David Ladd (David Alan Ladd) and actress Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor), and the granddaughter of actors Alan Ladd and Sue Carol.

Jordan’s paternal grandfather was Alan Ladd, an actor (Alan Walbridge Ladd, the son of Alan Harwood Ladd and Selina Ina Rowley, who was known as Ina Raleigh). Jordan’s great-grandfather Alan had English, and remote Irish, ancestry. Selina was English, from County Durham.

Jordan’s paternal grandmother was Sue Carol, an actress and talent agent (born Evelyn Jean Lederer, the daughter of Samuel Lederer and Caroline Schmidt). Samuel was a Jewish immigrant from Bohemia. Caroline was a German Jew.

Jordan’s maternal grandparents were Marion Wayne Stopplemore (the son of Otto Aeilt Stopplemore and Irene Leona Day) and Dolores Helen Katz (the daughter of Ira Alvernard Katz and Vera O. Cook).

Source: Genealogy of Jordan Ladd – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Michael Connell Biehn

Place of Birth: Anniston, Alabama

Date of Birth: July 31, 1956

Ethnicity: German, English, possibly Irish

Michael Biehn is an American actor.

Michael’s paternal grandparents were Albert Lawrence Biehn (the son of John B. Biehn and Edna Elizabeth Graves) and Velma H. Willmore (the daughter of Tilford Albert Willmore and Maude Helen Woodward).

Michael’s maternal grandparents were William Connell and Gertrude.

Sources: Genealogy of Michael’s father – http://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Michael Biehn (focusing on his father’s side) – http://chelm.freeyellow.com

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Birth Name: Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius

Place of Birth: Sandton, Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa

Date of Birth: 22 November 1986

Ethnicity: Afrikaner (German and Dutch), 1/8 Italian

Oscar Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Although both of Pistorius’ legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old, he competes in events for single below-knee amputees and for able-bodied athletes.

Oscar Pistorius has Afrikaner (German and Dutch) and 1/8 Italian ancestry, from his mother’s grandfather, an Italian emigrant to Kenya. Pistorius is English-speaking.

He was born to Heinrich Carl Wilhelm “Henke” Pistorius and Sheila Francis Bekker.

Oscar’s paternal grandparents were Hendrik Wilhelm Carl Pistorius (the son of Theodor Georg Joseph Pistorius and Anna Sofia Magdalena Stander) and Gertruda Jacoba de Beer (the daughter of Arnoldus Stephanus de Beer and Martha Johanna Maria de Beer).

Oscar’s maternal grandparents were Len Bekker and Joyce Sugar.

The original Pistorius immigrants to South Africa were Friedrich Heinrich Pistorius (b.16 March 1789, Tondorf, Sachsen-Weimar, Germany) and his elder brother Maximilian Ernst Ludwig ( b. 1781 ) and the eight children of Friedrich, who arrived at the Cape, South Africa in 1838 onboard the “Cape Packet”. The family moved to Natal in 1842. The brothers were the sons of Wilhelm August Pistorius and Fredericke Maria Voigt. Friedrich Heinrich (1789- c.1863), a brick-maker, is considered to be the Progenitor/Stamvader of the Pistorius family in South Africa.

In February 2013, Oscar Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria home. In October 2014, Pistorius received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide (and a concurrent three year suspended prison sentence for a separate reckless endangerment conviction).

Source: Genealogy of Oscar Pistorius – http://www.geni.com

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Birth Name: Cameron Howard Winklevoss and Tyler Howard Winklevoss

Place of Birth: Southampton, New York

Date of Birth: August 21, 1981

Ethnicity: German, Scottish, English

Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, the Winklevoss Twins, are American athletes (rowers) and entrepreneurs/computer businesspeople.

Cameron and Tyler were played by one actor in a dual role, Armie Hammer, in the film The Social Network (2010).

Cameron and Tyler’s paternal grandparents were Howard Edward Winklevoss (the son of Henry August Winklevoss and Laura Day) and Marian Virginia Minnis (the daughter of Earl Blaine Minnis and Hazel Delle Pattison).

Cameron and Tyler’s maternal grandparents were Francis J. Leonard and Mildred Lotz (the daughter of Gustave A. Lotz and Gesine Margaret Aldag). Gesine was the daughter of William Aldag and Adelaide Meyer.

Sources: Genealogy of Cameron and Tyler’s father – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com

Obituary of Cameron and Tyler’s maternal grandfather, Francis J. Leonard – http://fultonhistory.com

Obituary of Cameron and Tyler’s maternal grandmother, Mildred (Lotz) Leonard – http://www.rockawave.com

Obituary of Cameron and Tyler’s maternal great-grandmother, Gesine Margaret (Aldag) Lotz – http://fultonhistory.com

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Birth Name: Michael John McKean

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Birth: October 17, 1947

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, some German, Dutch

Michael McKean is an American actor. He is married to actress Annette O’Toole.

Michael’s paternal grandparents were Henry Clunn McKean (the son of John Gilbert McKean and Mary Elizabeth Coulter) and Erin Ruth Scaife (the daughter of William Isaiah Scaife and Blondel Elizabeth Griffin).

Michael’s maternal grandparents were Chester Graham Stewart (the son of William Green Stewart and Ida Nora Killen) and Fannie Bell.

Sources: Genealogy of Michael McKean – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Michael McKean (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Isabelle Yasmina Adjani

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Date of Birth: 27 June 1955

Ethnicity: Algerian Kabyle (father); German (mother)

Family info: Isabelle Adjani is a French film actress and singer who is a two-time Academy Award nominee.

She was born to a German Catholic mother from Bavaria and an Algerian Muslim father from Iferhounène, Kabylie. Emma Augusta “Gusti” Schweinberger met her father Mohammed Cherif Adjani near the end of World War II, when he was in the French Army. They married and she returned with him to Paris, not speaking a word of French.

Isabelle grew up bilingual, speaking French and German fluently, in Gennevilliers, a northwestern suburb of Paris. She said her parents used their ethnic and cultural differences against each other in arguments. Her mother asked her father to take Cherif as his first name as it sounded more “American”. Gusti also use to say her husband was Turkish because she was ashamed of his Algerian background.

Isabelle Adjani has been vocal against anti-immigrant and anti-Algerian feeling in France.

Source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Adjani

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Birth Name: Andrew Christopher Brees

Place of Birth: Austin, Texas

Date of Birth: January 15, 1979

Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, 1/128th French

Drew Brees is an NFL Quarterback for the Saints. He is the son of Mina Akins and Eugene Wilson Brees II.

Drew’s paternal grandparents were Eugene Wilson Brees (the son of Perry Samuel Brees and Maude Mae Doyle) and Betty Jo Johnston (the daughter of Rollen Alexander Johnston and Mildred LeRoss Henderson).

Drew’s maternal grandparents were Robert Ray Akins (the son of Lester Thomas Akins and Rosa Mae Murphy) and Dorothy Virginia Schultz (the daughter of Hans Paul Schultz and Mattie Adell Thompson).

Sources: Genealogies of Drew Brees – http://www.geni.com
http://genealogy.about.com

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Birth Name: Freddie Joe Ward

Place of Birth: San Diego, California

Date of Birth: September 30, 1942

Ethnicity: English, some German

Fred Ward is an American actor.
Fred’s maternal grandparents were Aubie Oral Flemister (the son of John Matthew Flemister and Georgia Morgan Henderson) and Nellie Rosa Estelee Koger (the daughter of Millard Fillmore Boone Koger and Sarah “Sally” A. Newberry).

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Birth Name: Noah Strausser Speer Wyle

Place of Birth: Hollywood, California

Date of Birth: June 4, 1971

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*possibly German (mother)

Noah Wyle is an American actor.

Noah’s paternal grandparents were Frank Strausser Wyle (the son of Clarence H. Wyle and Frances Strausser) and Edith Natalie Robinson (the daughter of Louis Robinson and Rose Rubin).

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Birth Name: Richard Wayne Van Dyke

Place of Birth: West Plains, Missouri

Date of Birth: December 13, 1925

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, Dutch

Dick Van Dyke is an American actor.

Dick’s paternal grandparents were Dorsey Clinton Van Dyke (the son of James Ward Van Dyke and Jeanette Peters) and Jennie Ware (the daughter of Winfried Scott Ware and Malinda Alice Sears).

Dick’s maternal grandparents were Charles Cornelius McCord (the son of Ninian Alfonso McCord and Susan Elizabeth Child) and Adeline Verinda Neal (the daughter of Lanson McGuire Neal and Letticia Jane Stewart).

Sources: Genealogies of Dick Van Dyke – http://www.geni.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: George Robert Newhart

Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois

Date of Birth: September 5, 1929

Ethnicity: Irish, German, some English

Bob Newhart is an American actor and comedian.

Bob’s paternal grandparents were George Michael Newhart (the son of David Newhart and Caroline Marcy) and Emma F. O’Connor (the daughter of Thomas O’Connor and Mary Devaney). George was of German, and some English, descent. Emma was born in Canada, to Irish parents.

Bob’s maternal grandparents were John Joseph Burns (the son of Thomas Burns and Hanora Grady) and Laura Aloysius Shea (the daughter of John Albert Shea and Margaret Sheehan). John and Laura were both born in Kentucky, both of Irish descent.

Sources: Genealogy of Bob Newhart – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Bob Newhart (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Bob’s mother – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Jacob Seth Lofland

Place of Birth: Briggsville, Arkansas

Date of Birth: July 30, 1996

Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, German

Jacob Lofland is an American actor.

Jacob’s paternal grandparents are Billy Seth Lofland (the son of Homer Virgil Lofland and Oda Parks Caviness) and Nina Dell Melton (the daughter of Arley Melton and Hester Jewel Spears).

Jacob’s maternal grandparents are John Henry Blankenship (the son of William Sherman Blankenship and Dovie Levonia/Lavonna Gladden) and Marie Evelene McConnell (the daughter of Virgil McConnell and Effie Calvert). Effie was the daughter of Zara Calvert and Virginia Maybelle McGhee.

Sources: Genealogy of Jacob’s paternal grandfather, Billy Seth Lofland (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Jacob’s paternal grandfather, Billy Seth Lofland – http://www.yellcountyobits.org

Obituary of Jacob’s paternal great-grandmother, Hester Jewel (Spears) Melton – http://www.tributes.com

Genealogy of Jacob’s mother (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Jacob’s maternal grandmother, Marie Evelene (McConnell) Blankenship – http://www.couriernews.com

Genealogy of Jacob’s maternal great-grandfather, Virgil McConnell (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jacob’s maternal great-grandmother, Effie Calvert – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Michael Farrand Bennet

Place of Birth: New Delhi, India

Date of Birth: November 28, 1964

Ethnicity:
*English, small amount of German (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Michael Bennet is an American politician. A Democrat, he has been a U.S. Senator from Colorado since 2009.

Michael was born in New Delhi, India, to American parents, Susanne Christine (Klejman) and Douglas J. Bennet (Douglas Joseph Bennet), a college official. At the time of Michael’s birth, his father was serving as an aide to the U.S. Ambassador to India, Chester Bowles.

Michael’s father is of English, and a small amount of German, descent, with Mayflower ancestry. Michael’s mother, who was born in Poland and survived the Holocaust, is the daughter of Polish Jewish parents. Michael was raised around both Christian and Jewish faiths.

Michael’s paternal grandparents were Douglas Joseph Bennet (the son of Walter Hughes Bennet and Grace Agatha) and Phoebe Benedict (the daughter of Farrand Northrop Benedict and Helen Bulkley Bullard).

Michael’s maternal grandparents were John Jacob Klejman and Halina.

Source: Genealogy of Michael Bennet – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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