Birth Name: Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.
Place of Birth: Havre de Grace, Maryland
Date of Birth: August 24, 1960
Ethnicity: English, German, Irish, possibly other
Family Background: Cal Ripken is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles.
Cal Ripken was the son of Cal Ripken Sr. and Violet Ripken.
Ripken Jr.’s paternal grandparents were Arend Fredrick Ripken and Clara Amelia Oliver.
Arend Fredrick Ripken’s parents were Peter Friedrich Ludwig (the son of Johann Friedrich Ripken and Anna Margrete Mueller) and Affena Lubina Wychgram (the daughter of Arend Wychgram and Rena Beredina Berends).
Clara Amelia Oliver’s parents were James Oliver (the son of William Oliver and Sarah McCoy) and Mary Magdalena Stumpter (the daughter of John Jacob Stumpter and Katherine Burkley).
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