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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