Birth Name: Ethan Gregory Peck
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 2, 1986
Ethnicity:
*Finnish (paternal grandmother)
*Italian (maternal grandfather)
*as well as Irish, English, 1/8th French-Canadian, small amount of German and Welsh
Ethan Peck is an American actor. He is the son of Stephen Peck, an actor and documentary filmmaker, and Francine Matarazzo, an abstract artist. He is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and real estate broker Greta Kukkonen. His sister is writer Marisa Matarazzo.
Ethan’s paternal grandparents were Gregory Peck (Eldred Gregory Peck, the son of Gregory Pearl Peck and Bernice Mary Ayres) and Greta Kukkonen (Eine Matilda Kukkonen, the daughter of Matti Aleksanteri Kukkonen and Emilia Milja/Matilda Viljanen). Ethan’s grandfather had Irish, English, some German, and distant Welsh, ancestry. Ethan’s grandmother Greta was Finnish, born in Helsinki.
Ethan’s maternal grandparents were John Ralph Matarazzo (the son of Giovanni Matarazzo and Carmela Debernardo) and Mildred Margaret Reilly (the daughter of Francis M. Reilly and Hazel Milo). John was born in Connecticut, to Italian parents, from Santa Maria Copua Veten, Italy. Mildred was also born in Connecticut, and had Irish and French-Canadian ancestry.
Sources: Genealogy of Ethan Peck (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Obituary of Ethan’s maternal grandfather, John Ralph Matarazzo – http://articles.courant.com
Ethan’s maternal grandmother, Mildred Margaret Reilly, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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