Birth Name: Kiernan Brennan Shipka
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 10, 1999
Ethnicity:
*37.5% Irish
*25% Bohemian/Czech
*12.5% German
*12.5% Italian
*12.5% English, some Scottish, distant French
Kiernan Shipka is an American actress. She is known for playing Sallie Draper on the AMC series Mad Men.
Kiernan’s paternal grandparents are Ronald Bruce Shipka (the son of John Shipka and Mildred Kubala) and LaVerne Young (the daughter of Arthur LeRoy Young and Lulu LaVerne Young). Ronald is of Bohemian/Czech descent. Arthur’s parents, Nicholas S. Young and Catherine Schlenger, were German. Kiernan’s great-grandmother Lulu was of English, some Scottish, and distant French, distant.
On her mother’s side, Kiernan is the granddaughter of William Joseph/Francis Brennan (the son of James E. Brennan and Anna Mae Murphy) and Rose Mary Borio (the daughter of Francis “Frank” Borio and Rose Mary McCauley). Kiernan’s great-grandfather James was born in Illinois, to Irish parents. Kiernan’s great-grandmother Anna was also of Irish ancestry. Kiernan’s great-grandfather Francis was the son of Italian parents, Felix Borio and Angelina Frasca. Kiernan’s great-grandmother Rose Mary was the daughter of Irish-American parents, Patrick Charles McCauley and Abbigail F. Hennessy.
Sources: Genealogy of Kiernan’s paternal great-grandmother, Lulu LaVerne Young – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Kiernan’s maternal grandfather, William Joseph/Francis Brennan, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Kiernan’s maternal grandfather, William Joseph/Francis Brennan – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Kiernan’s maternal grandmother, Rose Mary Borio – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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