Place of Birth: Red Bank, New Jersey, United States
Date of Birth: June 26, 1999
Ethnicity: German, smaller amounts of Irish and English
Harley Quinn Smith is an American actress. She is the daughter of Kevin Smith, a filmmaker, actor, public speaker, comic book writer, author, comedian, and podcaster, and Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, a writer, actress, and broadcaster. She was named after the Batman villain Harley Quinn.
Harley Quinn’s paternal grandfather was of German, Irish, and English descent, and Harley Quinn’s paternal grandmother was of German ancestry.
Harley Quinn’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to William Smith, who was born, c. 1667, in Long Island City, New York.
Harley Quinn’s paternal grandfather was Donald Edgar Smith (the son of Edgar Joseph Smith and Mary Augusta Fredericks). Harley Quinn’s great-grandfather Edgar was of English, Irish, and distant German descent, was the son of Edgar Stansbury Smith and Margaret C. Daly/Daley. Mary Augusta was the daughter of German parents, Charles Herman Fredericks and Elizabeth B. Semler.
Harley Quinn’s paternal grandmother was Grace Schultz (the daughter of John Schultz and Anna Marie Went). John was born in New York, to ethnic German parents from Poland, Casper Schultz and Agnes. Anna was born in New York, to John Charles Went, who was from Hamburg, Germany, and Emilie Müller, who was also of German descent.
Source: Harley Quinn’s paternal great-grandfather, John Schultz, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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