Birth Name: Elizabeth Anne Vargas
Place of Birth: Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 6, 1962
Ethnicity:
*Puerto Rican [Spanish, Italian, possibly other] (father)
*Swedish, Irish, German (mother)
Elizabeth Vargas is an American television journalist and host. She was born in Bergenfield, New Jersey, to a Puerto Rican-American father, Rafael “Ralf” Vargas, and an American mother, Anne (Lammers). Elizabeth has a sister, Aimie, and a brother, Christopher Otis.
Rafael is said to have Spanish and Italian ancestry. Anne is of Swedish, German, and Irish descent.
Elizabeth’s paternal grandfather was originally from Puerto Rico.
Elizabeth’s maternal grandfather was Otis S. Lammers (the son of George A. Lammers and Ida S. Johnson). George was born in Minnesota, to a father from Germany and a mother from Sweden. Ida was born in Sweden, to Swedish parents.
Elizabeth’s maternal grandmother was Lois Brennan (the daughter of James R. Brennan and Sarah L.). Both James and Sarah were born in Minnesota, to parents from Ireland.
Elizabeth was married to Jewish musician Marc Cohn. They have two children.
Sources: http://www.puertorico-herald.org
http://nypost.com
https://www.newspapers.com
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https://familysearch.org
https://familysearch.org
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