Don Rickles

January 7, 2017, 7:07 pm

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Birth Name: Donald Jay Rickles

Place of Birth: Queens, New York, United States

Date of Birth: May 8, 1926

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Don Rickles is an American comedian, actor, and voice actor.

Don is the son of Etta (Feldman) and Max Sidney Rickles. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant. His mother was born in New York, to Austrian Jewish parents.

Don’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Rickles and Frances Richters.

Don’s maternal grandparents were Harry Feldman and Clara Landsberg (the daughter of David Landsberg).

Source: Genealogy of Don Rickles

Marriage record of Don’s parents

Don’s mother on the 1920 U.S. Census

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Mollie King

January 7, 2017, 7:09 pm

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Birth Name: Mollie Elizabeth King

Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England

Date of Birth: June 4, 1987

Ethnicity: English

Mollie King is an English singer and songwriter. She is a member of the music group The Saturdays, along with Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes, and Vanessa White.

Mollie is the daughter of Susan R. (Wykes) and Stephen J. King.

Mollie’s maternal grandparents’ surnames were “Wykes” and “Harding”.

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Bobby Darin

January 8, 2017, 5:50 pm

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Birth Name: Walden Robert Cassotto

Place of Birth: East Harlem, New York, United States

Date of Birth: May 14, 1936

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: December 20, 1973

Ethnicity:
*Italian, possibly English and/or Danish (mother)
*publicly unknown (father)

Bobby Darin was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He was married to actress Sandra Dee.

Bobby’s mother was Vanina Juliette “Nina” Cassotto. He was raised believing that his maternal grandmother was his mother and his mother was his sister. Bobby’s mother became pregnant with him at the age of eighteen during a summer, and even after the true circumstances of his birth was revealed to him at age 32, she refused to tell Bobby who his real father was.

Bobby’s maternal grandfather was Saverio Antonio “Sam” Cassotto (the son of Paulo Cassotto and Giovannina Sacchitelli). Bobby’s grandfather Saverio was an Italian immigrant.

The background of Bobby’s maternal grandmother, nicknamed Polly, is not quite clear. Various genealogies lists her full name as “Vivian Fern Walden”, and as the daughter of Frank S. Walden and Julia Hanson. Frank had English ancestry and Julia was the daughter of Danish parents. However, on most censuses she is named “Paula” or “Pauline”, and the marriage record of her and Bobby’s maternal grandfather lists her name as “Pauline Vivian Walden”, and as the daughter of Frank Walden and Juliet Borrelli. Additionally, the 1920 U.S. census lists her as the daughter of Italian parents, while the 1930 U.S. census lists her as the daughter of a Rhode Island-born father and a Wisconsin-born mother.

Source: Genealogies of Bobby Darin (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Sophie Cookson

January 8, 2017, 5:52 pm

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Birth Name: Sophie Louise L. Cookson

Place of Birth: Haywards Heath, Sussex, England

Date of Birth: May 15, 1992

Ethnicity: English

Sophie Cookson is an English actress. She is the daughter of Mary L. (Lucas) and Colin J. Cookson.

Sophie’s maternal grandparents’ surnames were “Lucas” and “Mitchell”.

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Carlson Young

January 8, 2017, 5:57 pm

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Birth Name: Carlson Elizabeth Young

Place of Birth: Fort Worth, Texas, U.S

Date of Birth: October 29, 1990

Ethnicity: English, possibly other

Family Background: Carlson Young is an American actress. She was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Susannah Elizabeth (Scagel) and Marshall Ralph Young, Sr. They are pictured here.

Both her parents’ surnames are of English origin.

Sources: http://www.tv.com/people/carlson-young/biography/

The Youngs from Ft. Worth

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDW7-B7K

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Kiana Brown

January 8, 2017, 5:59 pm

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Birth Name: Kiana Ledé Brown

Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S

Date of Birth: April 3, 1997

Ethnicity: English, African-American, possibly other

Kiana Brown is an American actress, singer, songwriter and pianist. She is also known as Kiana Ledé.

Kiana was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Shakira (Norman) and Michael E. Brown.

Her maternal grandmother was Nancy D. Green (the daughter of Norma and Robert Norman).

Her mother is pictured here.

Sources: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/

http://www.legacy.com/

Kiana Brown positively wants fame

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Shawn Stockman

January 9, 2017, 5:27 pm

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Birth Name: Shawn Patrick Stockman

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Birth: September 26, 1972

Ethnicity: African-American

Shawn Stockman is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and television personality. He is a member of the group Boyz II Men, along with Nathan Morris and Wanya Morris.

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Wanya Morris

January 9, 2017, 5:30 pm

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Birth Name: Wanya Jermaine Morris

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Birth: July 29, 1973

Ethnicity: African-American

Wanya Morris is an American singer and songwriter. He is a member of the group Boyz II Men, along with Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman.

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Buddy Guy

January 9, 2017, 5:39 pm

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Birth Name: George Guy

Place of Birth: Lettsworth, Louisiana, US

Date of Birth: July 30, 1936 

Ethnicity: African-American

Family Background: Buddy Guy is an influential blues guitarist who was born to Sam and Isabel Guy. 

 

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Preity Zinta

January 9, 2017, 5:49 pm

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Place of Birth: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Date of Birth: 31 January 1975

Ethnicity: Rajput Indian

Preity Zinta is an Indian actress born to Nilprabha and Durganand Zinta in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi and English language films.

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Nastassja Kinski

January 9, 2017, 6:00 pm

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Birth Name: Nastassja Aglaia Kinski

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Date of Birth: 24 January 1961

Ethnicity: Polish, German

Family Background: Nastassja Kinski is a German actress and former model born to Klaus Kinski (Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski) and Ruth Brigitte Tocki. Nastassja’s half-siblings are actress Pola Kinski and actor Nikolai Kinski.

Nastassja’s paternal grandparents were Bruno Nakszyński and Susanne Lutze.

Nastassja and Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Moussa, have a daughter, actress Sonja Kinski. Nastassja also has a daughter, Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones, with American music producer Quincy Jones.

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Georgie Henley

January 10, 2017, 5:31 pm

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Birth Name: Georgina Helen Henley

Place of Birth: Keighley, Yorkshire, England

Date of Birth: July 9, 1995

Ethnicity: English

Georgie Henley is an English actress. She is known for her role as Lucy Pevensie in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. Georgie is the daughter of Helen Mary (Gornall) and Michael Stewart Henley.

Georgie’s maternal grandparents are Thomas Gornall and Joan Hardacre.

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Brian Krause

January 10, 2017, 5:35 pm

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Birth Name:Brian Jeffrey Krause

Place of Birth: El Toro, California

Date of Birth: February, 1 1969

Ethnicity: German, possibly other

Family Background: Brian Krause is an American actor, he is best know for his role as Leo Wyatt in the WB series Charmed.

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Walt Whitman

January 10, 2017, 6:06 pm

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Birth Name: Walter Whitman

Place of Birth: West Hills, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 31, 1819

Date of Death: March 26, 1892

Place of Death: Camden, New Jersey, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*English (father)
*Dutch, Welsh (mother)

Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist.
He was the son of Walter Whitman and Louisa Van Velsor. His father was “of English stock, descended from Puritans who had moved to Huntington in the 17th century”. His mother was of Dutch and Welsh descent.

Walt’s paternal grandparents were Jesse Whitman (the son of Nehemiah Whitman and Phoebe “Sarah” White) and Hannah Platt Brush (the daughter of Tredwell Brush and Hannah Platt).

Walt’s maternal grandparents were and Cornelius Van Velsor and Amy Williams (the daughter of John Williams and Mary Woolley).

Sources:
https://famouskin.com/
The Solitary Singer: A Critical Biography of Walt Whitman by Gay Wilson Allen

Tom Wlaschiha

January 10, 2017, 6:08 pm

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Birth Name: Thomas Wlaschiha

Place of Birth: Dohna, East Germany

Date of Birth: 20 June, 1973

Ethnicity: Czech

Tom Wlaschiha is a German television, film, stage, and voice actor,known for his starring in TV series Game of Thrones. His ancestors were ethnic Czechs who came to Germany around the beginning of the 19th Century.

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Summer Phoenix

January 10, 2017, 6:14 pm

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Name: Summer Joy Bottom

Date of Birth: December 10 1978

Place of Birth: Winter Park, Florida, U.S.

Ethnicity:

*English, along with German, distant French Huguenot (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Summer Phoenix is an American actress.  She is the the sister of actors Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and River Phoenix. Summer was married to actor Casey Affleck, with whom has two children.

Summer was born to Arlyn Phoenix (born Arlyn Dunetz), a social activist, and John Phoenix (born Johnny Lee Bottom). Summer’s mother is Jewish; half of her family are Russian Jews and the other half are Hungarian Jews. Summer’s father is of mostly English descent, along with at least 1/128th German, from his ancestor, Johan Jacob Peter Kimberlin, and French Huguenot roots from another, distant, ancestor, Francis Posey, from Cambray, France. At one point, Summer’s parents joined the religious group Children of God, which they later left.

Summer’s paternal grandfather was Robert Merrill Bottom (the son of William Dell Bottom and Cordelia Pearl Matherly). Robert was born in Kentucky, as were all of his grandparents. William was the son of Fidellar/Phidellar Sharp Bottom and Rachel Ann Bolling/Bowling. Cordelia was the daughter of David Houston Matherly and Sarah Frances Purdom.

Summer’s paternal grandmother was Beulah Ernestine Ingram (the daughter of Robert Lee Ingram and Mary Elizabeth Leach or Leidy). Beulah was born in Missouri, and Beulah’s grandparents were born in Tennessee (two), Illinois, and Iowa. Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of William John Leidy and Sarah Clarissa Dyer.

Summer’s maternal grandfather was Meyer Dunetz (the son of Samuel Dunetz and Libbe Grodenzik). Meyer was born in New York. Samuel and Libbe were Russian Jewish immigrants. Samuel was the son of Moses/Moshe Idel Dunetz and Shifra. Libbe was the daughter of Simon Gordon and Menucha.

Summer’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Lefkowitz (the daughter of Ignatz Lefkowitz and Mary Beck). Margaret was born in New York, the daughter of Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Ignatz was the son of Herman Lefkowitz and Rose Greenwald. Mary was the daughter of Ignatz Beck and Maly Frankel.

Source: https://www.geni.com/

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Sasha Lane

January 11, 2017, 6:01 pm

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Birth Name: Sasha Bianca Lane

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, U.S

Date of Birth: September 29, 1995

Ethnicity:

*African-American (father)

*European (mother)

Sasha Lane is an American actress. She was born in Houston, Texas, to an African-American father, Kenneth Lane, and a white New Zealander mother, Judith. Sasha was raised in Frisco, Texas and she has an older brother, Sergio.

Her mother is pictured here.

Her father is pictured here.

Her paternal grandmother was named Lizzie Lane.

Sources: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

http://www.glamour.com/story/american-honey-actress-sasha-lane

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Lindsay Ellingson

January 11, 2017, 6:07 pm

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Birth Name: Lindsay Marie Ellingson

Place of Birth: San Bernardino County, California, United States

Date of Birth: November 19, 1984

Ethnicity: Norwegian

Lindsay Ellingson is an American model. She is the daughter of Julie Marie (Evans) and Gary Allen Ellingson. Lindsay has written that her ancestors are from Norway on both sides.

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Van Morrison

January 11, 2017, 6:10 pm

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Birth Name: George Ivan Morrison

Place of Birth: Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Date of Birth: August 31, 1945

Ethnicity: Northern Irish

Van Morrison is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the son of Violet (Stitt), a singer and dancer, and George Morrison, an electrician. He was brought up in a protestant family.

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Rain Pryor

January 12, 2017, 4:19 pm

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Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: July 16, 1969

Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Rain Pryor is an American actress and comedian. She is the daughter of actress Shelley R. Bonis and comedian Richard Pryor.

Rain’s paternal grandfather was LeRoy “Buck Carter” Pryor (the son of Roy P. Pryor and Rithie Marie Carter). Roy was the son of William Henry Pryor and Mary F. Rithie was the daughter of Richard E. Carter and Julia Isabelle Piper.

Rain’s paternal grandmother was Gertrude L. Thomas (the daughter of James Brown and Mary Louise “Josie” Craig). James was the son of Wiley Brown and Mary Williams. Mary was the daughter of William A. Craig and Nancy.

Rain’s maternal grandfather was Herbert Bonis (the son of Gustaf Bonius/Bonias and Charlotte). Gustaf was born in New York, to Polish Jewish parents. Charlotte was a Polish Jew.

Sources: Genealogy of Rain’s father – http://www.wargs.com/other/pryor.html

Genealogy of Rain’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com/

Rain’s maternal grandfather, Herbert Bonis, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4V8-HJ9

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