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Mark Foster

January 18, 2017, 7:18 am
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Birth Name: Mark Derek Foster

Place of Birth: San Jose, California, United States

Date of Birth: February 29, 1984

Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, distant Welsh

Mark Foster is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist, and keyboardist of the indie pop band Foster the People.

Mark is the son of Kathleen Lois (Powlison) and Daniel S. Foster.

Mark’s maternal grandfather was Howard Whitfield Powlison (the son of Kenneth Whitfield Powlison and Pansy Arvada Fitch). Kenneth was the son of Maude A. Pomlison, whose father was Canadian. Pansy was the daughter of Charles Freemont Fitch and Abbie Ruth McCrea.

Mark’s maternal grandmother was Doris Ruth Waggoner (the daughter of Harry Thomas Waggoner and Helen Beatrice Porter). Harry was the son of John Henry Waggoner and Lulu May Colmer. Helen was the daughter of Ira Mackey Porter and Margaret Ann Roll, who was born in Thorn Hill, Pennsylvania, to German parents.

Sources: Genealogy of Mark Foster (focusing on his mother’s side) – 

Genealogy of Mark’s mother (focusing on her father’s side) – 

Genealogy of Mark’s great-grandfather, Harry Thomas Waggoner – 

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Sibi Blazic

January 18, 2017, 7:33 am
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Birth Name: Srboslava or Srbislava Blazic

Place of Birth:Chicago, Illinois, USA

Date of Birth: 14 April 1970,

Ethnicity: Serbian

Family Background: Sibi Blazic is a Serbian actress, former model and make-up artist. She is married to actor Christian Bale, with whom has two children.

Sibi is the daughter of Slobodan Blazic and Nadezda Topalski, who were both born in Belgrade. They married in the municipality of Vracar, Serbia.

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Nathan Fielder

January 18, 2017, 7:35 am
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Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Birth: May 12, 1983

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nathan Fielder is a Canadian comedian and writer. He is the creator and star of the docu-reality comedy television series Nathan for You on Comedy Central.

Source: http://www.cjnews.com/

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Heidi Range

January 18, 2017, 7:38 am
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Birth Name: Heidi India Range

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England

Date of Birth: May 23, 1983

Ethnicity: Scottish, possibly other

Heidi Range is an English singer and songwriter. She was a member of the group Sugababes, along with Amelle Berrabah, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Siobhán Donaghy, and Jade Ewen.

Heidi is the daughter of Karen F. (Livingstone) and Paul D. Range. Most of Heidi’s ancestors’ surnames are Scottish (Duncan, Livingstone, McFee). It is possible that she also has English ancestry.

Heidi’s paternal grandparents were Alfred L. Range and Gladys J. Duncan.

Heidi’s maternal grandparents were Peter Livingstone and Veronica McFee (the daughter of Henry McFee and Julia A. Sedley).

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Johnny Carson

January 18, 2017, 7:42 am
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Navy portrait of Johnny Carson

Birth Name: John William Carson

Place of Birth: Corning, Iowa, United States

Date of Birth: October 23, 1925

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: January 23, 2005

Ethnicity: English, with some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), German, Dutch, French, distant Scottish and Swiss-German

Johnny Carson was an American comedian and television host. He was known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Johnny was the son of Ruth E. (Hook) and Homer “Kit” Lloyd Carson.

Johnny’s paternal grandfather was Christopher N. Carson (the son of Marshall Carson and Emilene Kellogg). Marshall was the son of William Carson and Dorothy Nye. Emeline was the daughter of Amos Kellogg and Rebecca Wilson Carver.

Johnny’s paternal grandmother was Ella B. Hardy (the daughter of Samuel Tomlinson Hardy and Viola Millicent Vincent). Samuel was the son of James Hardy and Minerva Tomlinson. Viola was the daughter of Ezra Vincent and Catherine Colburn/Colborn.

Johnny’s maternal grandfather was George William Hook (the son of William Hook and Sophronia Barnett). William was the son of James Grant Hook and Sarah Lyle.

Johnny’s maternal grandmother was Jessie Elton Boyd (the daughter of John Saylor Boyd and Cynthia Simildie Elton Raynolds). John was the son of John Boyd, who was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and Eliza Saylor. Simildie was the daughter of George Washington Raynolds and Elizabeth Millar.

Sources: Genealogies of Johnny Carson – https://www.geni.com/
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
http://www.findagrave.com/

Genealogy of Johnny Carson (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

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Brant Daugherty

January 18, 2017, 7:47 am
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Birth Name: Brant David Daugherty

Place of Birth: Mason, Ohio, United States

Date of Birth: August 20, 1985

Ethnicity:
*Irish, possibly other (father)
*Slovak, Italian (mother)

Brant Daugherty is an American actor and dancer. He is the son of Mary Beth (Hirt) and David Daugherty, an art teacher.

Brant’s maternal grandparents were Andrew/Ondrej J. Hirt (the son of Ondrej M. Hirt and Mary Syc) and Florence Eleanor Tessari (the daughter of Antonio Tessari and Elizabeth/Elizabetta Menegatti). Brand’s grandfather Andrew was born in Pohorela, Slovakia. Antonio was born in Brazil, to Italian parents. Elizabeth was Italian.

Source: Obituary of Brant’s maternal grandfather, Andrew/Ondrej J. Hirt – http://www.vindy.com/

Obituary of Brant’s granduncle, Michael A. Tessari – http://www.tribdem.com/

Bran’t great-grandfather, Antonio Tessari, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/

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Strom Thurmond

January 19, 2017, 6:52 pm
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Birth Name: James Strom Thurmond

Date of Birth: December 5, 1902

Place of Birth: Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.

Date of Death: June 26, 2003

Place of Death: Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.

Ethnicity: German, English

Strom Thurmond was an American politician. He was Governor of South Carolina, from January 21, 1947 to January 16, 1951, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina, from December 24, 1954 to April 4, 1956, and again from November 7, 1956 to January 3, 2003, President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 1987, January 3, 1995 to January 3, 2001, and again from January 20, 2001 to June 6, 2001, President pro tempore emeritus of the U.S. Senate, from June 6, 2001 to January 3, 2003. He was a member of the Democratic Party from 1946 to 1964, and the Republican Party from 1964 to 2003, his death. He was also a Dixiecrat in 1948.

He was the States’ Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) nominee for President of the United States in 1948. The party was a segregationist political party that was both founded and dissolved in 1948, winning 4 states in that year’s presidential election.

Strom was the son of Eleanor Gertrude (Strom) and John William Thurmond. He was married to Jean Crouch and Nancy Moore. Among his children is politician Paul Thurmond, with Nancy, as well as Essie Mae Washington-Williams, a teacher and author. Strom fathered Essie with his family’s African-American maid, Carrie Butler.

Strom’s paternal grandfather was George Washington Thurmond (the son of John Thurmond and Elinor Delaughter).

Strom’s paternal grandmother was Mary Jane Felter.

Strom’s maternal grandfather was James Harrison Strom (the son of Samuel C. Strom). Samuel was the son of William Strom.

Strom’s maternal grandmother was Martha Evelyn Reynolds (the daughter of Lewis Reynolds and Strother J. Morris). Lewis was the son of William Lewis Reynolds and Martha.

Source: Genealogy of Strom Thurmond – https://www.geni.com

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Mike Gravel

January 19, 2017, 7:31 pm
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Birth Name: Maurice Robert Gravel

Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 13, 1930

Mike Gravel is an American politician. As a member of the Democratic Party, he was Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives, from January 25, 1965 to January 22, 1967, and a U.S. Senator from Alaska, from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1981. He was a member of the Libertarian Party from 2008 to 2010.

He was a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 2008, and for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President of the United States, also in 2008.

Mike is the son of Marie Delia (Bourassa) and Alphonse Gravel. His parents were French-Canadian, from Québec.

Mike’s maternal grandfather was Frédéric Bourassa (the son of Louis Bourassa and Edmire Allard).

Mike’s maternal grandmother was Caroline Baril (the daughter of Hyacinthe Baril and Caroline Landry). Hyacinthe was the son of Jean Baptiste Baril and Marie Marguerite Savoie. Caroline was the daughter of Pascal Landry and Marie Geneviève Laprise/Dufour.

Sources: Genealogy of Mike Gravel – http://www.wargs.com

Genealogy of Mike Gravel (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com

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Emmanuel Adebayor

January 19, 2017, 7:55 pm
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Birth Name: Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayo

Date of Birth: 26 February 1984

Place of Birth: Lomé, Togo

Ethnicity: Yoruba

Family Background: Emmanuel Adebayor is a Togolese professional footballer.

He is of Yoruba background.

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Hailey Clauson

January 19, 2017, 7:57 pm
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Place of Birth: Newbury Park, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: March 7, 1995

Ethnicity: English, possibly other

Hailey Clauson is an American fashion model. She was born in Thousand Oaks, California, to Bethany E. (Boyle) and Larry Clauson. She has a brother, Jacob.

Her parents’ surnames are of English origin. Her mother is pictured here.

Source: http://www.toacorn.com/

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Laura Bell Bundy

January 19, 2017, 8:06 pm
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Birth Name: Laura Ashley Bell Bundy

Place of Birth: Euclid, Ohio, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 10, 1981

Ethnicity: English

Laura Bell Bundy is an American actress and singer. Her mother, Lorna Bundy-Jones, manages a Victoria’s Secret store and her father, Don Bundy, is an electrical engineer.

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Brett Dalton

January 19, 2017, 8:09 pm
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Birth Name: Brett Patrick Dalton

Place of Birth: San Jose, California, United States

Date of Birth: January 7, 1983

Ethnicity: Irish, Scandinavian, possibly other

Brett Dalton is an American actor. He is the son of Jan Irene (Sylvester) and Patrick Allen Dalton.

Brett’s maternal grandparents’ surnames were “Sylvester” and “Iverson”.

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Anjelah Johnson

January 19, 2017, 8:11 pm
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Birth Name: Angela Nicole Johnson

Place of Birth: San Jose, California, United States

Date of Birth: May 14, 1982

Ethnicity:
*English, possibly other (father)
*Mexican (mother)

Anjelah Johnson is an American actress and comedian.

Anjelah is the daughter of Susan Rosalie (Castaneda) and Mitchell Lewis Johnson. She is married to musician Manwell Reyes, who is of Puerto Rican descent.

On Anjelah’s official website, it says that she is “of Mexican and Native American descent.”

Anjelah’s maternal grandparents were likely Federico H. Castaneda (the son of Isidro Castaneda and Felicitas Hernandez) and Maria Jimenez (the daughter of Juan Jimenez and Marcelina Contreras).

Source: Likely the marriage record of Anjelah’s maternal grandparents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8X4-3DJ

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Rose Bertram

January 19, 2017, 8:15 pm
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Birth Name: Stephanie Rose Bertram

Place of Birth: Kortrijk, Belgium

Date of Birth: October 26, 1994

Ethnicity:

*Belgian (possibly Flemish) (father)

*Senegalese (maternal grandfather)

*Portuguese (maternal grandmother)

Rose Bertram is a Belgian model. She was born in Kortrijk, Belgium, to a Belgian father and a Cape Verdean mother. Her maternal grandmother was Portuguese and her paternal grandfather was from Senegal.

Rose was raised in the Dutch part of Belgium and moved to Ghent with her family at the age of eleven. She speaks fluent Dutch, French and English.

Rose’s mother is pictured here.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

https://intothegloss.com/2015/01/stephanie-bertram-rose/

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Ricky Whittle

January 19, 2017, 8:18 pm
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Birth Name: Richard Whittle

Place of Birth: Oldham, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: November 23, 1981

Ethnicity:

*Afro-Jamaican (father)

*English (mother)

Ricky Whittle is a British actor. He was born in Oldham, England, to Maggie (Goodwin) and Harry Whittle. He was raised in Northern Ireland.

Ricky’s mother is white and English. His father has Afro-Jamaican ancestry.

A picture of Ricky with his mother and father can be seen here and below:

 

Sources: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/

http://www.loopjamaica.com/tags/ricky-whittle

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Paige Turco

January 19, 2017, 8:22 pm
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Birth Name: Jean Paige Turco

Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 17, 1965

Ethnicity: Italian (paternal grandfather), English, possibly other

Paige Turco is an American actress. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Joyce Jean (Jodoin) and David Vincent Turco.

Her maternal grandparents were Doris Marie (Lambert) and Raymond Alfred Jodoin. Doris’ was the daughter of Mary Jane Maguire and Ernest Lambert.

Her paternal grandparents were Miriam M. and Salvatore P. Turco. Salvatore was born in Calabria, Italy.

Paige is married to Irish actor Jason O’Mara.

Sources: http://paigeturco.net/about/biography/

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Joely Fisher

January 21, 2017, 5:55 pm
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Birth name: Joely Fisher

Place of Birth: Burbank, CA

DOB: October 29, 1967

Ethnicity:

  • *62.5% Ashkenazi Jewish
  • *25% Italian (including Sicilian)
  • *12.5% Irish

Joely Fisher is an actress and singer, most notably in two prominent TV series, Ellen and ‘Til Death. She is the daughter of actress & singer Connie Stevens and actor & singer Eddie Fisher. She has a younger sister Tricia Leigh Fisher and is a half sister to Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher from her father’s previous marriage to Debbie Reynolds.

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Niykee Heaton

January 21, 2017, 5:57 pm
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Birth Name: Nicolet Aleta Heaton

Place of Birth: Geneva, Illinois, U.S

Date of Birth: December 4, 1994

Ethnicity:

*English, German (father)

*South African (English, possibly other) (mother)

Niykee Heaton is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and model. She was born in Geneva, Illinois, to a South African mother, Veronica E., and an American father, Joel Ray Heaton. She has a brother, Cheyne, and had a sister, Rachel Pearl.

Her paternal grandparents are Doris (Hunsaker) and Glen Norman Heaton.

Her maternal grandparents are Wallace and Aletta Taylor. They are both from South Africa.

Sources: http://www.vibe.com/

http://www.legacy.com/

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Meg Imperial

January 21, 2017, 5:58 pm
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Birth Name: Mary Grace Baydal Imperial

Place of Birth: Taytay, Rizal, Philippines

Date of Birth: January 20, 1993

Ethnicity: Filipino (Bicolano)

Meg Imperial is a Filipina actress. Her father, Lester Hernandez Imperial, was born in Legazpi City, Albay. Her mother, Rosita Portuguez Baydal, was born in Magarao, Camarines Sur.

Some sources state that Meg has Spanish ancestry. However, it is unclear if this is accurate.

Meg’s paternal grandparents are Jose Luis Imperial, Jr. (the son of Jose Luis Imperial, Sr.) and Hilda Hernandez.

Meg’s maternal grandparents are Jose Baydal and Soledad Portuguez.

Sources: Meg’s birth record – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4H-R4V

Marriage records of Meg’s parents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4X-W5QZ (certificate)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-6SNV-M & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-6SJ4-F (register)

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Iain Glen

January 21, 2017, 6:00 pm
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Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland

Date of Birth: June 24, 1961

Ethnicity: Scottish

Iain Glen is a Scottish actor.

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