Birth Name: Nicholas Edward Cave
Place of Birth: Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
Date of Birth: September 22, 1957
Ethnicity: English
Nick Cave is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, author, screenwriter, composer, and occasional actor.
Nick is the son of Dawn (Treadwell) and Colin Frank Cave, both teachers. His parents’ surnames are English.
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Birth Name: Gabriel Moises Chavarria
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 29, 1989
Ethnicity: Honduran
Gabriel Chavarria is an American actor. He is known for his role in the series East Los High.
Gabriel is said to be the son of Honduran immigrants. His surname is Basque.
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Birth Name: William R. Eichner
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Birth: September 18, 1978
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Billy Eichner is an American comedian, actor, writer, and television personality.
Billy’s paternal grandparents were Jerome Eichner (the son of Jacob Eichner and Rebecca Licyler) and Bella. Jacob was born in Austria. Rebecca was born in Hungary.
Source: Birth Certificate of Billy’s paternal grandfather – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WHQ-Z9Q
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Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date of Birth: September 7, 1988
Ethnicity: Austrian, German, English, Dutch, remote Welsh
Kurt Hugo Schneider is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, producer, director, and video editor. He is the son of Laurie S. (Auth), an artist, and Michael H. Schneider, a mathematician.
Kurt has said that his paternal grandparents were from Vienna. He has also mentioned that his father is of part German descent. Kurt’s mother’s ancestry is German, English, Dutch, and remote Welsh.
Kurt’s maternal grandfather was Bernard Baldus Auth (the son of Francis Xavier Auth and Mary Katherine Koppers). Francis was the son of German parents, Chrysanthus Santus Auth and Regina Klueh. Mary was born in Suderwick, Germany, of Dutch and German descent, the daughter of Peter Theodore Koppers and Adelheid Marie Messing.
Kurt’s maternal grandmother was ? Herbert (the daughter of Francis Irving Herbert and Mary V. Lancaster). Francis was the son of Baker Wilmer Herbert and Laura Clarke. Mary was the daughter of Spearman Simon Lancaster and Verlinda Elizabeth Jenkins.
Source: Genealogy of Kurt Hugo Schneider (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com/people/Kurt-Schneider/6000000036343536431
Birth Name: Jaime Federico Said Camil Saldaña da Gama
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Date of Birth: July 22, 1973
Ethnicity:
*Mexican [Egyptian, possibly other] (father)
*Brazilian [Portuguese, possibly other] (mother)
Jaime Camil is a Mexican actor, singer, and host. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, the son of a Mexican father, Jaime Camil Garza, and a Brazilian mother, Cecilia Saldanha da Gama.
His father has Egyptian ancestry. His mother, who was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro, has Portuguese roots. His half-sister is actress Issabela Camil.
Jaime speaks fluent Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French.
His parents are pictured here.
Source: http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/
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Birth Name: Alexander Emerick Jones
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas
Date of Birth: February 11, 1974
Ethnicity: English, Welsh, Irish, German
Family Background: Alex Jones is an American far-right radio show host, filmmaker, writer, and conspiracy theorist.
Alex Jones is the son of David Ross Jones and Carol Gretchen Hamman.
Alex’s paternal grandparents were Jerry Jones (most likely the son of William R. Jones and Clara T. McElroy) and Pattie Louise Johnson.
Alex’s maternal grandparents were Cylde William Hamman (the son of Clyde William Hamman and Margaret F. Gresham) and Bennie Grayce Pope (the daughter of William Forest Pope and Verna Grace Cleveland.)
In one of Alex Jones’ video podcasts he said he is of Irish, German, Welsh, mostly English and partial Native American descent. It is unclear if there is documented Native American ancestry for Alex Jones.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpO5elD3Gs
Geni.com (family tree’s of Alex’s maternal grandparents)
Birth Name: Elisha Nelson Manning
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date of Birth: January 3, 1981
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, German and Swiss-German, remote French
Family Background: Eli Manning is an American professional football player and NFL quarterback, currently playing for the New York Giants.
Eli Manning is the son of Olivia (Williams) and Archie Manning (Elisha Archibald Manning). Eli’s father was also an NFL player along with his brother, Peyton Manning.
Eli’s paternal grandparents were Elisha Archibald Manning (the son of Archibald Elisha Manning and Annie Sophia Gaddy) and Jane Elizabeth Nelson (the daughter of Joseph Lafayette Nelson and Olivia Beady).
Eli’s maternal grandparents were Amzie Cooper Williams (the son of Amzie Jackson Williams and Nannie Mae Stribling) and Frances Irene Thomas (the daughter of John James Seale Thomas and Mary Bell Warren).
Source: http://www.wargs.com/other/manning.html
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Geni.com
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Birth Name: Kurtwood Larson Smith
Place of Birth: New Lisbon, Wisconsin, United States
Date of Birth: July 3, 1943
Ethnicity:
*English, possibly other (father)
*Norwegian (mother)
Kurtwood Smith is an American actor. He is the son of Mabel Annette Lund (Larson) and George Smith.
Kurtwood’s maternal grandparents were Johannes “John” Larson (the son of Lars J. Larson and Ingeborg Ormson) and Olahva Maline “Olive” Onsager (the daughter of Ole J. Onsager and Mary Nelson). Johannes and Olahva were both born in Wisconsin, to Norwegian parents.
Sources: Genealogy of Kurtwood Smith (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I551223
Genealogy of Kurtwood’s mother (through her sister, Marie Ingeborg Larson Barlow) – http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72906801
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Place of Birth: Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 30, 1999
Ethnicity: Italian, German (including Volga German)
Sean Giambrone is an American actor. He was born in Michigan, the son of David Giambrone and Vonda Kay “Voni” (Heimbouch). He has a brother, Luke. They were raised in Park Ridge, Illinois.
David has Italian ancestry. Vonda is of German descent.
Sean’s maternal grandparents are Duane Donald Heimbouch and Betty Jane Ruppel (the daughter of George Ruppel and Molly/Mollie Martin). George and Molly were both from Kamenka, Saratov Oblast, Russia.
Molly’s parents were Phillip Martin and Anna Kuxhausen (the daughter of George Frederick Kuxhausen and Katharina Elisabeth Herdt). Katharina’s paternal great-grandfather, Adam Herdt, was originally from Hesse, Germany.
Sources: http://www.geringcitizen.com/
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Birth Name: Susan Caroline Tedeschi
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: November 9, 1970)
Ethnicity: Italian (paternal grandfather), English, Irish, German
Susan Tedeschi is an American blues and soul musician. She is the daughter of Patricia (Doherty) and Richard “Dick” Tedeschi.
Susan’s paternal grandparents were Dominic Robert “Nick” Tedeschi, Sr. (the son of Angelo Tedeschi and Katherine M. Sabino) and Phyllis Colman Turner (the daughter of Samuel Turner and Ethel Colman).
Susan’s maternal grandparents were James Joseph Doherty, II (the son of James Joseph Doherty, I and Annie Grant) and Edith Adelaide Masters (the daughter of Raymond Elliot Masters and Esther Josephine Catherine/Catharine Bavis).
Sources: Genealogy of Susan Tedeschi – https://www.geni.com
Records of Susan’s paternal grandfather, Dominic R “Nick” Tedeschi – https://www.findagrave.com
https://familysearch.org
Marriage records of Susan’s paternal great-grandparents, Angelo Tedeschi and Katherine M. Sabino – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Susan’s maternal great-grandmother, Esther Josephine Catherine/Catharine Bavis – http://www.genealogy.com
Photo: http://www.prphotos.com
Birth Name: Marlene Kringstad
Place of Birth: Robbinsdale, Minnesota, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 26, 1943
Ethnicity: Norwegian
Kathryn Leigh Scott is an American actress. She was born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, to Ole Andreasen Kringstad and Hilda Sophie (Karlsgodt).
Ole hailed from Molde, Norway. Hilda was born in Minnesota, to Norwegian parents.
Kathryn’s paternal grandparents were Andreas Olausen Kringstad and Martha Olsdatter Gjermundnes.
Kathryn’s maternal grandparents were Ole Karlsgodt and Martha. They were originally from Haltdalen, Sør-Trøndelag County, and Bagn, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland County, and moved to the U.S. in 1905.
Source: Genealogy of Kathryn Leigh Scott’s father, Ole Andreasen Kringstad – https://www.geni.com/people/Ole-Kringstad/6000000034222603863
http://www.valdressamband.org/about/kringstad.htm
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Birth Name: Troy Francis Farshi
Place of Birth: Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 27, 1993
Ethnicity: Iranian, Italian, possibly other
Troy Gentile is an American actor. He was born in Boca Raton, Florida, the son of Albert A. Farshi and Debra Lynne (Gentile), and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Albert is originally from Iran. Debra is from New York, and has Italian ancestry.
Troy’s maternal grandparents are Ralph G. Gentile and Colleen.
Sources: http://memim.com/troy-gentile.html
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/
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Birth Name: Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
Place of Birth: Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 4, 1916
Place of Death: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: July 17, 2009
Ethnicity: German, 1/8 Scottish, English, distant Dutch
Walter Cronkite was an American journalist, news anchor, and television and radio broadcaster. He was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the son of Walter Leland Cronkite, Sr. and Helen Lena/Lina (Fritsche).
Walter’s father has Scottish, German, English, and distant Dutch ancestry. His mother is of German descent.
His paternal grandfather was Frederick Cronkite. His parents were Spencer Cronkite (the son of Tunis Cronkite and Caroline Curtis) and Ruth Ann Pierce.
His paternal grandmother was Anna Louise Prussia. Her parents were Jessie Benham Prussia (the son of William Kephart Prusia and Salome Benham) and Anna Boyd.
Anna Boyd was originally from Scotland. William’s father, Christian Prusia, was German.
Walter also has distant Dutch ancestry through his surname “Cronkite”, on his patrilineal line. His ancestor Herx Siboutzen Krankheijdt, from Frisia, got married, c. 1642, to Wijntje Theunis, from Naarden, in the New Amsterdam Colony (now a part of Manhattan, New York City).
His maternal grandfather was Edward C. Fritsche/Fritschie. He was the son of Edward Charles Fritschie and Magdalena “Lina” Gerold, both of which hailed from Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany.
His maternal grandmother was Mathilda Renz. She was the daughter of August Renz and Helen Greiss/Graeif. August was from Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Helen was from Prussia.
Sources: Genealogy of Walter Cronkite – https://www.geni.com/
Obituary of Walter Cronkite’s maternal grandmother, Mathilda (Renz) Fritsche – https://www.findagrave.com/
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Birth Name: Reginald Arvizu
Place of Birth: Los Angeles County, California, United States
Date of Birth: November 2, 1969
Ethnicity:
*Mexican (father)
*French-Canadian, English (mother)
Reginald Arvizu, also known as Fieldy, is an American musician. He is the bassist of the metal band Korn.
Reginald is the son of Sheri L. (Picard) and Reginald Arvizu.
Reginald’s paternal grandparents were Reginald Arvizu (the son of Julian L. Arvizu and Mary Romero) and Louise Ybarra (the daughter of Ynocente Ybarra and Ruth Contreras). Julian and Mary were both born in California, to Mexican parents. Ynocente and Ruth were Mexican immigrants.
Reginald’s maternal grandfather was Roy Joseph Picard (the son of Albert Joseph Picard and Marie Yvonne Lavigne). Albert was born in Michigan, to French-Canadian parents, Joseph Picard and Olivine Cossette. Marie was the daughter of Dolphis Lavigne, who was French-Canadian, and Alphonsine Cloutier, whose parents were French-Canadian.
Reginald’s maternal grandmother was Joyce Ann Noble (the daughter of Frank Dewey Noble and Marie Alice Stephens). Frank was the son of L. Noble and Margaret Park/Parker. Marie was the daughter of John M. Stephens and Lorena.
Sources: Marriage record of Reginald’s paternal grandparents
Reginald’s paternal grandfather, Reginald Arvizu, on the 1930 U.S. Census
Reginald’s paternal grandmother, Louise Ybarra, on the 1940 U.S. Census
Marriage record of Reginald’s maternal grandparents
Marriage record of Reginald’s great-grandparents
Marriage record of Reginald’s great-grandparents
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Place of Birth: Spitalfields, London, England
Date of Birth: April 27, 1759
Place of Death: Somerstown, London, England
Date of Death: September 10, 1797
Ethnicity:
*English (father)
*Irish (mother)
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and feminist advocate. Her daughter, with journalist and philosopher William Godwin, was writer Mary Shelley.
Mary was the daughter of Elizabeth (Dixon) and Edward John Wollstonecraft. Her mother was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland. Her father was born in London, England.
Mary’s paternal grandparents were Edward Wollstonecraft (the son of Arnold Wollstonecraft) and Mary Trevett.
Source: Genealogy of Mary Wollstonecraft – https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Wollstonecraft-Family-Tree-1
Birth Name: Steven Peter Crowder
Place of Birth: Grosse Point, Michigan
Date of Birth: July 7, 1987
Ethnicity: English father, French-Canadian mother
Family Background: Steven Crowder is a conservative and political commentator, actor, comedian and host of Louder with Crowder.
Steven Crowder is the son of Darrin S. Crowder and Francine Lacaile.
Crowder’s paternal grandparents were most likely Dean Willis Crowder (the son of Dean and Beatrice M. Crowder) and Pauline Pemberton (the daughter of Rafael and Irene Pemberton).
Steven’s mother Francine was born in Canada and Steven Crowder has dual citizenship.
Source: https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/594113334535946240 (name of Crowder’s father)
https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/436596095834017792 (dual citizenship)
ancestry.com records
Birth Name: María Isabel Preysler Arrastia
Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines
Date of Birth: 18 February 1951
Ethnicity: Spanish, Filipino (Kapampangan), Austrian
Family Background: Isabel Preysler is a Spanish and Filipino socialite and television host.
She is the daughter of Carlos Preysler Perez de Tagle and Beatriz Arrastía Reinares. Her father had Spanish and distant Austrian ancestry. Her mother had Spanish and Filipino (Kapampangan) ancestry.
Isabel’s son, with singer Julio Iglesias, is singer Enrique Iglesias.
Genealogy: https://www.geni.com/
Photo: www.prphotos.com
Birth Name: Zhang Liangying
Place of Birth: Chengdu, China
Date of Birth: October 11, 1984
Ethnicity: Chinese
Jane Zhang is a Chinese pop singer who became famous after appearing in the 2005 season of the Super Girl contest.
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Birth Name: Jessica Elise de Gouw
Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Date of Birth: February 15, 1988
Ethnicity: Dutch, possibly other
Jessica de Gouw is an Australian actress. She is also known as Jess de Gouw.
She was born in Perth, Western Australia, and raised in the suburb of Lesmurdie. She has a sister, Chelsea.
Jessica’s surname is of Dutch origin.
Sources: http://jessica-degouw.com/jessica/biography/
http://forebears.io/surnames/de-gouw
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Birth Name: Melissa Suzanne George
Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Date of Birth: August 6, 1976
Ethnicity: Scottish, possibly English
Melissa George is an American-Australian actress. She was born in Perth, Western Australia, the daughter of Pamela (Ward) and Glenn George.
One of her maternal great-grandfathers was named William Ward.
Regarding her ethnicity, she has stated:
“My background is Scottish. My grandmother, my dad’s mum, grew up outside Glasgow, so your humour is my humour – we just happen to have different accents”.
One of Melissa’s cousins is Australian opera singer and cellist Taryn Fiebig.
Melissa is married to French film producer and entrepreneur Jean-David Blanc.
Sources: Genealogy of Melissa George (private) – https://www.geni.com/
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