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Randy Couture

June 1, 2014, 6:24 pm
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Birth Name: Randy Duane Couture

Place of Birth: Everett, Washington

Date of Birth: June 22, 1963

Ethnicity: French-Canadian (great-great-grandfather), English, distant Dutch

Randy Couture is an American retired mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, and actor.

Randy’s surname is French, and comes from his French-Canadian great-great-grandfather. His other ancestry includes English and distant Dutch.

On his father’s side, Randy is the grandson of Robert Edward Couture (the son of Albert Edward Couture and Anna Mary Burley) and Martha Estelle Coleman (the daughter of Charles Worthy Coleman and Lois Estelle Eldridge). Randy’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Louis Couture, was born in Levis, Quebec, Canada, c. 1849, to Louis Couture and Sara Lemieux, and was of French-Canadian descent.

On his mother’s side, Randy is the grandson of Duane Miller King (the son of Charles Eugene King and Sarah Amelia Miller) and Ethel May Hutton (the daughter of Nathaniel Guy Hutton and Florence Marie Littlefield).

Source: Genealogy of Randy Couture – http://records.ancestry.com

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Jack Lemmon

June 2, 2014, 2:54 pm
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Birth Name: John Uhler Lemmon III

Date of Birth: February 8, 1925

Place of Birth: Newton, Massachusetts

Date of Death: June 27, 2001

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California

Ethnicity: English, Irish, more distant French, Dutch, Welsh

Jack Lemmon was an American actor. He had English, Irish, and more distant French, Dutch, and Welsh, roots.

Jack’s paternal grandparents were John Uhler Lemmon (the son of Benjamin Franklin Lemmon and Jane Elizabeth Davis) and Agnes Johanna Hanafin (the daughter of Patrick Hanafin and Mary J. McFeely). Patrick was Irish. Mary was born in Louisiana, to Irish parents.

Jack’s maternal grandparents were Edgar Marion Noel (the son of Lemuel Marion Noel and Mary Jane Burgess) and Sarah E. Larue.

Sources: Family history of Jack’s parents – http://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Jack Lemmon – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jack Lemmon (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Julie Christie

June 2, 2014, 6:56 pm
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Birth Name: Julie Frances Christie

Place of Birth: Chabua, Assam, British India

Date of Birth: 14 April 1940 or 1941

Ethnicity: English, some Scottish

Julie Christie is an English actress. She was born in India, to parents of English, and some Scottish, descent.

Julie’s paternal grandparents were George Francis Stephen Christie (the son of George Christie and Martha Collins) and Katherine Agnes Hewitt (the daughter of Henry S. Hewitt).

Julie’s maternal grandparents were George Ramsden and Margaret Florence Islay Hannay (the daughter of Henry Eric Sutherland Hannay and Bengal Maria Josephine Hughenden).

Sources: Genealogies of Julie’s maternal grandmother, Margaret Florence Islay (Hannay) Ramsden (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
http://thepeerage.com

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Liza Lapira

June 3, 2014, 8:37 am
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Place of Birth: Queens, New York, USA

Date of Birth: December 3, 1981

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Type/Color: Dark Brown

Ethnicity: Filipino, Spanish, Chinese

Liza Lapira is an American actress. She was born in the U.S., to Filipino parents, and also has some Spanish and Chinese ancestry.

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Marat Safin

June 3, 2014, 8:40 am
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Birth Name: Marat Mubinovich Safin

Place of Birth: Moscow, Soviet Union

Date of Birth: January 27, 1980

Eye Color: Green

Hair Color: Brown

Ethnicity: Tatar

Family info: Marat was born in Moscow to ethnic Tatar parents. Began playing tennis at age six with his father, Misha, director of a small tennis club in Moscow, and mother, Rausa Islanova, who served as her son’s coach from ages 6 to 13.

Has a younger sister, Dinara Safina (born Apr. 27, 1986), who reached Roland Garros final and ranked a career-high No. 3 in 2008

Source: http://www.tennis-x.com/playerbio/Marat-Safin.php

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Jerry O’Connell

June 3, 2014, 3:00 pm
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Birth Name: Jeremiah O’Connell

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Birth: February 17, 1974

Ethnicity:
*50% Irish
*25% Italian
*25% Polish

Jerry O’Connell is an American actor. He is married to actress Rebecca Romjin. His brother is actor Charlie O’Connell. His maternal grandfather was of Polish descent. His other roots are half Irish and one quarter Italian.

Jerry’s maternal grandfather was Charles S. Witkowski (the son of Joseph Witkowski and Blanche). Charles was the mayor of Jersey City from 1957 to 1961. Charles was born in New Jersey, to Polish parents.

Jerry’s maternal grandmother was Florence. Florence was born in Ireland.

Source: Jerry’s maternal grandfather, Charles S. Witkowski, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Tom Wilkinson

June 3, 2014, 6:03 pm
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Birth Name: Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson

Place of Birth: Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Date of Birth: 5 February, 1948

Ethnicity: English, 1/32 Scottish

Tom Wilkinson is an English actor. He is the son of Marjorie (Percival) and Thomas Wilkinson.

One of his paternal great-great-great-grandmothers, Maria McLean, was Scottish. All/most of the rest of his ancestry is English.

Tom’s paternal grandparents were William Wilkinson (the son of Robert Wilkinson and Margaret Jane Tebay) and Grace Taylor (the daughter of John Thomas Taylor and Sarah).

Tom’s maternal grandparents were James Andrew Percival (the son of Andrew Percival and Mary Elizabeth Barrett) and Alice Wood (the daughter of Thomas Wood and Martha Ann Eastwood).

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Diego Luna

June 4, 2014, 3:35 pm
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Birth Name: Diego Luna Alexander

Place of Birth: Mexico City

Date of Birth: December 29, 1979

Ethnicity:
*Mexican (father)
*English (mother)

Diego Luna Alexander is a Mexican actor. He is the son of Fiona Alexander, a British costume designer, and Alejandro Luna, a Mexican set designer. Luna had his big break in 2001 when he was cast in the critically acclaimed Y tu mamá también alongside, his friend Gael García Bernal.

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Anne Archer

June 4, 2014, 4:33 pm
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Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: August 24, 1947

Ethnicity: German, English, as well as Bohemian (Czech), Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish

Anne Archer is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors John Archer (born Ralph Bowman) and Marjorie Lord (born Marjorie F. Wollenberg).

Her ancestry is German, English, as well as smaller amounts of Bohemian (Czech), cots-Irish (Northern Irish) and Scottish.

Anne’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Emmett Bowman (the son of William Sylvester Bowman and Anna Longmire) and Eunice Melba Crawford (the daughter of Andrew Jackson Crawford and Emaline Viola Bills).

Anne’s maternal grandparents were George Charles Wollenberg (the son of Ehreureick Henry Wollenberg and Henrietta Berg) and Lillian Rosalie Edgar (the daughter of William F. Edgar and Elizabeth L. Lord). George was born in Illinois, to German parents. William was born in Iowa, to a Bohemian (Czech) father. Elizabeth was born in Chile, to German parents.

Sources: Anne’s mother on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Anne’s maternal grandmother, Lillian Rosalie Edgar, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Anne’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth L. Lord, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Frances O’Connor

June 5, 2014, 7:47 am
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Birth Name: Frances Ann O’Connor

Place of Birth: Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Date of Birth: 12 June, 1967

Ethnicity: Irish, possibly English

Frances O’Connor is an Australian actress. Her parents, a nuclear physicist and a pianist, moved to Perth, Australia when she was two years old. O’Connor was raised in a strict Roman Catholic family and attended a convent school.

Her father’s surname, “O’Connor”, likely indicates Irish ancestry. Her mother’s surname, “Stone”, can be English.

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Mindy Sterling

June 5, 2014, 7:50 am
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Birth Name: Mindy Lee Sterling

Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey

Date of Birth: July 1,, 1953

Eye Color: BLue

Hair Type/Color: Red

Ethnicity: Scottish

Family info: Mindy Sterling is the daughter of Dick Sterling who was born in Scotland

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_Sterling

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Corinne Bailey Rae

June 5, 2014, 7:54 am
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Birth Name: Corinne Jacqueline Bailey

Birthplace: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Date of Birth: February 26th, 1979

Ethnicity: Kittitian and English

Corinne Bailey Rae is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. She was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, to a Kittitian father and an English mother.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne_Bailey_Rae

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Taylor Schilling

June 5, 2014, 11:50 am
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Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts

Date of Birth: July 27, 1984

Ethnicity: German, English, 1/16th Swedish, Dutch

Taylor Schilling is an American actress. She has German, English, 1/16th Swedish, and Dutch, ancestry, with deep colonial American roots going back to the 1600s.

Taylor’s maternal grandparents are Harry Johnson Miller, an internist and hematologist (the son of Harry Garfield Miller and Harriet Ruth Wildish), and Lucia Fairchild Taylor (the daughter of Warner Taylor and Clara B. Fuller). Harry was born in Iowa, to a German father, Franz Mueller, and a Swedish mother, Selma Karlson/Johanson. Harriet was the daughter of Joseph Everett Wildish and Edith Van Wormer. Clara was the daughter of artists Henry Brown Fuller and Lucia (Fairchild) Fuller, and the granddaughter of painter George Fuller.

Sources: Taylor’s maternal grandfather, Harry Johnson Miller, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Taylor’s maternal grandfather, Harry Johnson Miller – http://www.legacy.com

Genealogy of Taylor’s maternal great-grandmother, Harriet Ruth Wildish – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Taylor’s maternal great-grandmother, Clara B. Fuller (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Steve-O

June 5, 2014, 12:36 pm
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Birth Name: Stephen Gilchrist Glover

Place of Birth: London, England

Date of Birth: June 13, 1974

Ethnicity: English, French-Canadian

Steve-O is an American television personality, known for being part of the Jackass franchise. His father is American and his mother is Canadian. He has English and French-Canadian roots.

Steve-O’s paternal grandparents were Richard Gilchrist Glover, a historian (the son of Terret/Terrot Reaveley Glover and Alice Emily Cornelia Few), and Constance White (the daughter of Edward Nelson White and Letitia Jean Smythe). Richard was English, born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, the son of a prominent classical scholar and the grandson of a Baptist minister. Constance was American, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and had English ancestry.

Steve-O’s maternal grandparents were Ed Gauthier and Thelma.

Sources: Genealogy of Steve-O’s paternal grandfather, Richard Gilchrist Glover (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://www.gritquoy.com

Genealogy of Steve-O’s paternal grandmother, Constance White (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Steve-O’s paternal grandmother, Constance (White) Glover – http://boards.ancestry.com

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George W. Bush

June 6, 2014, 7:05 am
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Birth Name: George Walker Bush

Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut

Date of Birth: July 6, 1946

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Gray

Ethnicity: English, some German, along with Welsh, Irish, French, Scottish, Dutch, Moravian (Czech), Swedish, Belgian (Flemish), possibly Italian

Family info: George Walker Bush served as the 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009). He was also the 46th Governor of Texas (1995-2000). He is the son of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, and Barbara (Pierce) Bush. One of his siblings is Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

Most of President Bush’s ancestry is English, along with some German, and small amounts of Welsh, Irish, French, Scottish, Dutch, Moravian (Czech), Swedish, and Belgian (Flemish).

President Bush’s paternal grandparents were Prescott Sheldon Bush (the son of Samuel Prescott Bush and Florence “Flora” Sheldon) and Dorothy Walker (the daughter of George Herbert Walker and Lucretia/Loulie Wear).

President Bush’s maternal grandparents were Marvin Pierce (the son of Scott Pierce and Mabel Marvin) and Pauline Robinson (the daughter of James Edgar Robinson and Lula Dell Flickinger).

There is a claim on several web sites that one of President Bush’s paternal great-great-great-great-great-grandfathers, Victor Emanuel Bechi, was Italian. It is not clear if this claim is accurate. Victor Emanuel Bechi is described in one reference book as having come from “Strasburg in the Province of Alsace-Lorraine” (in “Americans of gentle birth and their ancestors”, Volume 1, Hannah Daviess Pittman, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1970). That suggests that Victor Emanuel Bechi may have been of ethnic German origin. The surname “Bechi” can be Italian.

Sources: Genealogy of George W. Bush – http://www.wargs.com/politcal/bush.html

http://www.triontopublishing.com/cache/bushroyalty.htm

Some notes on the Czech roots of George W. Bush – http//www.svu2000.org/issues/bush.htm

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Dany Boon

June 6, 2014, 7:34 am
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Birth Name: Daniel Hamidou

Place of Birth: Armentières, France

Date of Birth: 26 June 1966

Ethnicity: Algerian Kabyle Berber, French

Family info: Dany Boon is a French comedian. In 2008 Boon was the highest-paid actor in European film history, netting 26 million Euro (c. 33 million dollars). He was born into a poor family by an Algerian Kabyle father who worked as boxer and truck driver, and a French mother from the north of the country. Boon had almost never spoke French before the age of 12. He spoke mainly his Chtimi dialect of Picard (Langue d’oïl) language at home. He takes his stage name from the US television show Daniel Boon. Boon is a converted Jew after his marriage with Yaël Harris.

Source:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Boon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Boon

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200702/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

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Gerald Ford

June 6, 2014, 6:46 pm
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Birth Name: Leslie Lynch King, Jr.

Date of Birth: July 14, 1913

Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska

Date of Death: December 26, 2006

Place of Death: Rancho Mirage, California

Ethnicity: English, some Scottish Scottish, 1/128th Polish

Gerald Ford served as the 38th President of the United States (1974-1977), as well as the 40th Vice President of the United States (1973-1974). He was the son of Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) Ford and Leslie Lynch King, Sr.

President Ford had English, and some Scottish, ancestry. Also, one of President Ford’s maternal great-great-great-great-great-grandfathers, Antoni Sadowski, was Polish.

President Ford’s paternal grandparents were Charles Henry King (the son of Lynch R. King and Rebecca Shepherd) and Martha Alicia Porter.

President Ford’s maternal grandparents were Levi Addison Gardner (the son of Alexander Gardner and Sally Miller) and Adele Augusta Ayer (the daughter of George Manney Ayer and Amy Grindley Butler).

Source: Genealogy of Gerald Ford – http://www.geni.com

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Harry Truman

June 7, 2014, 2:45 am
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Birth Name: Harry S. Truman

Date of Birth: May 8, 1884

Place of Birth: Lamar, Barton County, Missouri

Date of Death: December 26, 1972

Place of Death: Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

Ethnicity: German (maternal grandfather), English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), French Huguenot

Harry S. Truman served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953). President Truman was the son of Martha Ellen (Young) and John Anderson Truman.

President Truman’s maternal grandfather was of German descent. His other ancestry was English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and French Huguenot.

President Truman’s paternal grandparents were Anderson Shipp Truman (the son of William Truman, Jr. and Emma Grant Shipp) and Mary Jane Holmes (the daughter of Jesse Holmes and Ann Drusilla Tyler).

President Truman’s maternal grandparents were Solomon Young (the son of Jacob Young and Rachel Goodnight) and Harriet Louisa Gregg (the daughter of David Gregg and Sarah “Sallie” Scott).

Sources: Genealogies of President Harry Truman – http://www.geni.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

June 7, 2014, 2:49 am
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Birth Name: Dwight David Eisenhower

Date of Birth: October 14, 1890

Place of Birth: Denison, Texas

Date of Death: March 28, 1969

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Ethnicity: German (including Swiss-German), 1/64th English

Dwight David Eisenhower served as the 34th President of the United States (1953-1961). He was the son of Ida (Stover) and David Jacob Eisenhower.

His ancestry was German (including Swiss-German), and 1/64th English. His maternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Sarah Boone, was English.

President Eisenhower’s paternal grandparents were Jacob Frederick Eisenhower (the son of Frederick Eisenhower and Barbara Miller) and Margaret Rebecca Matter (the daughter of Henry Matter and Anna Marie Dietrich).

President Eisenhower’s maternal grandparents were Simon P. Stover (the son of Daniel Stover, Jr. and Mary Ann Hannah) and Elizabeth Ida Juda Link (the daughter of William Link and Ester Charlotte Schindler).

Sources: Genealogies of President Dwight D. Eisenhower – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://www.geni.com

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Jeremy Sisto

June 7, 2014, 5:51 pm
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Birth Name: Jeremy Merton Sisto

Place of Birth: Grass Valley, California

Date of Birth: October 6, 1974

Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*English (mother)

Jeremy Sisto is an American actor. He is the brother of actress Meadow Sisto. He has Italian and English ancestry.

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