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Remy Auberjonois

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Birth Name: Remy-Luc Julian Michel Auberjonois

Place of Birth: U.S.

Date of Birth: January 21, 1974

Ethnicity:
*paternal grandfather – Swiss-French
*paternal grandmother – Russian, German, Scottish, English, French, Italian/Corsican, distant Tatar
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish

Remy Auberjonois is an American actor. He is the son of actor and singer René Auberjonois and producer and writer Judith Helen Mahalyi.

Remy’s paternal grandfather was Fernand Auberjonois (the son of René Victor Auberjonois and Augusta Grenier). Fernand was born in Switzerland, and was of Swiss-French descent. René was a Swiss post-impressionist painter, and one of the leading Swiss artists of the 20th century, and was the son of the son of Gustave Auberjonois.

Remy’s paternal grandmother was Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat (the daughter of Prince Michel Anne Charles Joachim Napoléon Murat and Hélène Macdonald Stallo). Princess Laure was born in Paris, France. Prince Michel’s father, Prince Louis Napoléon Murat, was the son of Lucien Charles Joseph Napoléon Murat, who was of French and Italian (Corsican) ancestry, and Carolina/Caroline Georgina Fraser, who was an American, from Charleston, South Carolina, and was of Scottish, and possibly other, ancestry.

Prince Michel’s mother, Eudoxia Michailovna Somova, Princess Orbeliani, was a noblewoman, of Russian, and distant Tatar, ancestry.

Remy’s great-grandmother Hélène was American, from Cincinnati, Ohio, and was the daughter of Edmund Kittredge Stallo, whose parents were German, and Laura Beatrice McDonald, whose father was Scottish and whose mother had English ancestry.

Remy’s maternal grandparents were Dave/Dksidkriu Mihalyi/Mihaly and Elsa Perlmutter. Dave was a Romanian Jew. Elsa was a Hungarian Jew.

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Kara Killmer

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Birth Name: Kara Lisa Killmer

Place of Birth: Tarrant, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 14, 1988

Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, some Dutch, possibly French

Kara Killmer is an American actress.

Kara’s paternal grandfather is Hugh Douglas Killmer/Kilmer (the son of Raleigh Edward Killmer and Pearl T. Heath). Hugh was born in Minnesota. Raleigh was born in Iowa, the son of John Egelson Killmer and Emma Kate/Ketura Williar/Williard. Pearl was born in Minnesota, the daughter of John C. Heath and Malissa/Melissa Lucinda Ells.

Kara’s paternal grandmother is Grace Elnora Perry (the daughter of Clarence Griffin Perry and Ola Elizabeth Lamkin). Grace was born in Louisiana. Clarence was born in Louisiana, the son of John Griffin Perry and Yosebia Lavinia Henderson. Ola was born in Louisiana, the daughter of Isaac D. Lamkin and Joanne/Joann/Joyce H. Dillard.

Kara’s maternal grandfather is David Loyd Ragan (likely the son of David William Ragan and Stella Bennett). Kara’s grandfather David was born in Florida. Kara’s great-grandfather David was born in Tennessee, the son of Joseph Henry Ragan and Mary Frances Smith. Stella was born in Florida, the daughter of John W. Bennett and Mattie Martha Morris.

Kara’s maternal grandmother is Marilyn/Marylyn Delzell (the daughter of William Allen Delzell and Virgil Lynn Harris). Marilyn was born in Oklahoma. Kara’s great-grandfather William was born in Kansas, the son of William Allen Delzell and Etta Wakefield. Virgil was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of Andrew Harris and Flora Ackerman.

Sources: Obituary of Kara’s maternal grandmother, Marilyn Ragan – http://www.usgennet.org

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Gad Elmaleh

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Place of Birth: Casablanca, Morocco

Date of Birth: 19 april 1971

Ethnicity: Moroccan Jewish

Family Background: Gad Elmaleh is a French comedian and actor.

Gad was born in Casablanca, Morocco, to Jewish parents, Régine  and David Elmaleh. Gad’s brother is actor Arié Elmaleh.

Gad holds Moroccan, French and Canadian citizenship. He is fluent in Moroccan Arabic, French, English and Hebrew.

Gad has a son with French actress Anne Brochet and a son with Charlotte Casiraghi, a member of the House of Grimaldi.

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Amy Jackson

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Birth Name: Amy Louise Jackson

Place of Birth: Douglas, Isle of Man

Date of Birth: January 31, 1991 or 1992

Ethnicity: English, Manx, 1/8th Portuguese

Amy Jackson is an English actress and model. She is the daughter of Marguerita and Alan Jackson.

Amy has said:

“Whenever I travelled, people always asked me where I was from. When I replied, ‘England’, they would ask, ‘Okay, but what are your roots? You don’t look fully English!’ My family is the most important thing to me, and we’re very close, but the history of my kin is quite vague. So, I took it upon myself to try and make some sense of it. My dad’s family history is almost impossible to figure out. We know that my father’s grandma was Portuguese and she landed up on the Isle of Man (where she was born) in the early 1900s. She settled there and started a new life but all of us are unsure about what happened before that.”

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Larry Page

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Birth Name: Lawrence Edward Page

Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

Date of Birth: March 26, 1973

Ethnicity:

*English, some Irish, distant German and French (father)

*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Family Background: Larry Page is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. He co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998.

Larry is the son of Gloria (Weinstein) and Carl Victor Page. His father was a professor at the Michigan state university and his mother worked at the Lyman Briggs College under the Michigan State University. Larry’s mother was Jewish. Larry is not religious.

Larry’s paternal grandfather was Carl Davis Page (the son of Henry Horace Page and Annie Drucilla Pardue/Perdue). Carl was born in Tennessee. Henry was the son of John D. Page and Emily Sullivan. Annie was the daughter of Jefferson Davis “Jeff” Pardue and Mary Elizabeth McCaig

Larry’s paternal grandmother was Pauline Aquilla Chipman (the daughter of Jamed Edward Chipman and Allie May Oxley). Pauline was born in Missouri. James was the son of Joseph H Chipman and Sarah A Miller. Allie was the daughter of Aquilla V Oxley and Mariah Caroline Riddle.

Larry is a 1st cousin, once removed, of pin-up model Bettie Page. Larry’s paternal great-grandmother, Annie Drucilla Perdue, was the twin sister of Bettie’s paternal grandmother, Emily Corilla Pardue. They married the brothers Henry Horace Page and John Benton Page, respectively.

 Genealogy of Larry Page – https://www.geni.com/

Information about Larry’s family – https://tao221.wordpress.com/

Genealogy of Page family (through Bettie Page’s father) – https://www.wikitree.com/

Genealogies of Larry’s paternal grandparents – https://www.findagrave.com/

Genealogy of Larry’s paternal grandmother – https://www.ancestry.com/

Genealogy of Larry’s paternal grandmother (focusing on her own father’s side) – https://wc.rootsweb.com/

Genealogy of Larry’s paternal great-grandmother. Allie May Oxley (through Allie’s sister, Ida Oxley) (focusing on her own mother’s side) – https://wc.rootsweb.com/

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Bill Milner

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Birth Name: William Henry Milner

Place of Birth: Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 4 March, 1995

Ethnicity: English

Bill Milner is an English actor.

Telly Leung

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Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 3, 1980

Ethnicity: Chinese

Telly Leung is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of Pik Kwan (Tse) and Loi Sang Leung. His parents are from Hong Kong.

Source: Marriage record of Telly’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSL-C7BS

Sergey Brin

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Birth Name:Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Date of Birth: August 21, 1973

Ethnicity: Russian Jewish, some Belarusan Jewish

Family Background: Sergey Brin is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. Together with Larry Page, he co-founded Google in 1998.

Sergey was born in Moscow in the Soviet Union, to Russian Jewish parents, Eugenia and Mikhail Brin. Sergej’s family relocated to the United States on October 25, 1979.

Sergej has two children with his former wife, biotech analyst and entrepreneur Anne Wojcicki, who is known as the co-founder and chief executive officer of the personal genomics company 23andMe.

Genealogy of Sergey Brin (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com/people/Sergey-Brin/6000000005933238025

 


Marissa Mayer

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Birth Name: Marissa Ann Mayer

Place of Birth: Wausau, Wisconsin, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 30, 1975

Ethnicity:

German (father)

Finnish (mother)

Family Background: Marissa Mayer is an American information technology executive. She has served as President and CEO of Yahoo! from July 2012 to January 2017.

Marissa is the daughter of Margaret (Haleerg), an art teacher with Finnish ancestry, and Michael Mayer, an environmental engineer who worked for water companies

Marissa’s paternal grandfather was Clem Mayer (Clement Walter Mayer, the son of Royal Peter “Roy” Mayer and Ella K. Bauer). Clem was born in Wisconsin. He served as mayor of Jackson, Wisconsin, for 32 years. Royal was the son of Rudolph H. Mayer and Mary A. Fulwiler. Ella was the daughter of Michael Bauer and Katherine Wasmuth

Marissa’s paternal grandmother was Irene Francix Griesemer (the daughter of Edward Griesemer and Ella). Irene was born in Wisconsin. Edward was the son of Cud Griesemer and Bertha, who were from Prussia. Ella was also the daughter of parents from Prussia.

Genealogy of Marissa Mayer (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com/

Genealogies of Marissa’s paternal grandparents – https://www.findagrave.com/

Marissa’s paternal grandmother on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/

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Anuel AA

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04/25/2019 – Karol G, Anuel AA – 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards – Arrivals – Mandalay Bay Events Center, Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino Mandalay Bay Events Center, Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV, USA – Photo Credit: PRN / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago

Place of Birth: Carolina, Puerto Rico

Date of Birth: November 27, 1992

Ethnicity: Puerto Rican

Anuel AA is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer. He is the son of José Manuel Gazmey González and Nilda Gloria Santiago Negrón.

Laurentino Cortizo

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Birth Name: Laurentino Cortizo
Place of Birth: Panama City, Panama
Date of Birth: 30 January 1953
Ethnicity: Panamanian [Galician, possibly other], Sephardi Jewish
Laurentino Cortizo is a Panamanian politician. He is the President-elect of Panama, due to take office on 1 July 2019.
His father, Laurentino Cortizo Cortizo, was Spanish, from Beariz, Ourense. His mother, Esther Cohen Escudero, was of part Greek Jewish descent.
President-elect Cortizo is married to Yazmín Colón, with whim he has two children.
President-elect Cortizo’s paternal grandfather was Manuel Cortizo Vidal (the son of José Cortizo and Dolores Vidal). Manuel was born in the province of Pontevedra.
President-elect Cortizo’s paternal grandmother was Dorinda Cortizo Pérez (the daughter of Constantino Cortizo and Liberata Pérez).
President-elect Cortizo’s maternal grandparents were Manuel Cohen and Sofía del Carmen Escudero (the daughter of an unknown father and Sixta Escudero). Manuel was born in Bohío. Sofía was born in Las Tablas, Los Santos. Sixta was the daughter of an unknown father and Manuela Antonia Escudero.
President-elect Cortizo’s maternal line can be traced back to his fourth great-grandmother, María Antonia Escudero.
Sources: News article about President-elect Cortizo’s family history – http://portal.critica.com.pa
Immigration record of President-elect Cortizo’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Baptismal record of President-elect Cortizo’s maternal grandmother, Sofía del Carmen Escudero – https://www.familysearch.org
Baptismal record of President-elect Cortizo’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Manuela Antonia Escudero – https://www.familysearch.org

Shahadi Wright Joseph

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Date of Birth: c. 2005

Ethnicity: African-American

Shahadi Wright Joseph is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is known for her role in the film Us.

Leonardo Sbaraglia

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Birth Name: Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia

Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Birth: 30 June 1970

Ethnicity: Argentinian (Italian, some Spanish, possibly other)

Family Background: Leonardo Sbaraglia is an Argentinian actor. He has worked in Argentina, Spain, Mexico and United States.

Leonardo is the son of Horacio Sbaraglia, a photographer, and Roxana Randon, an actress and theater coach. Both his parents’ surnames are of Italian origin.

Leonardo has stated (http://www.telva.com/2014/10/22/estilo_de_vida/1413978547.html):

My maternal grandparents were from a small village near Florence. I have a grandmother from Rome. We believe that the Sbaraglia come from Genoa, and the Gargano from the Calabria area. I also have a part of my father from Navarra, the Vergara … Good mix

One of Leonardo’s grandfathers was named Luigi.

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Eve Harlow

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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR

Date of Birth: June 20, 1989

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly other

Eve Harlow is a Canadian actress.

Eve was born in Moscow, Russia, and is said to be of Jewish origin. She moved to Israel with her family, before settling in Vancouver, Canada. Her mother, an actress, is named Dolce Roza.

Eve is sometimes described as mixed race. Little information is known about her background.

Jake Schreier

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Birth Name: Jacob Schreier

Place of Birth: Alameda, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 29, 1981

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly other

Jake Schreier is an American film director and producer.

Jake is the son of Judith and Herbert Schreier.

Jake’s maternal grandfather is named Robert Gisser.

Jake’s maternal grandmother is Sandra “Sandie/Sadie” Shapiro (the daughter of Jacob Shapiro and Esther Shuster). Sandra was born in New Jersey, to parents from Russia.

Sources: Obituary of Jake’s maternal grandmother, Sandra “Sandie/Sadie” (Shapiro) Tuschak – http://www.legacy.com

Obituary of Jake’s maternal great-grandmother, Esther (Shuster) Shapiro – http://www.newspapers.com

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Richard Brancatisano

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05/28/2014 – Richard Brancatisano – World Premiere Of Disney’s “Maleficent” – Arrivals – El Capitan Theatre – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Kazuki Hirata / HollywoodNewsWire.net / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Richard Peter Brancatisano

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Birth: October 29, 1983

Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*possibly British Isles (mother)

Richard Brancatisano is an Australian actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. His father is Italian and his mother is Australian.

 

Kasia Pilewicz

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Birth Name: Catherine Helen Pilewicz

Place of Birth: Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 19, 1984

Ethnicity: Polish

Kasia Pilewicz is an American model, actress, and television personality. She is known for being a contestant on the sixteenth season of America’s Next Top Model.

Kasia’s parents are from Poland.

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James Holzhauer

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Place of Birth: Naperville, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 1984

Ethnicity: German, Japanese

James Holzhauer is an American game show contestant and professional sports gambler. He is known for his record-breaking appearances on the show Jeopardy!

His father, Juergen, is of German origin. His mother, Nachiko, is Japanese.

Brian Geraghty

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01/18/2014 – Brian Geraghty – 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Arrivals – The Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos

Birth Name: Brian Timothy Geraghty

Place of Birth: Toms River, New Jersey, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 13, 1975

Ethnicity: Irish

Brian Geraghty is an American actor. He is the son of Mary Ann and Dennis B. Geraghty, a bus driver.

 

Max Borenstein

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Birth Name: Max David Borenstein

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 20, 1981

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Max Borenstein is an American screenwriter and producer. He is known for writing Godzilla (2014) and Kong: Skull Island (2017).

Max’s parents are Jewish.

Max’s paternal grandfather is Alexander E. Borenstein (the son of Herman Borenstein and Rose Kelter). Alexander was born in New York, to parents from Poland.

Max’s paternal grandmother is Edna May Eisenstein (the daughter of Sam Eisenstein and Anna “Annie” Edeleven). Edna was born in New York, to parents from either Romania or Austria.

Max’s maternal grandfather is Max/Mael Nachamie (the son of Hyman Nachamie and Anna “Annie” Baer). Max was born in New York. Hyman was born in either Poland or Austria, the son of Abraham Nachamie and Esther Hauser. Anna born in either Poland or Austria, the daughter of Mathalda/Hilda.

Max’s maternal grandmother is Fredi Levine (the daughter of Louis Levine and Helen/Ella). Fredi was born in New York, to parents from Russia.

Sources: Genealogy of Max Borenstein (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Marriage record of Max’s paternal grandparents, Alexander E. Borenstein and Edna May Eisenstein – http://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Max’s maternal grandmother, Fredi (Levine) Nachamie – http://www.nytimes.com

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