Priscilla Presley

August 15, 2014, 9:55 pm

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Birth Name: Priscilla Ann Wagner

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York

Date of Birth: May 24, 1945

Ethnicity:
*German (father)
*Norwegian, English (mother)

Priscilla Presley is an American actress and businessperson. She was married to singer and actor Elvis Presley, with whom she is the mother of singer Lisa-Marie Presley and the grandmother of actress and model Riley Keough.

Her father was of German descent and her mother had Norwegian and English ancestry.

Priscilla’s paternal grandparents were Harold A. Wagner and Katherine/Kathryn.

Priscilla’s maternal grandparents were Albert Henry Iversen (the son of Hjalmar Christian Iversen and Anna Johansen) and Lorraine Grace Davis (the daughter of Samuel David Davis and Effie Lillian Valentine). Albert was Norwegian. Lorraine had English ancestry.

Source: Priscilla’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Nick Krause

August 16, 2014, 9:32 pm

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Birth Name: Nicholas John Krause

Place of Birth: Austin, Texas

Date of Birth: April 14, 1992

Ethnicity:
*German (father)
*English, distant Scottish (mother)

Nick Krause is an American actor. His father is of German descent. His mother is of English, and distant Scottish, descent.

Nick is described on the internet as being of part Mexican ancestry. This purported Mexican ancestry does not appear anywhere on the family tree of Nick Krause. Nick has stated, “much of my family is from Mexico and our get-togethers are bilingual”, but perhaps he was simply referring to relatives by marriage.

Nick’s paternal grandparents are Hilmer Charles Krause, Jr. (the son of Hilmer Charles Krause and Irene Emma Mumme) and Laura Ann Eckhardt (the daughter of Werner Hugo Eckhardt and Lydia Ann Meyer).

Nick’s maternal grandparents are Joseph Callaway Lyons (the son of James Morgan Lyons and Rosa Mae Callaway) and Helen Margaret Mitchell.

Sources: Genealogy of Nick’s father – http://www.genealogy.com

Genealogy of Nick’s maternal grandfather, Joseph Callaway Lyons – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Nick’s maternal grandfather, Joseph Callaway Lyons – http://www.legacy.com

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Kathryn McCormick

August 16, 2014, 10:58 pm

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Birth Name: Kathryn Renee McCormick

Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia

Date of Birth: July 7, 1990

Ethnicity: Irish, English

Kathryn McCormick is an American dancer and actress.

Kathryn’s maternal grandfather was William Franklin “Frankie” Smith, Sr.

Source: Obituary of Kathryn’s maternal grandfather, William Franklin “Frankie” Smith, Sr. – http://www.legacy.com

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Christian Karembeu

August 16, 2014, 11:40 pm

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Birth Name: Christian Lali Karembeu

Place of Birth: Lifou, New Caledonia

Date of Birth: 3 December 1970

Ethnicity: New Caledonian Kanak (Pacific Islander)

Family info: Christian Karembeu is a retired French international footballer. He was a vital player in the French team that won the 1998 World Cup.

Karembeu was born in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific Islands. At the age of 17, he moved to France on a scholarship to study and play football.

Kanak are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia. According to the 2009 census, they constitute 40.3% of the total population of New Caledonia with 99,078 people.

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

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

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Maxi Iglesias

August 16, 2014, 11:44 pm

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Birth Name: Maximiliano Teodoro Iglesias Acevedo

Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain

Date of Birth: February 6 of 1991

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Dark Brown

Ethnicity: Spanish

Maxi Iglesias is a Spanish Actor/Model.

Source:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1224068/

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Madalina Ghenea

August 16, 2014, 11:51 pm

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Birth Name: Mădălina Diana Ghenea

Place of Birth: Slatina, Romania

Date of Birth: 8 August 1987

Eye Color: brunette

Hair Type/Color: brown

Ethnicity: Romanian

Madalina Ghenea is a Romanian actress and model.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4793106/

http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Madalina_Ghenea/

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David Charvet

August 17, 2014, 10:48 am

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Birth Name: David Franck Guez

Place of Birth: Lyon, France

Date of Birth: May 15, 1972

Ethnicity:
*Tunisian Jewish (father)
*either French or French Jewish (mother)

David Charvet is a French actor. His father, Paul Guez, is of Tunisian Jewish descent. His mother, Christiane/Christianne, is French; it is not clear if she is also Jewish, but it is possible. David was raised Jewish.

David is married to model and television personality Brooke Burke.

David’s paternal grandparents were Félix Saïed Guez (the son of Abraham Guez and Gamara Guez) and Marguerite Esther Uzan (the daughter of Shoua Uzan and Simha Koskas).

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Harry Treadaway

August 17, 2014, 1:23 pm

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Birth Name: Harry John N. Treadaway

Place of Birth: Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, England

Date of Birth: 10 September, 1984

Ethnicity: English

Harry Teadaway is an English actor. His twin brother, Luke Treadaway, is also an actor.

Harry’s paternal grandparents are Peter A. Treadaway and Margaret A. Elliott.

Harry’s mother’s maiden surname is “Newman”.

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Larisa Oleynik

August 17, 2014, 1:54 pm

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Birth Name: Larisa Romanovna Oleynik

Place of Birth: Santa Clara County, California

Date of Birth: June 7, 1981

Ethnicity:
*Ukrainian, Slovak (father)
*possibly English (mother)

Larisa Oleynik is an American actress.

Her father is of half Ukrainian and half Slovak descent. Her mother may have English ancestry.

Larisa’s paternal grandparents were Joseph J. Oleynik (the son of John Oleynik and Mary) and Anna Cherpak (the daughter of Nicholas P. Cherpak and Mary Babey). Josephy was born in Pokdamin, Ukraine. Anna was born in Connecticut, to Slovak parents.

Sources: Genealogy of Larisa Oleynik (focusing on her father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Larisa’s paternal grandparents, Joseph J. Oleynik and Anna Cherpak, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Lisa Jakub

August 17, 2014, 11:43 pm

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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: December 27, 1978

Ethnicity:
*Slovak (father)
*Welsh, Scottish (mother)

Lisa Jakub is a Canadian former actress. Her father is of Slovak descent and her mother is of Welsh and Scottish descent.

Source: Lisa talks about her heritage – http://lisajakub.wordpress.com

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Mara Wilson

August 17, 2014, 11:43 pm

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Birth Name: Mara Elizabeth Wilson

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: July 24, 1987

Ethnicity:
*Irish, English (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Mara Wilson is an American former actress. Her father has Irish and English ancestry. Her mother was Jewish. Mara was raised Jewish. She is also an atheist.

Mara’s cousin is political commentator Ben Shapiro.

Mara’s maternal grandparents’ surnames were “Shapiro” and “Kaplan”.

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Daphne Oz

August 18, 2014, 11:39 am

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Birth Name: Daphne Nur Oz

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth: February 17, 1986

Eye Color: Grey

Hair Type/Color: Blonde

Ethnicity: Turkish (father), Anglo-American (mother)

Daphne Oz is an author and television host. She graduated from Princeton University and is married to John Jovanovic.

Family info: Her father is Dr. Oz, a Turkish-American talkshow host, author and cardiothoracic surgeon. Her mother Lisa is an American of unspecified European ancestry.

Source:

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/cast/daphne-oz

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/daphne-oz.html

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Julie Walters

August 18, 2014, 8:31 pm

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Birth Name: Julia Mary Walters

Place of Birth: Edgbaston, Birmingham, England

Date of Birth: February 22, 1950

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

Julie Walters is a British actress. Her father was English, from Birmingham, Warwickshire. Her mother was Irish, from County Mayo.

Julie’s paternal grandparents were Thomas Francis Walters (the son of Thomas Walters and Sarah J.) and Amy Selina Crisp (the daughter of Stephen Henry Crisp and Elizabeth Bourne).

Julie’s maternal grandparents were Patrick O’Brien (the son of John O’Brien and Maria Buchanan) and Bridget Clarke (the daughter of Anthony Clarke and Bridget).

Sources: Genealogy of Julie Walters – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Julie’s paternal grandmother, Amy Selina Crisp – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Jessica Harper

August 18, 2014, 9:04 pm

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Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Date of Birth: October 10, 1949

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Swedish, Welsh

Jessica Harper is an American actress. Her father was born in Coblenz, Germany, to American parents.

Jessica is of English, Scottish, Swedish, and Welsh descent.

Jessica’s paternal grandparents were Paul Church Harper (the son of Willlam Hudson Harper and Grace Augusta Cooke) and Anne Lindsay White (the daughter of William J. White and Rose L.). Rose was Scottish.

Jessica’s maternal grandparents were Charles Francis Emery (the son of Charles Eklund Danielson, later Charles E. Emery, and of Bertha Albra Francis) and Eleanor S. Washburn (the daughter of Philip Moen Washburn and Miriam Phillips Storrs). Jessica’s great-grandfather Charles was Swedish. Philip Washburn was an Episcopal priest.

Sources: Genealogy of Jessica’s paternal grandfather, Paul Church Harper (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jessica’s maternal grandfather, Charles Francis Emery (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jessica’s maternal great-grandfather, Philip Moen Washburn – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jessica’s maternal great-grandmother, Miriam Phillips Storrs – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Sam Huntington

August 18, 2014, 11:52 pm

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Place of Birth: Peterborough, New Hampshire

Date of Birth: April 1, 1982

Ethnicity: English

Sam Huntington is an American actor.

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Lauren Parsekian

August 19, 2014, 9:42 pm

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Birth Name:Lauren Parsekian

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Type/Color: Blonde

Ethnicity: Armenian, Italian, Anglo-American

Family info: Lauren’s paternal grandfather was Armenian while her paternal grandmother was Italian. Her maternal grandparents were both Anglo-Americans.

Lauren is married to actor Aaron Paul.

Source: Lauren’s Instagram

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Diana, Princess of Wales

August 19, 2014, 9:49 pm

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Birth Name: Diana Frances Spencer

Date of Birth: 1 July, 1961

Place of Birth: Sandringham, Norfolk, England

Date of Death: 31 August, 1997

Place of Death: Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, some Irish, Anglo-Irish, French, German, likely 1/64th Indian, and smaller amounts of Dutch, Royal, Welsh, Danish, Channel Islander (Jersey), Belgian

Diana, Princess of Wales was a British royal. With her husband, Charles, Prince of Wales, she is the mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry of Wales. Her father, Edward John Spencer, is a direct descendant of King Charles II.

Princess Diana was of mostly English, as well as Scottish, ancestry. She had smaller amounts of Irish, Anglo-Irish, French, and German, roots, as well as likely 1/64th Indian (through her matrilineal line), ancestry, and even smaller amounts of Dutch, Royal, Welsh, Danish, Channel Islander (Jersey), and Belgian ancestry.

Princess Diana is widely believed by DNA researchers to have a matrilineal ancestor, Eliza Kewark, who was an Indian woman; if this is the case, it would have made Diana of 1/64th Indian ancestry.

Princess Diana’s paternal grandparents were Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (the son of Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, and of The Honorable Margaret Baring), and Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (the daughter of James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, and of Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham).

Princess Diana’s maternal grandparents were Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (the son of James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy, and of Frances Ellen Work) and Ruth Sylvia Gill (the daughter of William Smith Gill and Ruth Littlejohn). Frances was an American heiress. William was of Scottish origin.

Sources: Genealogy of Princess Diana (through her son, Prince William) – http://www.wargs.com

http://celebrities.top5.com

http://abcnews.go.com

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James Rodríguez

August 19, 2014, 10:05 pm

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Birth Name: James David Rodríguez Rubio

Place of Birth: Cúcuta, Colombia

Date of Birth: 12 July 1991

Ethnicity: Spanish-Colombian

Family info: James Rodríguez is a Colombian footballer who plays for Real Madrid and the Colombian national team.
In 2014, Rodríguez moved from Monaco to Real Madrid for a transfer fee of €80 million, making him one of the most expensive players in football.

James is native of the city of Ibagué, where he spent his childhood. He was born to Wilson James Rodriguez Bedolla and Maria Del Pilar Rubio.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rodr%C3%ADguez

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Alex D. Linz

August 19, 2014, 10:48 pm

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Birth Name: Alexander David Linz

Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California

Date of Birth: January 3, 1989

Ethnicity:
*German, some Irish, English (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Alex D. Linz is an American actor. His father is of three quarters German, and one quarter Irish and English, ancestry. His mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (from a family from Austria and France). Alex was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.

Alex’s paternal grandfather was Raymond Edward Linz (the son of Raymond Harry/Henry Linz and Elizabeth Ann Rice). Raymond was of half German and half Irish descent. Elizabeth had English and German ancestry.

Alex’s paternal grandmother is Joan Amron Lankisch (the daughter of Paul A. Lankisch and Maria Norma Agnes Weick). Paul and Maria were both of German descent.

Alex’s maternal grandparents are Harold Alexander Baltaxe (the son of ? Baltaxe and ? Timfold) and Claire Marie. Harold was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, who was born in Vienna and left because of the Nazis. Claire is a French Jewish immigrant.

Sources: Genealogy of Alex D. Linz (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Alex’s maternal grandfather, Harold Alexander Baltaxe – http://texts.cdlib.org

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Donna Reed

August 19, 2014, 11:02 pm

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Birth Name: Donna Belle Mullenger

Date of Birth: January 27, 1921

Place of Birth: Denison, Iowa

Date of Death: January 14, 1986

Place of Death: Beverly Hills, California

Ethnicity: English, some German, Irish

Donna Reed was an American actress. She was of English, and some German and Irish, ancestry.

Donna’s paternal grandparents were William George Mullenger (the son of William Reform Mullenger and Mary Tyler) and Mary Ann Johnston (the daughter of Richard Bartley Johnston and Elizabeth Herner). Donna’s great-grandparents William and Mary were English.

Donna’s maternal grandparents were Charles Shives (the son of Charles Alexander Shives and Eliza Ann Coffin) and Mary Etta Petty (the daughter of William Henry Petty and Sarah Jane Hoyt).

Source: Genealogy of Donna Reed – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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