Birth Name: Robert Sylvester Kelly
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Birth: January 8, 1967
Ethnicity: African-American
The American singer is of African American heritage.
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Lucas Black
Birth Name: Lucas York Black
Place of Birth: Decatur, Alabama
Date of Birth: November 29, 1982
Ethnicity: English
Lucas Black is an American actor.
Lucas’s paternal grandfather was Hansel Garland Black (the son of William Penn York and Blanche A. Black). William was the son of Daniel A. York and Mary Jane Reeves. Blanche was the daughter of James Rolin Black and Julia Ann Sparks.
Lucas’s paternal grandmother was Ava Nell Robbins (the daughter of James Robbins and Ola Angelie Johnson). James was the son of Henry Perry Robbins and Emily Cathryn Parsons. Ola was the daughter of Isaac Jefferson Johnson and Julie Ann Johnson.
Lucas’s maternal grandparents are Harold Keenum and Rae.
Source: Genealogies of Lucas’s paternal grandparents, Hansel Garland Black and Ava Nell Robbins – http://www.findagrave.com
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Ryan Merriman
Birth Name: Ryan Earl Merriman
Place of Birth: Choctaw, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: April 10, 1983
Ethnicity:
*German, 1/8th English-Irish (father)
*English, Scottish (mother)
Ryan Merriman is an American actor. His father is of 7/8ths German and 1/8th English-Irish descent. His mother has English and Scottish ancestry.
Ryan’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to Thomas Merriman, who was born, c. 1571, in Berkshire, England.
Ryan’s paternal grandfather was Earl Eugene Merriman (the son of Hugh Arthur Merriman and Mabel Ruth Swank). Hugh was the son of Engerville L. Merriman, who had English ancestry, and of Olive Della Howenstine, who was of German descent. Mabel, who was also of German ancestry, was the daughter of Charles Swank and Carrie Mabelle Summers.
Ryan’s paternal grandmother was Johanna Estrel Amereller (the daughter of Karl Estrel and Johanna Stamm). Johanna Amereller was German, from Munich.
Sources: Genealogy of Ryan’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Ryan’s paternal great-grandfather, Hugh Arthur Merriman (through Hugh’s brother, Solon Edwin Merriman) – http://www.findagrave.com
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Danielle Panabaker
Birth Name: Danielle Nicole Panabaker
Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia
Date of Birth: September 19, 1987
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, Welsh, 1/32 Norwegian, distant Dutch
Danielle Panabaker is an American actress. She is the sister of actress Kay Panabaker.
Danielle’s patrilineal line can be traced back to Johann Pfannebecker, who was born, c. 1645, in Alzey-Worms, Germany.
Danielle’s paternal grandparents are Harold Jerome Panabaker, Jr. (the son of Harold Jerome Panabaker and Hettie Austine Church) and Mary Sue Miles (the daughter of Farris Marion Miles, Sr. and Autie E. Haney). Danielle’s great-grandfather Harold was the son of Reuben Louis Panabaker and Lillian Annice Jernigan.
Sources: Genealogies of Danielle’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Floyd Mayweather Jr
Birth Name: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Place of Birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Date of Birth: February 24, 1977
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: black curly
Ethnicity: African-American
The American boxer was born to an African American family.
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Queen Rania of Jordan
Birth Name: Rania Al-Yassin
Place of Birth: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Date of Birth: 31 August 1970
Ethnicity: Palestinian
Family info: Queen Rania of Jordan was born to Palestinian parents Faisal Sedki Al Yassin and Ilham Yassin. She is a Muslim.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Rania_of_Jordan
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Asher Monroe
Birth Name: Asher Monroe Book
Place of Birth: Arlington, Virginia
Date of Birth: September 18, 1988
Ethnicity: English, possibly other
Asher Monroe, previously credited as Asher Book, is an American actor and singer-songwriter.
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Martha Scott
Birth Name: Martha Ellen Scott
Date of Birth: September 22, 1912
Place of Birth: Jamesport, Missouri
Date of Death: May 28, 2003
Place of Death: Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), German, Welsh
Martha Scott was an American actress.
Martha’s paternal grandparents were Martin Alexander Scott (the son of John Martin Scott and Mary Caroline Dinnel) and Clara Ellen Endicott (the daughter of Jacob James Endicott and Cassie/Cassa Ann Mikels).
Martha’s maternal grandparents were Charles Gordon McKinley (the son of Edmond Randolph McKinley and Caroline Reed) and Martha Maria Thorpe (the daughter of John Thorpe and Lydia Morgan).
Sources: Genealogy of Martha Scott – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Martha Scott (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
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Brian J. White
Birth Name: Brian Joseph White
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: April 21, 1975
Ethnicity: African-American
Brian J. White is an American actor. He is the son of Estelle (Bowser), a financial advisor, and Jo Jo White, a basketball player and executive.
Brian’s maternal grandparents were Santa Newton Bowser (the son of Ellsworth Bowser and Martha Chanel) and Pearl Estelle Lewis (the daughter of Jefferson R. Lewis and Sarah C. Cratie).
Source: Obituary of Brian’s maternal grandmother, Pearl Estelle Lewis-Bowser – http://www2.ljworld.com
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Elizabeth Reaser
Birth Name: Elizabeth Ann Reaser
Place of Birth: Bloomfield, Michigan
Date of Birth: June 15, 1975
Ethnicity: German, 1/16th Irish
Elizabeth Reaser is an American actress. She is of German, and some Irish, descent.
Her stepfather was businessman William Davidson.
Elizabeth’s paternal grandfather was John Donald Reaser (the son of Irl Franklin Reaser and Elizabeth C. Applebach). Elizabeth Applebach’s mother was of Irish descent.
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Baauer
Birth Name: Harry Bauer Rodrigues
Place of Birth: West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: April 30, 1989
Ethnicity:
*Portuguese (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Baauer is an American music producer, known for his song Harlem Shake.
His father, Mark Rodrigues, has Portuguese ancestry. His mother, Celia (Neiman), is Jewish.
Baauer’s paternal grandparents are Vasco L. Rodrigues (the son of Alvaro Rodrigues and Maria) and Mary. Vasco was born in Portugal.
Baauer’s maternal grandparents are Peter Neiman (the son of Harry Neiman and Viola) and Barbara Schwartz. Harry’s father was from Austria, as was Viola’s father.
Sources: Baauer’s paternal grandfather, Vasco L. Rodrigues, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Baauer’s maternal grandfather, Peter Neiman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Ian Nelson
Birth Name: Ian Michael Nelson
Date of Birth: April 10, 1995
Ethnicity: Jewish
Ian Nelson is an American actor. He is Jewish (of Russian Jewish and Austrian Jewish descent).
Ian’s maternal grandparents are Mortimer Terrence Nelson (the son of Samuel Nelson and Leah) and Marcia Judith Salander (the daughter of Nathan Salander and Lillian). Samuel was born in Russia. Leah was born in Austria. Nathan was born in New York, to parents from Austria, Abraham Salander and Jennie. Lillian was born in Russia.
Source: Ian’s maternal grandfather, Mortimer Terrence Nelson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Ian’s maternal grandfather, Mortimer Terrence Nelson – http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com
Ian’s maternal grandmother, Marcia Judith Salander, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Keith Richards
Place of Birth: Dartford, Kent, England
Date of Birth: 18 December 1943
Ethnicity: English, 1/8th Welsh, remote French Huguenot
Keith Richards is a British musician. He is the guitarist for The Rolling Stones. His daughters are models Alexandra & Theodora Richards.
Keith is the only child of Doris (née Dupree) and Bertrand Richards.
He is of English descent, as well as Welsh (from a paternal great-grandfather). His mother also had remote French Huguenot ancestors who came to England from the Channel Islands in the seventeenth century.
Keith’s paternal grandparents were Ernest J. Richards (the son of John James Richards and Ellen Baker) and Elizabeth C. M. Baxter (the daughter of Alfred Baxter and Isabella).
Keith’s maternal grandparents were Theodore Augustus Dupree (the son of Cornelius John Dupree and Rose Dean) and Emily Ann Turner (the daughter of Charles Cole Turner and Lydia Ann Fisher).
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Rainn Wilson
Birth Name: Rainn Dietrich Wilson
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington
Date of Birth: January 20, 1966
Ethnicity: English, Norwegian
Rainn Wilson is an American actor known for the Office. He is the son of Robert G. Wilson and Shay Cooper.
Rainn’s maternal grandparents were Roland Harrison Whitman (the son of Theodore Orick Whitman and Edna K. Mosher) and Katherine J. Williams.
Source: http://www.thecrimson.com
Genealogy of Rainn Wilson (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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Max Burkholder
Birth Name: Max Henry Wolf Burkholder
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: November 1, 1997
Ethnicity:
*German, English (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Max Burkholder is an American actor.
His father has German and English ancestry. His mother is Jewish. Max was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Max’s paternal grandparents are James R. Burkholder (the son of Raymond W. Burkholder and Helen E.) and Rachel Baldwin Brent (the daughter of John Ford Brent and Esther Baldwin).
Max’s maternal grandparents are Rodney Wolf and Brenda Cook (the daughter of Ike Cook and Sadie Brown). Ike was the son of Joseph Cook (whose family surname was originally “Koch”) and Amelia Gleitzman.
Source: Genealogy of Max’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
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Missy Peregrym
Birth Name: Melissa Peregrym
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date of Birth: June 16, 1982
Ethnicity: Polish
Missy Peregrym is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She is married to actor Zachary Levi.
She was born to Vanessa and Darrell Peregrym, a minister.
Missy is descended from Semen/Samuel Peregrym, a minister who practiced Ukrainian Pentecostalism, and from his wife, Maria Papach. They were from Małopolska, Poland. Semen’s father was Wasyl Peregrym.
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Mark Hoppus
Birth Name: Mark Allan Hoppus
Place of Birth: Ridgecrest, California, U.S.A
Date of Birth: March 15, 1972
Eye Color: blue
Hair Type/Color: brown
Ethnicity: Finnish, Swiss, German
Family info: his mother is Kerry Wernz and is of Finnish descent and his father is Tex Hoppus.
The majority of my ancestry traces back to Finland. My grandfather on my mother’s side was first-generation American, and Finnish was the language spoken in their home when he was a boy. The Hoppus name has been traced through American history and back to Switzerland and Germany.
Source:
http://markhoppus.tumblr.com/post/6829624485/why-is-there-a-finnish-flag-on-your-pink-bass-haha
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Wolf Blitzer
Birth Name: Wolf Isaac Blitzer
Place of Birth: Augsburg, Germany
Date of Birth: March 22, 1948
Eye Color:
Hair Type/Color: Gray
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Family info: Wolf Blitzer is a news reporter on CNN. He is the son of Cesisa and David Blitzer who are both Jewish refugees from Poland and Holocaust survivors.
Source: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Wolf_Blitzer.html
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Ghassan Massoud
Birth Name: Ghassan Massoud
Place of Birth: Damascus , Syria
Date of Birth: September 20 , 1958
Eye Color: Black
Hair Type/Color: Black
Ethnicity: Syrian
Family info: Syrian (Father) , Syrian (Mother)
Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1586095/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
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Xabi Alonso
Birth Name: Xabier “Xabi” Alonso Olano
Place of Birth: Tolosa, Spain
Date of Birth: November 25, 1981
Eye Color: Green
Hair Type/Color: Brown + a red tinge
Ethnicity: Spanish (Basque)
Family info:
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/10610414
“basque players such as Xabi Alonso”
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Xabi Alonso is a Spanish footballer of Basque descent.
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