Giacomo Gianniotti

November 29, 2015, 3:24 am

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Birth Name: Giacomo Keaton Gianniotti

Place of Birth: Rome, Italy

Date of Birth: June 19, 1989

Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*Anglo-Canadian (mother)

Giacomo Gianniotti is an Italian-Canadian actor. He appears on the series Grey’s Anatomy.

His father, Giorgio Gianniotti, is Italian. His mother is Canadian, and her surname is possibly “Keaton”.

Giacomo was raised between Rome (in Garbatella quarter) and Toronto, and is able to speak English and Italian fluently.

Sources: http://www.swide.com

Giacomo speaking Italian – https://www.instagram.com

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Adam West

November 29, 2015, 5:45 am

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Birth Name: William West Anderson

Place of Birth: Walla Walla, Washington, United States

Date of Birth: September 19, 1928

Ethnicity:
*Swedish (father)
*English, Welsh, distant German, French, Breton, Scottish (mother)

Adam West is and American actor. He is known for playing Batman in the 1960s television and film, and for voicing Mayor West, who was named after him, on the series Family Guy. He is the son of Audrey Volenne Flothow (Speer) and Otto West Anderson.

Adam’s paternal grandparents were Jöns Peter “John” Anderson (the son of Anders Bengtsson and Boel Johansdotter/Johnston) and Anna Fredrika Gamberg (the daughter of Gustof Nilson Gamberg and Anna Lisa Danielsdotter). Adam’s paternal grandparents were both Swedish immigrants.

Adam’s maternal grandparents were William Felix Speer (the son of James Speer and Elizabeth Jane Garred) and Ina Hunter (the daughter of Peter Hunter and Miriam Adams). Most of Adam’s mother’s ancestors were English and Welsh. Elizabeth’s maternal second great-grandfather, Abraham Sneethen, was born in Germany; she also had distant French, Breton, and Scottish ancestry.

Sources: Genealogies of Adam West – http://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com

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Karl-Anthony Towns

November 29, 2015, 5:52 am

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Birth Name: Karl-Anthony Towns, Jr.

Place of Birth: Piscataway, New Jersey

Date of Birth: November 15, 1995

Ethnicity: African-American (father) and Dominican (mother)

Karl-Anthony Towns is an NBA player. He is of African-American and Dominican descent. Karl-Anthony was selected #1 in the 2015 NBA draft, by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Andy Milonakis

November 29, 2015, 6:02 am

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Birth Name: Andrew Michael Milonakis

Place of Birth: Katonah, New York

Date of Birth: January 30, 1976

Ethnicity: Greek

Andy Milonakis is an American actor, writer, rapper, and comedian. He is of Greek descent. Andy has a growth hormone deficiency. Despite his age, he has the appearance of an adolescent boy. He is 5’5″ tall.

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Toni Collette

December 6, 2015, 6:25 am

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Birth Name: Toni Collett

Place of Birth: Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Birth: 1 November, 1972

Ethnicity: Scottish, English

Toni Collette is an Australian actress and musician.

Toni’s paternal grandmother was Norma Ruby McWhinney. Toni’s biological paternal grandfather was an American serviceman with whom her grandmother had a relationship after ending her marriage to Toni’s legal grandfather, Harold Stanley Collett.

Toni’s maternal grandparents were Joseph William Cook and Ivy Myrtle Fowler.

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Marky Cielo

December 6, 2015, 6:26 am

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Birth Name: Mark Angelo Cadaweng Cielo

Date of Birth: May 12, 1988

Place of Birth: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

Date of Death: December 7, 2008

Place of Death: Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines

Ethnicity: Filipino (Igorot)

Marky Cielo was a Filipino actor. He was best known as the Ultimate Survivor of StarStruck season 3. He is the son of Avelino “Bobby” Cielo and Mildred Ban-eg Cadaweng.

Marky’s maternal grandparents are Marcos Awacan Cadaweng (the son of ? Cadaweng and ? Awacan) and Marcelina Ban-eg.

Sources: Marky’s birth record – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSWQ-H9QG-K

Genealogy of Marky Cielo (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://mark-angelo-cielo.memory-of.com/FamilyTree.aspx

Anthony Davis (basketball)

December 6, 2015, 6:29 am

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Birth Name: Anthony Marshon Davis Jr.

Place of Birth: Chicago, IL

Date of Birth: March 11, 1993

Ethnicity: African-American

Family Background: Anthony Davis is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New Orleans Pelicans. Anthony Davis is the son of Anthony Davis Sr. and Erainer Davis who are both African-American.

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Kevin Durant

December 6, 2015, 6:32 am

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Birth Name: Kevin Wayne Durant

Place of Birth: Washington D.C.

Date of Birth: September 29, 1988

Ethnicity: African-American

Family Background: Kevin Durants is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Kevin Durant is the son of Wayne and Wanda Pratt who are both African-American.

Source: http://www.ducksters.com/sports/kevin_durant.php

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Zawe Ashton

December 6, 2015, 6:35 am

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Birth Name:Zawedde “Zawe” Ashton

Place of Birth:Hackney, London, England

Date of Birth:21 July 1984

Ethnicity:

*English (father)
*Ugandan (mother)

Family Background:Zawedde “Zawe” Ashton is an English actress. Ashton was born in Hackney, London, the eldest of three children born to an Ugandan mother, Victoria, and an English father, Paul Ashton.

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawe_Ashton

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Cenk Uygur

December 7, 2015, 8:00 am

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Birth Name: Cenk Kadir Uygur

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Date of Birth: March 21, 1970

Ethnicity: Turkish

Cenk Uyghur is a Turkish American columnist, political commentator, and activist. He is a presenter of the Youtube program, the Young Turks.

Cleopatra Coleman

December 7, 2015, 8:11 am

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Place of Birth: Wentworth Falls, Sydney, Australia

Date of Birth: 29 October, 1987

Ethnicity:
*Scottish (father)
*Afro-Jamaican (mother)

Cleopatra Coleman is an Australian actress. Her father is Australian, and has Scottish ancestry. Her mother is Jamaican. Cleopatra grew up in Byron Bay, a famous surfing town.

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Maureen Starkey Tigrett

December 7, 2015, 10:14 pm

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Birth Name: Mary Cox

Date of Birth: 4 August 1946

Place of Birth: Liverpool North, Lancashire, England

Date of Death: 30 December 1994

Place of Death: Seatle, Washington, United States

Ethnicity: English, Irish

Maureen Starkey Tigrett was an English hairdresser. She was the ex-wife of musician Ringo Starr. Maureen was the only child of Florence “Flo” (Barrett) and Joseph “Joe” Cox, a ship’s steward. She was also married to Isaac Tigrett.

Maureen’s paternal grandparents were John William Cox and Julia Kelly. Julia was an Irish immigrant, from County Laois.

Maureen’s maternal grandfather was George Barrett.

Source: Genealogy of Maureen Starkey Tigrett – http://www.geni.com

Olivia Harrison

December 7, 2015, 10:17 pm

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Birth Name: Olivia Trinidad Arias Negrete

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Birth: 18 May 1948

Ethnicity: Mexican

Olivia Harrison is a British-Mexican author and film producer. She is best known as the widow of musician George Harrison. Her parents, Mary Louise (Negrete) and Esiquiel Arias, were American, from Los Angeles, California.

All of Olivia’s grandparents were Mexican immigrants.

Olivia’s paternal grandparents were Pablo Arias (the son of Francisco Arias) and María Uribe Avarillo (the daughter of Manuel Uribe and María Avarillo).

Olivia’s maternal grandparents were Petronilo Negrete Cruz (the son of ? Negrete and ? Cruz) and María Trinidad Santa Cruz Valdez (the daughter of Felipe Santa Cruz and Emilia Valdez).

Source: Genealogy of Olivia Harrison – http://www.geni.com

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Lisa Moorish

December 7, 2015, 10:20 pm

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Place of Birth: Walworth, England, UK

Date of Birth: 1972

Ethnicity:
*Afro-Jamaican, with some Irish, Scottish, and Asian (father)
*English (mother)

Lisa Moorish is a British singer and songwriter.

Lisa’s father, Henry Watt, is a black Jamaican “mixed with Irish, Scottish, Asian”. Lisa’s mother, Iris, is white, from Middlesbrough, England.

Lisa has a daughter with singer Liam Gallagher and a son with singer Pete Doherty.

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Paul Weller

December 8, 2015, 5:35 pm

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Birth Name: John William Weller, Jr.

Place of Birth: Woking, Surrey, England

Date of Birth:25 May 1958

Ethnicity: English

Family Background: Paul Weller is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was a member of the bands The Jam and Style Council. Paul is nicknamed “The Modfather”.

Paul was born to Ann (Craddock) and John Weller. John was born in Brighton, Essex, England.

Paul’s paternal grandmother’s surname was “Thelwell”.

Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV7Y-72RD

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVDP-Z69M

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQ4-PHZM

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/wifes-tribute-paul-wellers-late-4824200

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Rebecca Sugar

December 8, 2015, 6:52 pm

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Place of Birth: Silver Spring, Maryland

Date of Birth: July 9, 1987

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly other

Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, composer, and director. She is the first female to create a cartoon. Her brother, Steven Sugar, was the background artist for Steven Universe.

Rebecca was raised Jewish and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony. Her mother’s maiden name, “Rea”, may indicate that her mother is of non-Jewish (possibly Irish or Scottish) ancestry.

Rebecca’s paternal grandparents were Marvin H. Sugar and Thelma.

Sources: http://theroguefeminist.tumblr.com

Obituary of Rebecca’s paternal grandmother, Thelma Sugar – http://www.legacy.com

http://www.templemicah.org

Richard Allen

December 10, 2015, 10:41 pm

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Date of Birth: February 14, 1760

Place of Birth: Kent County, Delaware Colony

Date of Death: March 26, 1831

Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ethnicity: African-American

Richard Allen was an American minister, educator, and writer. He founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). Richard was the slave of Delaware farmer Stockley Sturgis. At the age of seventeen, Richard converted to the Methodist faith.

McKayla Maroney

December 10, 2015, 10:43 pm

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Birth Name: McKayla Rose Maroney

Place of Birth: Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Date of Birth: December 9, 1995

Ethnicity: Irish, 1/8 English

McKayla Maroney is an American artistic gymnast. She is the daughter of Erin E. (Sullivan) and Michael T. Maroney.

McKayla’s paternal grandparents are James Maroney and Eleanor Marie Sliney (the daughter of Joseph Patrick Sliney and Ellen Veronica “Nellie” Abbott). Joseph was of Irish descent, and was the son of William Sliney and Ellen Jackson. Ellen born in Bradford, England, to Samuel Abbott and Elizabeth Ann Holmes.

McKayla’s maternal grandparents are Larry Sullivan and Colleen Rose Cleary.

Sources: Genealogy of McKayla Maroney (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Obituary of McKayla’s maternal grandmother, Colleen Rose (Cleary) Sullivan – https://www.ogs.on.ca

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Stephen Hawking

December 10, 2015, 10:48 pm

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Birth Name: Stephen William Hawking

Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Date of Birth: 8 January, 1942

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

Stephen Hawking is a British physicist, cosmologist, and author. He is the Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, at the University of Cambridge. He suffers from motor neurone disease, that has gradually paralyzed almost his entire body. Stephen is the son of Isobel Eileen (Walker) and Frank Hawking. His father was English and his mother was Scottish.

Stephen’s paternal grandparents were Robert Hawking (the son of John Hawking and Hannah Atkinson) and Mary Lund Atkinson (the daughter of William Atkinson and Anne Groves).

Stephen’s maternal grandparents were James Walker (the son of Archibald Walker and Janet Audrey Margaret Morris) and Agnes “Nancy” Stevenson Law (the daughter of Andrew Law and Agnes Stevenson).

Source: Genealogy of Stephen Hawking – http://www.geni.com

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Mats Hummels

December 10, 2015, 11:00 pm

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Birth Name: Mats Julian Hummels

Place of Birth: Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Date of Birth: December 16, 1988

Ethnicity: German

Mats Hummels is a German soccer player. He usually plays central defender. Mats is the son of Hermann Hummels and Ulla Holthoff, who are both German.

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