Birth Name: Glenn Lee Beck
Place of Birth: Everett, Washington
Date of Birth: February 10, 1964
Ethnicity:
*German, English (father)
*German (mother)
Glenn Beck is an American television personality, radio host, political commentator, writer, filmmaker, producer, and businessperson. Glenn is a convert to the Mormon (LDS) faith.
Glenn’s paternal grandparents were William A. Beck, Sr. (the son of Jacob M. Beck and Christina Margaret Kost) and Sarah Edith Francis (the daughter of Noah Filbert Francis and Ruie Grace Brooks). Jacob was born in Triesenberg, Germany. Christina was born in Worms, Odessa, Russia, to an ethnic German family.
Glenn’s maternal grandparents were Edward Lee Janssen (the son of Jaretino Corneal Janssen and Veitke Mary Poppen) and Clara Eckholt (the daughter of Joseph Nicholas Eckholt and Clara Theresa Emanuel). Jaretino was German. Veitke was born in Illinois, to German parents, Herman Poppen and Trentza D. Feikein. Joseph was born in Iowa, to a German father and a mother of German descent.
Glenn’s great-grandmother Clara was born in Nebraska, to a German father, Peter Emanuel (from Huttersdorf, Saar), and to a mother, Mary Ellen Eckroat, who was born in Ohio, of German descent.
Source: Genealogy of Glenn Beck – http://www.geni.com