Birth Name: Zachary Wolfe Galligan
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Birth: February 14, 1964
Ethnicity: Irish, 1/8th Ashkenazi Jewish
Zach Galligan is an American actor.
Both of his parents were/are of three quarters Irish descent. One of his maternal great-grandfathers was an Austrian Jewish immigrant.
Zach’s paternal grandparents were John Edward Galligan (the son of James Thomas Galligan and Ellen O’Donnell) and Katherine Lauretta Turbush (the daughter of James Henry Turbush and Rose Frances Mallon). James Galligan and Ellen were of Irish descent. Rose was also of Irish ancestry.
Zach’s maternal grandparents were Albert Joseph Wolfe (the son of Charles Ignaz Wolfe and Mary Leahy) and Harriet Muriel Brady (the daughter of Charles Augustus Brady and Harriet C. Foley). Charles Wolfe was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. Mary Leahy was of Irish descent, the daughter of Patrick Leahy and Hannah O’Neill. Charles Brady and Harriet Foley were also of Irish origin.
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