Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: September 25, 1929
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Barbara Walters is an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Her father was born in Whitechapel, London, of Polish Jewish descent. Her mother was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a Russian Jewish father and a Lithuanian Jewish mother.
Barbara’s paternal grandparents were Abraham Itzak/Isaac Waremwasser/Warmwasser/Abrahams/Walters (the son of Tzvi Getzel “Harry” Waremwasser/Warmwasser and Bina Bilma Simkowitz) and Lilly Swartz. Abraham was born in Lodz, Poland.
Barbara’s maternal grandparents were Selig Jacob Seletsky (the son of Daniel Seletsky and Bessie Seskind) and Celia Sacovich/Sakowitz (the daughter of Daniel Sakowitz and Jenny). Selig was born in Benyakoni, Russia. Celia was born in Vilna, Lithuania.
Source: Genealogy of Barbara Walters – http://www.geni.com
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