Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth: October 12, 1947
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Chris Wallace is an American television anchor. He is the host of the series Fox News Sunday, on Fox News. Chris is the son of Norma (Kaphan) and Mike Wallace (Myron Leon Wallace), a prominent journalist, media host, actor, and television personality.
Chris’s paternal grandparents were Friedan/Frank Wallik/Wallace (the son of Baruch Wallik) and Zina Sharfman (the daughter of Natan Isaac HaLevi Sharfman and Rhoda Shikes). Friedan and Zina were born in Russia.
Chris’s maternal grandparents were Ludwig Kaphan (the son of Nathan Kaphan and Augusta Harlam) and Gertrude Wald. Ludwig was born in Germany. Gertrude was born in New York, to a father from Austria and a mother from Germany.
Sources: Genealogy of Chris Wallace (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Chris’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Chris’s maternal grandmother, Gertrude (Wald) Kaphan – https://news.google.com