Birth Name: Alexa Davalos Dunas
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Birth: May 28, 1982
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Spanish, Finnish, possibly other (mother)
Alexa Davalos is an American actress. She was born in Paris, France, to American parents, photographer Jeff Dunas and actress Elyssa Davalos.
Her father is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Russia and Lithuania). Her mother is said to have Spanish and Finnish ancestry on her own father’s side.
On her father’s side, Alexa is the granddaughter of Ronald Sanders Dunas (the son of Joseph Charles Dunas and Beatrice Sanders) and Romelle Barbara Gross (the daughter of Jacob/John Charles Gross and Dorothy/Dora Zagon). Ronald was born in Illinois. Joseph was born in Illinois, to Cassel/Charles Dunas and Tillie Kurtzon; Cassel and Tillie were both Jewish immigrants, Cassel evidently from Russia and Tillie from Lithuania. Beatrice was born in Illinois, to Russian Jewish parents, Emil M. Sanders and Marie Massover. Jacob was born in New York, and was also Jewish. Dorothy was born in Chicago, to Hyman Zagon and Rose Lurie, who were Russian Jewish immigrants.
On her mother’s side, Alexa is the granddaughter of Richard Norman Davalos, an actor, and Miriam.
Sources: Genealogy of some of Alexa’s father’s family – http://63.227.221.225:8080
Alexa’s paternal grandfather, Ronald Sanders Dunas, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alexa’s paternal great-grandfather, Joseph Charles Dunas, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alexa’s paternal great-grandmother, Beatrice Sanders, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alexa’s paternal great-grandmother, Dorothy/Dora Zagon, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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