Birth Name: Matthew Mackendree Lanter
Place of Birth: Massillon, Ohio
Date of Birth: April 1, 1983
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: English, Polish, Scottish, with more distant Irish, German, Ashkenazi Jewish (from Prussia), Sephardic Jewish
Family info: Matthew Mackendree Lanter is an American actor.
Matt has English, Polish, Scottish, and more distant Irish, German, Ashkenazi Jewish (German Jewish), and Sephardi Jewish, ancestry.
Matt’s paternal grandparents were Kenley Mackendree Lanter (the son of Robert Hayes Lanter and Elizabeth Sheftall MacKendree) and Jessie Mae Fudge (the daughter of Joseph F. Fudge and Mattie M.).
Matt’s maternal grandparents were Richard Wincek (the son of John Wincek and Frances or Francis) and Elle or Marilyn (possibly Ware; her mother’s name was possibly Ruth).
Through his father, Matt has Jewish ancestry from at least one five times great-grandfather, Emanuel Sheftall. Emanuel’s parents, Levi Sheftall (born Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, 1739) and Sarah De La Motta (born St Croix, Virgin Islands, 1754), were both Jewish. Emanuel’s paternal grandfather, Benjamin Sheftal, was a Prussian Jew, while Emanuel’s paternal grandmother, Hannah Solomons, was a Dutch Jew. Emanuel was of both Ashkenazi Jewish and Sephardic Jewish descent.
Matt’s maternal great-grandfather, John Wincek, was born in Ohio; John’s parents, George Wincek and Annie Kurteka, were both ethnically Polish immigrants, as were all of George’s grandparents (Paul Wincek, Rosa Kaklewiez, Jacob Kurteka, and Mary Brodi). This makes Matt Lanter at least 1/8th Polish.
Source: Genealogy of Matt Lanter – http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Lanter_(1983)
Genealogy of Matt’s paternal grandfather, Kenley Mackendree Lanter – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2925400&id=I593
Marriage record of Matt’s maternal great-great-grandparents, George Wincek and Annie Kurteka – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8DJ-9MF
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