Birth Name: Elisha Nelson Manning
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date of Birth: January 3, 1981
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, German and Swiss-German, remote French
Family Background: Eli Manning is an American professional football player and NFL quarterback, currently playing for the New York Giants.
Eli Manning is the son of Olivia (Williams) and Archie Manning (Elisha Archibald Manning). Eli’s father was also an NFL player along with his brother, Peyton Manning.
Eli’s paternal grandparents were Elisha Archibald Manning (the son of Archibald Elisha Manning and Annie Sophia Gaddy) and Jane Elizabeth Nelson (the daughter of Joseph Lafayette Nelson and Olivia Beady).
Eli’s maternal grandparents were Amzie Cooper Williams (the son of Amzie Jackson Williams and Nannie Mae Stribling) and Frances Irene Thomas (the daughter of John James Seale Thomas and Mary Bell Warren).
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