Birth Name: Melinda Wrenn Schmidt
Place of Birth: Lexington, South Carolina, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 18, 1983
Ethnicity: German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Austrian, Polish, Dutch, possibly other
Wrenn Schmidt is an American actor.
Wrenn is the daughter of Linda L. (McCord) and Roger Schmidt.
Wrenn’s parents have German, Austrian, Scots-Irish, Polish, Dutch, and possibly other roots.
Regarding her ethnic background, Wrenn has stated in an interview:
My dad’s German, obviously, and there’s also some English and Scotch-Irish and Polish and Austrian and a bunch of other things.
Wrenn’s maternal grandfather was John Thomas McCord, Sr (the son of Philip H. McCord and Alice J. Van Wyck). Alice was the daughter of William Ward Van Wyck and Carrie Ackerman. “Van Wyck” is a Dutch surname.
Wrenn’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Florence Aumick (the daughter of Everitt/Everett B. Aumick and Linda).
Sources: Genealogy of Wrenn’s maternal grandfather, John Thomas McCord, Sr. – www.ancestry.com
Obituary of Wrenn’s maternal grandfather, John Thomas McCord, Sr. – www.recordonline.com
http://liverampup.com
http://www.nytimes.com
Photo by Prphotos.com