Birth Name: James Brien Comey, Jr.
Place of Birth: Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 14, 1960
Ethnicity: Irish
James Comey is an American attorney. He was the 7th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from September 4, 2013 to May 9, 2017. He has also been U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, from January 7, 2002 to December 15, 2003, and U.S. Deputy Attorney General, from December 9, 2003 to August 15, 2005.
James is the son of Joan Marie (Herald) and J. Brien Comey.
James’s maternal grandfather was George Thomas Herald (the son of Thomas Arthur Herald and Ellen Elizabeth Murphy). James’s great-grandparents Thomas and Ellen were born in Cumberland, England, likely of Irish origin.
James’s maternal grandmother was Eleanor Irene Broderick (the daughter of Matthew Aloysius Broderick and Mary Therese Lynch). Matthew was born in New York, to Irish parents, Richard Broderick and Ellen Ryan. Mary Therese was born in Maryland, also of Irish origin, the daughter of Peter Lynch and Mary Kelly.
Sources: Genealogy of James Comey (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
James’s maternal grandfather, George Thomas Herald, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s maternal grandmother, Eleanor Irene Broderick, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org