Kaitlin Olson – “Fist Fight” Los Angeles Premiere – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Kaitlin Willow Olson
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States
Date of Birth: August 18, 1975
Ethnicity: English, Swedish, Irish, German, Welsh
Kaitlin Olson is an American actress and comedian. She is the daughter of Melinda Leora (Baugh) and Donald Lee Olsen. Kaitlin is married to actor Rob McElhenney.
Kaitlin’s paternal grandfather was Harry William Olson (the son of Rodney Elmer Olson and Elsie Lillian Wells). Rodney was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a Mormon family, and was the son of Sven Olsson, who was Swedish, and Euphemia Elizabeth Bouck, who was of German and Welsh descent. Elsie was the daughter of Warren Wells and Mary Elizabeth ” Molly” Paisley, whose parents were Irish.
Kaitlin’s paternal grandmother was Alice Virginia Hall (the daughter of Robert Eugene Hall and Nancy Brown Martin).
Sources: Obituaries of Kaitlin’s paternal grandfather, Harry William Olson – https://familysearch.org
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Genealogy of Kaitlin’s great-grandfather, Rodney Elmer Olson (through his brother, Leo Swen Olsen) – https://www.findagrave.com/
Kaitlin’s great-grandmother, Elsie Lillian Wells, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/
Elsie on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLY6-YDZ