Birth Name: Owen Joseph Kline
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth: 14 October 1991
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather)
*Chinese-Filipino, Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother)
Owen Kline is an American actor. He starred in The Squid and the Whale, as Jesse Eisenberg’s character’s brother. His parents are known actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates.
Owen’s father is of half German Jewish and half Irish (Catholic) ancestry. Owen’s maternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish descent, and Owen’s maternal grandmother was of half Chinese-Filipino (father) and half Russian Jewish (mother) ancestry.
Owen’s paternal grandfather was Robert Joseph Kline (the son of Julius Kline and Clara Cahn). Julius was born in Denver, Colorado, to German Jewish immigrants. Clara was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Clara’s father was a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, Germany, while Clara’s mother was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents from Aldingen, Germany, Samuel Dreyfoos/Dreyfus and Dryka/Therese Pappenheimer.
Owen’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Agnes Kirk (the daughter of Joseph Jeremiah Kirk and Agnes B. Delaney). Joseph was born in Drumcah, County Louth, Ireland. Agnes was born in New York, to a father from Ireland, and to a mother who was born in New York, to Irish parents.
Owen’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Cates, a producer (born Joseph Katz, the son of Nathan Katz and Nina Peltzman) and Lily. Nathan and Nina were both Russian Jewish immigrants. Lily is reportedly of Chinese-Filipino and Russian Jewish background.
Sources: Genealogy of Owen’s father – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Owen’s paternal grandfather, Robert Joseph Kline – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Another genealogy of Owen’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Owen’s paternal great-grandmother, Agnes B. Delaney, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Owen’s maternal grandfather, Joseph Katz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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