Birth Name: Gerrit Alan Cole
Place of Birth: Newport Beach, California, USA
Date of Birth: September 8, 1990
Ethnicity: Dutch
Family Background: Gerrit Cole is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Gerrit Cole is the son of Mark Cole and Sharon (Heim) Cole.
Cole’s paternal grandfather was Adrian Cole, the son of Adrian Cole and Sarah Antonetta Van Der est. Both Adrian and Sarah were born in the Netherlands.
Cole’s paternal grandmother was Esther Plyman, the daughter of Gerritt Plyman and Meintje “Minnie” Meines. Gerritt and Meintje were both born in the Netherlands as well.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/(obituary of Gerrit Cole’s paternal grandfather)
https://www.findagrave.com/ (obituary of Gerrit Cole’s paternal grandmother)