Birth Name: Alexander David Linz
Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California
Date of Birth: January 3, 1989
Ethnicity:
*German, some Irish, English (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Alex D. Linz is an American actor. His father is of three quarters German, and one quarter Irish and English, ancestry. His mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (from a family from Austria and France). Alex was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Alex’s paternal grandfather was Raymond Edward Linz (the son of Raymond Harry/Henry Linz and Elizabeth Ann Rice). Raymond was of half German and half Irish descent. Elizabeth had English and German ancestry.
Alex’s paternal grandmother is Joan Amron Lankisch (the daughter of Paul A. Lankisch and Maria Norma Agnes Weick). Paul and Maria were both of German descent.
Alex’s maternal grandparents are Harold Alexander Baltaxe (the son of ? Baltaxe and ? Timfold) and Claire Marie. Harold was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, who was born in Vienna and left because of the Nazis. Claire is a French Jewish immigrant.
Sources: Genealogy of Alex D. Linz (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Alex’s maternal grandfather, Harold Alexander Baltaxe – http://texts.cdlib.org
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