Place of Birth: Orem, Utah, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 3, 2002
Ethnicity:
*father – Nigerian
*mother – English, as well as Swiss-German, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish
Rome Odunze is an American professional football player. A wide receiver, he plays for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).
His father was born in Missouri, and has Nigerian ancestry. His mother was born in Provo, Utah Co., Utah, and is from an LDS (Mormon) family; she descends from several Mayflower passengers. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was three.
Rome’s paternal grandfather is named James Odindu Odunze. James was born in Nigeria.
Rome’s maternal grandfather was Earl Wayne Bunnell (the son of Elvin Wayne Bunnell and Luana Porter). Earl was born in Provo, Utah Co., Utah. Elvin was born in Provo, the son of Leslie Lamond Bunnell and Ellen Bergetta Johnson, whose father was from Loiten, Hedemarken, Norway, and whose mother was from Ostra Vram, Kristianstad, Sweden. Rome’s great-grandmother Luana was born in Blanding, San Juan, Utah, the daughter of Omni Morley Porter, whose maternal grandmother was born in Vejle County, Denmark; and of Hattie Vilate Roberts, who was born in Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico.
Rome’s maternal grandmother is Helen Reber (the daughter of Ralston Virden Reber and Myrtle Jensen). Ralston was born in Bunkerville, Clark, Nevada, the son of Samuel Reber, Jr., whose parents were Swiss, his father from Schangnau, Bern and his mother from Zürich; and of Mary Jane Johnanna Ence, whose father was from Mettlen, Thurgau, Switzerland. Rome’s great-grandmother Myrtle was born in Mesquite, Clark, the daughter of John Jensen, whose parents were Danish; and of Christina/Christena Abigail Abbott, whose maternal grandfather was born in Hatley, Québec, Canada, to a family from New Hampshire.
Sources: Genealogy of Rome Odunze – https://famouskin.com
Rome’s maternal great-grandmother, Myrtle Jensen, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
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