Ashley Cole

October 31, 2014, 4:17 am

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Date of Birth: 20 December 1980

Place of Birth: Stepney, London, England

Ethnicity: Afro-Bajan, African American (father); English (mother)

Family info: Ashley Cole is an English footballer who is the 5th most capped English player ever (107 caps). He was married to popstar Cheryl Cole (born Cheryl Tweedy).

Cole’s father, Ron Callender, is from Barbados. He left the family after seven years of marriage and later moved to Australia. Cole and his younger brother Matthew were brought up by their mother Sue Cole, who is English.

Cole is a distant relative of American singer Mariah Carey.

Mariah said: “It’s fascinating. My grandmother was a Cole before she married and it turns out she comes from the same area of Alabama as his (Ashley’s) ancestors”.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Cole

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/16328/I-prayed-for-Nat-King-Cole-I-got-Ashley-instead

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Michael McKean

October 31, 2014, 11:27 am

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Birth Name: Michael John McKean

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Birth: October 17, 1947

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, some German, Dutch

Michael McKean is an American actor. He is married to actress Annette O’Toole.

Michael’s paternal grandparents were Henry Clunn McKean (the son of John Gilbert McKean and Mary Elizabeth Coulter) and Erin Ruth Scaife (the daughter of William Isaiah Scaife and Blondel Elizabeth Griffin).

Michael’s maternal grandparents were Chester Graham Stewart (the son of William Green Stewart and Ida Nora Killen) and Fannie Bell.

Sources: Genealogy of Michael McKean – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Michael McKean (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Drew Brees

November 1, 2014, 9:01 pm

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Birth Name: Andrew Christopher Brees

Place of Birth: Austin, Texas

Date of Birth: January 15, 1979

Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, 1/128th French

Drew Brees is an NFL Quarterback for the Saints. He is the son of Mina Akins and Eugene Wilson Brees II.

Drew’s paternal grandparents were Eugene Wilson Brees (the son of Perry Samuel Brees and Maude Mae Doyle) and Betty Jo Johnston (the daughter of Rollen Alexander Johnston and Mildred LeRoss Henderson).

Drew’s maternal grandparents were Robert Ray Akins (the son of Lester Thomas Akins and Rosa Mae Murphy) and Dorothy Virginia Schultz (the daughter of Hans Paul Schultz and Mattie Adell Thompson).

Sources: Genealogies of Drew Brees – http://www.geni.com
http://genealogy.about.com

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Fred Ward

November 2, 2014, 6:47 am

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Birth Name: Freddie Joe Ward

Place of Birth: San Diego, California

Date of Birth: September 30, 1942

Ethnicity: English, some German

Fred Ward is an American actor.
Fred’s maternal grandparents were Aubie Oral Flemister (the son of John Matthew Flemister and Georgia Morgan Henderson) and Nellie Rosa Estelee Koger (the daughter of Millard Fillmore Boone Koger and Sarah “Sally” A. Newberry).

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Dick Van Dyke

November 3, 2014, 6:02 am

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Birth Name: Richard Wayne Van Dyke

Place of Birth: West Plains, Missouri

Date of Birth: December 13, 1925

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, Dutch

Dick Van Dyke is an American actor.

Dick’s paternal grandparents were Dorsey Clinton Van Dyke (the son of James Ward Van Dyke and Jeanette Peters) and Jennie Ware (the daughter of Winfried Scott Ware and Malinda Alice Sears).

Dick’s maternal grandparents were Charles Cornelius McCord (the son of Ninian Alfonso McCord and Susan Elizabeth Child) and Adeline Verinda Neal (the daughter of Lanson McGuire Neal and Letticia Jane Stewart).

Sources: Genealogies of Dick Van Dyke – http://www.geni.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Jean Stapleton

November 3, 2014, 6:05 am

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Birth Name: Jeanne Murray

Date of Birth: January 19, 1923

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, US

Date of Death: May 31, 2013

Place of Death: New York City, New York

Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*English, some Scottish, Welsh, Swedish

Jean Stapleton was an American actress. Her paternal grandparents were Irish. Her mother had English, and some Scottish, Welsh, and Swedish, ancestry.

Jean’s paternal grandparents were Michael Murray (the son of Patrick Murray and Rosa Keegan) and Frances Wallace (the daughter of Mathedies Wallace and Anne Panier). Michael and Frances were Irish. Michael was born in Meath.

Jean’s maternal grandparents were Zedekiah Kadock Stapleton (the son of Jacob Stapleton and Nancy Evans) and Hannah Elizabeth Worthington (the daughter of Charles Worthington and Rachel Cartwright).

Source: Genealogy of Jean Stapleton – http://www.geni.com

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Judith Lowry

November 3, 2014, 6:06 am

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Birth Name: Judith Carter Ives

Date of Birth: July 27, 1890

Place of Birth: Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Date of Death: November 29, 1976

Place of Death: Greenwich Village, New York

Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Welsh, Dutch

Judith Lowry was an American actress.

Judith’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Christmas Ives (the son of Ansel Wilmot Ives and Lucia Jones) and Cora Matilda Semmes (the daughter of Raphael Semmes and Mary Matilda Jenkins).

Judith’s maternal grandparents were Samuel Addison Megeath (the son of Joseph Prichard Megeath and Elizabeth Cochran) and Judith Walden Carter (the daughter of George Carter and Judith Taylor Walden).

Source: Genealogies of Judith Lowry – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Bob Newhart

November 3, 2014, 6:11 am

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Birth Name: George Robert Newhart

Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois

Date of Birth: September 5, 1929

Ethnicity: Irish, German, some English

Bob Newhart is an American actor and comedian.

Bob’s paternal grandparents were George Michael Newhart (the son of David Newhart and Caroline Marcy) and Emma F. O’Connor (the daughter of Thomas O’Connor and Mary Devaney). George was of German, and some English, descent. Emma was born in Canada, to Irish parents.

Bob’s maternal grandparents were John Joseph Burns (the son of Thomas Burns and Hanora Grady) and Laura Aloysius Shea (the daughter of John Albert Shea and Margaret Sheehan). John and Laura were both born in Kentucky, both of Irish descent.

Sources: Genealogy of Bob Newhart – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Bob Newhart (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Bob’s mother – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Jacob Lofland

November 3, 2014, 3:17 pm

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Birth Name: Jacob Seth Lofland

Place of Birth: Briggsville, Arkansas

Date of Birth: July 30, 1996

Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, German

Jacob Lofland is an American actor.

Jacob’s paternal grandparents are Billy Seth Lofland (the son of Homer Virgil Lofland and Oda Parks Caviness) and Nina Dell Melton (the daughter of Arley Melton and Hester Jewel Spears).

Jacob’s maternal grandparents are John Henry Blankenship (the son of William Sherman Blankenship and Dovie Levonia/Lavonna Gladden) and Marie Evelene McConnell (the daughter of Virgil McConnell and Effie Calvert). Effie was the daughter of Zara Calvert and Virginia Maybelle McGhee.

Sources: Genealogy of Jacob’s paternal grandfather, Billy Seth Lofland (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Jacob’s paternal grandfather, Billy Seth Lofland – http://www.yellcountyobits.org

Obituary of Jacob’s paternal great-grandmother, Hester Jewel (Spears) Melton – http://www.tributes.com

Genealogy of Jacob’s mother (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Jacob’s maternal grandmother, Marie Evelene (McConnell) Blankenship – http://www.couriernews.com

Genealogy of Jacob’s maternal great-grandfather, Virgil McConnell (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jacob’s maternal great-grandmother, Effie Calvert – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Michael Bennet

November 4, 2014, 2:27 pm

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Birth Name: Michael Farrand Bennet

Place of Birth: New Delhi, India

Date of Birth: November 28, 1964

Ethnicity:
*English, small amount of German (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Michael Bennet is an American politician. A Democrat, he has been a U.S. Senator from Colorado since 2009.

Michael was born in New Delhi, India, to American parents, Susanne Christine (Klejman) and Douglas J. Bennet (Douglas Joseph Bennet), a college official. At the time of Michael’s birth, his father was serving as an aide to the U.S. Ambassador to India, Chester Bowles.

Michael’s father is of English, and a small amount of German, descent, with Mayflower ancestry. Michael’s mother, who was born in Poland and survived the Holocaust, is the daughter of Polish Jewish parents. Michael was raised around both Christian and Jewish faiths.

Michael’s paternal grandparents were Douglas Joseph Bennet (the son of Walter Hughes Bennet and Grace Agatha) and Phoebe Benedict (the daughter of Farrand Northrop Benedict and Helen Bulkley Bullard).

Michael’s maternal grandparents were John Jacob Klejman and Halina.

Source: Genealogy of Michael Bennet – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Daniel Huttlestone

November 5, 2014, 4:56 pm

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Birth Name: Daniel Richard Huttlestone

Place of Birth: Havering, Essex, England

Date of Birth: 17 September, 1999

Ethnicity: English, Irish, 1/16th Italian, distant Welsh

Daniel Huttlestone is a British actor.

Daniel’s paternal grandparents are Richard G. Huttlestone (the son of William Huttlestone and Vera Gray) and Barbara R. Tunnard (the daughter of Richard W. Tunnard and Amelia Manzi). Amelia was the daughter of Giovanni Manzi, who was Italian, and of Beatrice Eliza Louise Lewis, who was English, and also had a small amount of Welsh ancestry.

Daniel’s maternal grandparents are Percival Montague Hartigan and Jeanette R. Hazell.

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Ryan Potter

November 7, 2014, 1:16 am

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Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon

Date of Birth: September 12, 1995

Ethnicity:
*Japanese (father)
*Swedish, English, German (maternal grandfather)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother)

Ryan Potter is an American actor, known for playing Mike Fukanaga on the series Supah Ninjas and for voicing the lead character in the film Big Hero 6.

Ryan’s father is Japanese, and Ryan speaks Japanese. Ryan spent most of his early childhood in Japan, and returned to the United States when he was seven, where he was raised by his single mother, who is from California.

Ryan’s maternal grandfather has Swedish, English, and German ancestry. Ryan’s maternal grandmother was Jewish (of Ukrainian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent), and Ryan has described himself as Jewish.

Ryan’s maternal grandfather is Kenneth Lee Potter (the son of Dwight W. Potter and Frances May Graham). Dwight was the son of Fred Ira Potter and Swedish-born Agda/Olga C. Lindgren. Frances was the daughter of Arthur F. Graham and Evelyn M. Brubaker.

Ryan’s maternal grandmother was Elaine R. Cray (the daughter of Max/Morris Cray, originally Krakowsky, and of Sarah Cecilia Negin). Elaine’s brother is author Edward “Ed” Beryl Cray. Max was born in Montreal, Canada, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Josef Jacob Mayer Yosl Krakowsky/Krakosky and Clare Haya Ida Weisberg. Ryan’s matrilineal great-grandmother Sarah Negin was born in Ohio, to Russian Jewish parents, Samuel Negin and Yetta Schwartz (whose own mother was Sarah Medvonsky).

Sources: Ryan’s maternal great-grandfather, Dwight W. Potter, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Ryan’s maternal great-grandmother, Frances May Graham, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Ryan’s maternal great-grandmother, Sarah Cecilia Negin, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Monica Potter

November 8, 2014, 6:25 pm

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Birth Name: Monica Gregg Brokaw

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio

Date of Birth: June 30, 1971

Ethnicity:
*German, English, Scottish, remote Swedish (father)
*Irish (mother)

Monica Potter is an American actress. Her father has German, English, Scottish, and remote Swedish, ancestry. Her maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants.

Monica’s paternal grandparents were Paul Ely Brokaw (the son of Ernest Franklin Brokaw and Myrtle Belle Ely) and Dorothy Alberta Gregg (the daughter of Albert S. Gregg and Sarah Earle Covington).

Monica’s maternal grandparents were Joseph M. Sexton and Mary Fahey. Joseph was born in Clare, Ireland. Mary was also Irish.

Source: Genealogy of Monica’s paternal grandfather, Paul Ely Brokaw – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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John Tory

November 8, 2014, 7:05 pm

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Birth Name: John Howard Tory

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: May 28, 1954

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother)

John Tory is a Canadian politician. He will soon begin serving as Mayor of Toronto. He is the son of Elizabeth (Bacon) and John A. Tory (John Arnold Tory), who was a lawyer and business executive.

John is a member of the United Church of Canada. John’s maternal grandmother was Jewish, something that was not publicly known until 2014. His other ancestry is English, with some Scottish.

John’s paternal grandparents were John Stewart Donald Tory (the son of John Alexander Tory, a lawyer who founded the law firm Torys, and of Abigail Georgina Buckley) and Kathreen Jean Arnold (the daughter of Ernest Franklin Arnold and Kathleen Mary Davidson).

John’s maternal grandparents were Howard Edward Bacon (the son of William Henry Bacon and Irena Mary Pethick) and Helen Yvonne Solomon (the daughter of Norman/Nathan Solomon and Kate Greben). Helen’s parents were Russian Jews.

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Lucas Black

November 10, 2014, 2:29 am

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Birth Name: Lucas York Black

Place of Birth: Decatur, Alabama

Date of Birth: November 29, 1982

Ethnicity: English

Lucas Black is an American actor.

Lucas’s paternal grandfather was Hansel Garland Black (the son of William Penn York and Blanche A. Black). William was the son of Daniel A. York and Mary Jane Reeves. Blanche was the daughter of James Rolin Black and Julia Ann Sparks.

Lucas’s paternal grandmother was Ava Nell Robbins (the daughter of James Robbins and Ola Angelie Johnson). James was the son of Henry Perry Robbins and Emily Cathryn Parsons. Ola was the daughter of Isaac Jefferson Johnson and Julie Ann Johnson.

Lucas’s maternal grandparents are Harold Keenum and Rae.

Source: Genealogies of Lucas’s paternal grandparents, Hansel Garland Black and Ava Nell Robbins – http://www.findagrave.com

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Ryan Merriman

November 10, 2014, 2:46 am

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Birth Name: Ryan Earl Merriman

Place of Birth: Choctaw, Oklahoma

Date of Birth: April 10, 1983

Ethnicity:
*German, 1/8th English-Irish (father)
*English, Scottish (mother)

Ryan Merriman is an American actor. His father is of 7/8ths German and 1/8th English-Irish descent. His mother has English and Scottish ancestry.

Ryan’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to Thomas Merriman, who was born, c. 1571, in Berkshire, England.

Ryan’s paternal grandfather was Earl Eugene Merriman (the son of Hugh Arthur Merriman and Mabel Ruth Swank). Hugh was the son of Engerville L. Merriman, who had English ancestry, and of Olive Della Howenstine, who was of German descent. Mabel, who was also of German ancestry, was the daughter of Charles Swank and Carrie Mabelle Summers.

Ryan’s paternal grandmother was Johanna Estrel Amereller (the daughter of Karl Estrel and Johanna Stamm). Johanna Amereller was German, from Munich.

Sources: Genealogy of Ryan’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Ryan’s paternal great-grandfather, Hugh Arthur Merriman (through Hugh’s brother, Solon Edwin Merriman) – http://www.findagrave.com

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Danielle Panabaker

November 10, 2014, 4:03 am

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Birth Name: Danielle Nicole Panabaker

Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia

Date of Birth: September 19, 1987

Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, Welsh, 1/32 Norwegian, distant Dutch

Danielle Panabaker is an American actress. She is the sister of actress Kay Panabaker.

Danielle’s patrilineal line can be traced back to Johann Pfannebecker, who was born, c. 1645, in Alzey-Worms, Germany.

Danielle’s paternal grandparents are Harold Jerome Panabaker, Jr. (the son of Harold Jerome Panabaker and Hettie Austine Church) and Mary Sue Miles (the daughter of Farris Marion Miles, Sr. and Autie E. Haney). Danielle’s great-grandfather Harold was the son of Reuben Louis Panabaker and Lillian Annice Jernigan.

Sources: Genealogies of Danielle’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Asher Monroe

November 11, 2014, 11:10 am

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Birth Name: Asher Monroe Book

Place of Birth: Arlington, Virginia

Date of Birth: September 18, 1988

Ethnicity: English, possibly other

Asher Monroe, previously credited as Asher Book, is an American actor and singer-songwriter.

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Martha Scott

November 11, 2014, 7:49 pm

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Birth Name: Martha Ellen Scott

Date of Birth: September 22, 1912

Place of Birth: Jamesport, Missouri

Date of Death: May 28, 2003

Place of Death: Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), German, Welsh

Martha Scott was an American actress.

Martha’s paternal grandparents were Martin Alexander Scott (the son of John Martin Scott and Mary Caroline Dinnel) and Clara Ellen Endicott (the daughter of Jacob James Endicott and Cassie/Cassa Ann Mikels).

Martha’s maternal grandparents were Charles Gordon McKinley (the son of Edmond Randolph McKinley and Caroline Reed) and Martha Maria Thorpe (the daughter of John Thorpe and Lydia Morgan).

Sources: Genealogy of Martha Scott – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Martha Scott (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com

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Max Burkholder

November 12, 2014, 4:20 pm

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Birth Name: Max Henry Wolf Burkholder

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: November 1, 1997

Ethnicity:
*German, English (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Max Burkholder is an American actor.

His father has German and English ancestry. His mother is Jewish. Max was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.

Max’s paternal grandparents are James R. Burkholder (the son of Raymond W. Burkholder and Helen E.) and Rachel Baldwin Brent (the daughter of John Ford Brent and Esther Baldwin).

Max’s maternal grandparents are Rodney Wolf and Brenda Cook (the daughter of Ike Cook and Sadie Brown). Ike was the son of Joseph Cook (whose family surname was originally “Koch”) and Amelia Gleitzman.

Source: Genealogy of Max’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com

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