Birth Name: Jodie Alicia Williams
Place of Birth:Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Date of Birth:28 September 1993
Eye Color:Brown
Hair Type/Color:Black
Ethnicity:English father and Afro Trinidadian mother
Family info:Williams was born to an English father, Richard Williams and an Afro-Trinidadian mother, Christine Williams. Both of her parents were county-level sprinters. Richard ran for Hertfordshire, while Christine ran for Sussex.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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Birth Name: Christie Lee Hudson
Place of Birth: Monroe, Michigan
Date of Birth: February 2, 1954
Ethnicity: German, Irish, English, Scottish
Christie Brinkley is an American model and actress. She has German, Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry. Christie is the daughter of Marjorie Marie (Bowling) and Herbert Hudson. Her stepfather, who adopted her, was television writer, director, and producer Don Brinkley (Donald Alan Brinkley); Don was Jewish (his family’s original surname was “Brinkman”).
Christie’s daughter with her ex-husband, singer Billy Joel, is singer Alexa Ray Joel.
Christie’s paternal grandparents were Herbert A. Hudson (the son of Harrison C. Hudson and Anna Elizabeth McFernon/McLernon) and Isabelle E. Gessner (the daughter of Joseph Michael Gessner and Elizabeth Wesenbeck/Weisbeck). Anna was Irish. Joseph was born in Michigan, to German parents. Christie’s great-grandmother Elizabeth Wesenbeck was also born in Michigan, also to German parents.
Christie’s maternal grandparents were William Harrison Bowling (the son of Anderson R. Bowling and Armilda Jane Hacker) and Ida “Mamie” Henson (the daughter of James Henry Henson and Lucy Catherine Abner).
Sources: Genealogy of Christie Brinkley (listing her stepfather) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Christie’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Christie’s paternal grandfather, Herbert A. Hudson, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Christie’s paternal grandmother, Isabelle E. Gessner, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Christie’s maternal grandparents, William Harrison Bowling and Ida “Mamie” Henson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Christie’s maternal grandfather, William Harrison Bowling – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Christie’s maternal grandmother, Ida “Mamie” Henson (through Ida’s brother, Lyler Henson) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth: March 14, 1933
Ethnicity: African-American, with some English, Scottish, and Welsh, and very remote French and Italian
Quincy Jones is an American music producer. He is the son of Sarah Frances (Wells) and Quincy Delight Jones. He has seven children, including actresses Kidada Jones and Rashida Jones.
Quincy is of African-American (West African/Central African) ancestry, with some English, Scottish, and Welsh, heritage, as well as very remote French and Italian ancestry (in the 1500s). According to a DNA test, he is of 34% European ancestry. He is descended from the Tikar people of Cameroon through his maternal lineage.
Quincy’s paternal grandparents were Caesar Jones and Susannah Burgess.
Quincy’s maternal grandparents were Love Adam Wells (the son of Nelson Wells and Sarah Campbell) and Mary Belle Lanier (the daughter of James Balance Lanier and Cordelia Dickson). James was caucasian, and had mostly English, as well as Scottish and Welsh, ancestry; his more remote ancestors also included Nicholas Lanier, a man born, c. 1544, in France, and Anthony Bassano and Elina De Nazzi, a pair of Italian immigrants to England in the 1500s.
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Birth Name: Tamara Townsend
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 17, 1970
Ethnicity:
*English and Yugoslavian (father)
* African American (mother)
Family Info: Townsend was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Anorene and Thomas Townsend. She is biracial with her mother being of African American heritage and her father having English and Yugoslavian ancestry.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Townsend
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Birth Name: Jason Nathaniel Behr
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Birth: December 30, 1973
Ethnicity: Swiss-German, German, Austrian, Irish, English, Danish, 1/64th Spanish, distant Dutch and French
Jason Behr is an American actor. He is married to actress KaDee Strickland.
Jason’s mother is of three eighths Austrian, three eighths German, and one quarter Irish, descent. Jason’s father is of half Swiss-German ancestry, with Jason’s father’s other roots being German, English, 1/32 Spanish, and distant Dutch and French.
Jason’s paternal grandfather was Emil Alphonse Behr (the son of Thomas Joseph Behr and Bertha Cousia Wiesendanger). Emil’s parents were Swiss, of Swiss-German descent.
Jason’s paternal grandmother was Joyce Beverly Lee (the daughter of Ivo Jacob Lee and Lillian Hansen). Ivo had German, English, 1/8th Spanish, and distant Dutch and French, ancestry; Ivo’s great-grandfather, Joseph Emmanual Delasandro, was from Cordoba, Spain. Lillian’s parents were Danish.
Jason’s maternal grandparents were Michael Joseph Steiner (the son of Mathias Joseph Steiner and Elizabeth Strantz) and Lorraine Frances Murray (the daughter of George Henry Murray and Ida Henrietta Monsinger). Mathias was Austrian. Elizabeth was born in Minnesota, to an Austrian father and a German mother. George was born in New York, to Irish parents, Bernard Murray and Marquertie McCarrie. Ida was German, born in Berlin, to John Monsinger and Veronica Marie Schilts.
Sources: Genealogy of Jason Behr – http://familypedia.wikia.com
Genealogy of Jason’s paternal grandmother, Joyce Beverly Lee (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Jason’s maternal grandfather, Michael Joseph Steiner, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jason’s maternal grandmother, Lorraine Frances Murray, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jason’s maternal grandmother, Lorraine Frances (Murray) Steiner – http://obituaries.desertsun.com
Birth Name: Katherine Dee Strickland
Place of Birth: Patterson, Georgia
Date of Birth: December 14, 1975
Ethnicity: English
KaDee Strickland is an American actress. She is married to actor Jason Behr.
KaDee’s paternal grandparents were Andrew Jackson Strickland (the son of Noral William Strickland and Virginia “Jennie” Barber) and Isabelle Dixon (the daughter of Daniel Dixon and Sallie Rentha/Marintha Chancey).
Sources: Obituary of KaDee’s paternal grandmother, Isabelle (Dixon) Strickland – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of KaDee’s paternal great-grandmother, Virginia “Jennie” Barber (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of KaDee’s paternal grandmother, Isabelle Dixon – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of KaDee’s paternal great-grandmother, Sallie Rentha/Marintha Chancey – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Zadie Smith
Place of Birth: Brent, London, England
Date of Birth: 25 October 1975
Ethnicity:
* English (father)
* Jamaican (mother)
Family Info: Zadie Smith was born as Sadie Smith in the north-west London borough of Brent to a Jamaican mother, Yvonne Bailey, and an English father, Harvey Smith. Her mother had grown up in Jamaica and migrated to England in 1969.
Source: http://literature.britishcouncil.org/zadie-smith
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Birth Name: Jacob Paul Tapper
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Birth: March 12, 1969
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Ulster-Scots (Northern Irish), Scottish, English, and possibly French (mother, who converted to Judaism)
Jake Tapper is an American journalist and writer. Jake’s father is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family. Jake’s mother, who has Ulster-Scots (Northern Irish), Scottish, English, and possibly French, ancestry, is from a Presbyterian family, and converted to Judaism. Jake was raised Jewish.
Jake’s maternal grandparents were Everett Dyson Palmatier (the son of Reo Everett Palmatier and Tryphena May/Esther Dyson) and Helen Elizabeth McDowell (the daughter of James Alexander McDowell and Ida Elizabeth McKivor). James was born in Straid, Antrim, Ireland, and had Northern Irish and Scottish ancestry. Ida was born in Balmoral, Manitoba, Canada, of Ulster-Scots (Northern Irish) descent.
Source: Genealogy of Jake Tapper (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Place of Birth: Madison, Wisconsin
Date of Birth: February 15, 1986
Ethnicity:
*German (father)
*German, English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) (mother)
Nick Eversman is an American actor.
Nick’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to John Ernst Eversman, who was born, c. 1745, in Germany.
Nick’s paternal grandparents are Robert D. Eversman (the son of Frank J. Eversman and Margaret Clara Lambertz) and Ann Louisa Wiemann (the daughter of Herbert Joseph Wiemann and Philomena Ann Koestner).
Nick’s maternal grandparents are John McConnell (the son of Charles William McConnell and Elva I. Horswood) and Dorothy Watters (the daughter of Charles Bennett Watters and Mildred Elizabeth Balliet). Mildred was the daughter of Harrison V. Balliet and Lydia Brosius.
Sources: Genealogy of Nick’s paternal grandfather, Robert D. Eversman (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Nick’s paternal grandfather, Robert D. Eversman (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Nick’s paternal grandfather, Robert D. Eversman – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Nick’s maternal grandfather, John McConnell – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Nick’s maternal great-grandmother, Mildred Elizabeth (Balliet) Watters – http://www.legacy.com
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Birth Name: Amel Eliza Stowell
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Birth: March 8, 1973
Ethnicity:
*French, English, and Scottish (father)
*African-American (mother)
Family Info: Larrieux was born and raised in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, New York City. Her African American mother, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, is a dance critic, author, and college instructor. Her father is of French, English, and Scottish descent. She was a member of the group Groove Theory.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amel_Larrieux
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Place of Birth: Englewood, Colorado
Date of Birth: February 18, 1992
Ethnicity: English, German, some Irish, distant French
Logan Miller is an American actor.
Logan’s paternal grandparents are Marshall Fields Miller (the son of Edward Richard Miller and Mary Elizabeth Fields) and Sharon Kaye Ingraham. Edward was the son of Murphy Scott Miller and Pauline Mary Brecheisen.
Logan’s maternal grandfather was Billy Gene Hubele (the son of Eugene George Hubele and Alberta A. Keith). Eugene was the son of William E. Hubele and Bertha Thiel. Alberta was the daughter of Chester Arthur Keith and Wilma Edith Harris.
Logan’s maternal grandmother is Cholly King (the daughter of John Reid King and Christiana Taylor). John was the son of William Edward King and Cora Linwood Maxwell. Christiana was the daughter of William Irving Taylor and Sarah Ellen Hunt.
Sources: Genealogy of Logan’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Logan’s paternal great-grandfather, Edward Richard Miller (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Logan’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Pauline Mary Brecheisen (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Logan’s maternal great-grandfather, Eugene George Hubele – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Logan’s maternal great-grandmother, Alberta A. (Keith) Hubele – http://www.ryanmortuary.com
Genealogy of Logan’s maternal great-grandfather, John Reid King – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Logan’s maternal great-grandfather, John Reid King (through John’s brother, Thomas Badger King (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Logan’s maternal great-grandmother, Christiana (Taylor) King – http://www.findagrave.com
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Birth Name: Antonia Laura Thomas
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Date of Birth: 3 November 1986
Ethnicity:
*English (father)
*Afro-Jamaican (mother)
Family Info:Thomas was born to a Jamaican mother and an English father, the classical bass singer David Thomas.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Thomas
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Birth Name: Katherine Boyer Waterston
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, UK
Date of Birth: March 3, 1980
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, possibly other
Katherine Waterston is an American actress. She is the daughter of Lynn Louisa Woodruff, a model, and Sam Waterston (Samuel Atkinson Waterston), an actor. She was born in London, where her American parents were working at the time.
Katherine’s paternal grandparents were George Chychele Waterston (the son of George Waterston) and Alice Tucker Atkinson (the daughter of Robert Whitman Atkinson and Elizabeth Bispham Page). Katherine’s grandfather George was Scottish, born in Leith. Alice was of English descent.
Source: Genealogy of Katherine’s father – http://www.wargs.com
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Birth Name: Carver Dana Andrews
Date of Birth: January 1, 1909
Place of Birth: Covington County, Mississippi
Date of Death: December 17, 1992
Place of Death: Los Alamitos, California
Ethnicity: English, distant French
Dana Andrews was An American actor. His brother was actor Steve Forrest.
Dana’s paternal grandparents were David William Andrews (the son of Thomas M. Andrews and Mary) and Emeline Louisa Floyd (the daughter of Matthew D. Floyd and Christian Wellman).
Dana’s maternal grandparents were James Monroe Speed, Jr. (the son of James Monroe Speed and Sarah Rogers) and Delphia Murray Anderson (the daughter of Hiram Anderson and Mary Ann Elizabeth Duvall).
Source: Genealogy of Dana Andrews (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Birth Name: Brendon Boyd Urie
Place of Birth: Summerlin, Nevada, United States
Date of Birth: April 12, 1987
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, approximately 3/32 Native Hawaiian, some German, 1/16th Portuguese, 1/32 Danish
Brendon Urie is the lead singer of the band, Panic! at the Disco. His maternal grandmother is of 1/4 Portuguese and approximately 3/8ths Hawaiian ancestry, with the rest English. The rest of Brendon’s ancestry is English, Scottish, Irish, German, and 1/32 Danish (“Urie” is a Scottish surname).
Brendon’s paternal grandparents are Richard Urie (the son of Thomas Roy Urie and Winifred Jemona Parry) and Fern Lorraine Dalley (the daughter of Ronald Jones Dalley and Margery Mutch Hiskey). Thomas was of half English, one quarter Irish, and one quarter Scottish, descent. Ronald was of three quarters English and one quarter Danish descent.
Brandon’s maternal grandfather is Luther Christopher Tucker, Jr. (the son of Luther Christopher Tucker, Sr. and Grace Maxine Spears).
Brendon’s maternal grandmother is Emmanell Nani Vieira (the daughter of Robert Thomas Vieira and Queenie Evelyn Nani Rice). Robert’s father, Caesar McVeigh Vieira, Sr., was of Portuguese descent. Robert’s mother, Emma Victoria Alapa’i Saffery, was of English and Native Hawaiian descent. Queenie was the daughter of James Kenneth Rice and Nellie Kamana, and also had English and Native Hawaiian ancestry.
Sources: Genealogy of Brendon’s paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Roy Urie – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Brendon’s paternal great-grandfather, Ronald Jones Dalley – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Brendon Urie (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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Birth Name: Samuel Harry Strike
Place of Birth: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Date of Birth: 18 January, 1994
Ethnicity: English
Sam Strike is an English actor.
Sam’s paternal grandparents are Andrew Strike (the son of Samuel Strike and Elizabeth M. Archer) and Daphne J. Fuller.
Sam’s maternal grandparents are Donald H. Rowley (the son of Percy William Rowley and Florence M. Patmore) and June A. Wigzell (the daughter of Charles Thomas Wigzell and Bessie M. Haley).
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Birth Name: Rupert William Anthony Friend
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Date of Birth: 9 October, 1981
Ethnicity: English
Rupert Friend is an English actor.
Rupert’s paternal grandparents are Anthony Friend and Daphne R. Pochin.
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Birth Name: Melinda Leigh McGraw
Place of Birth: Nicosia, Cyprus
Date of Birth: October 25, 1963
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish and German
Melinda McGraw is an American actress. She was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, to American parents.
Melinda’s paternal grandparents were Sterling Porter McGraw (the son of James Porter McGraw and Sarah Katherine Priest) and Ruth Ella Fletcher (the daughter of James Thomas Fletcher and Ninna Josephine Williams).
Melinda’s maternal grandparents were Samuel Hall Vaughter (the son of Hiram Dennis Vaughter and Ada Gordon Hall) and Gladys Elizabeth Elam (the daughter of James Bugg Elam and Lulu Beth Reece).
Source: Genealogy of Melinda McGraw – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Andrew Stephen Roddick
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska
Date of Birth: August 30, 1982
Ethnicity: German (maternal grandmother), English, 1/8th Norwegian, some Welsh, Irish, 1/32 French, 1/32 Swiss-French, distant Dutch
Andy Roddick is an American tennis player. He is married to model and actress Brooklyn Decker.
Andy’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his great-great-great-grandfather, John Henry Roddick, who was born, c. 1811, in Wales.
Andy’s paternal grandparents were Lawrence John Roddick (the son of Ora Sandy Roddick and Isabel Paulston) and Marion Agnes Bailey (the daughter of Silas Joseph Bailey and Frances/Francis Belonger). Isabel’s parents were Norwegian. Frances was of half Irish, one quarter French, and one quarter Swiss-French, ancestry.
Andy’s maternal grandparents were Louis Edwin Corell (the son of Parke Buckley Carrell and Blanche Peltier) and Hazel Elizabeth Speth (the daughter of Louis Paul Speth and Dorothea Logemann). Louis and Dorothea were both born in Wisconsin, and all of their own parents were German.
Sources: Genealogy of Andy Roddick – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Andy’s maternal grandfather, Louis Edwin Corell, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Andy’s maternal grandmother, Hazel Elizabeth Speth, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Birth Name: Portia Ann Doubleday
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: June 22, 1988
Ethnicity: German, English
Portia Doubleday is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors Frank Doubleday and Christina Hart (born Hartzell). Her sister is actress Kaitlin Doubleday.
Portia’s maternal grandparents are Robert Harry Hartzell (the son of Richard Franklin Hartzell, Sr. and Elizabeth A. Springer) and ? Hawkins.
Source: Portia’s maternal grandfather, Robert Harry Hartzell, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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