Birth Name: Augustus Art Prew

Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Date of Birth: September 17, 1987

Ethnicity: English

Augustus Prew is an English actor.

Augustus’s paternal grandparents were William Sidney Augustus Prew (the son of Sidney Henry Prew and Mary Ann Bird) and Gwendoline May Chidgey (the daughter of Horatious Chidgey and Alice Horner).

Augustus’s maternal grandparents are Arthur Sidney Dagworthy (the son of Arthur Percy Dagworthy and Rosina Ethel Sargeant) and Jean A. Stubbs (the daughter of John Stubbs and Jennie Elizabeth D. Baker).

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Birth Name: Thomas Bryant Cotton

Place of Birth: Dardanelle, Arkansas

Date of Birth: May 13, 1977

Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, distant German

Tom Cotton is an American politician. He began serving as a United States Senator from Arkansas in 2015. He previously served as a United States Representative from Arkansas (from 2013 to 2015).

Tom’s paternal grandparents are Thomas James Cotton (the son of Thomas James Cotton and Myrtle Love) and Selma L. Cowger (the daughter of Charles Henry Cowger and Cora Nevada Smith).

Tom’s maternal grandparents are Posie Herbert Bryant (the son of Samuel H. Bryant and Sarah Ellen Farrow) and Tressie Faye Hoggard (the daughter of James Daniel “Dan” Hogard and Hixie Carruth Germany).

Sources: Genealogy of Tom Cotton (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Tom’s maternal grandmother, Tressie Faye Hoggard, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth Name: Jacob Allen Weary

Place of Birth: Trenton, New Jersey

Date of Birth: February 14, 1990

Ethnicity: German, English

Jake Weary is an American actor. He is the son of A.C. Weary, a director, and Kim Zimmer, an actress.

Jake’s maternal grandparents are Walter Jack Zimmer (the son of Walter Julius Zimmer and Mildred Hester Snyder) and Burdina Elva Crist (the daughter of Herschel G. Crist and Margaret Ada Robinaugh). Jake’s great-grandfather Walter was born in Ohio, to German parents. Mildred and Herschel were also of German descent. Margaret was the daughter of Frank Robinaugh, who was of German descent, and of Jennie Benton, who may have had English ancestry.

Sources: Jake’s maternal grandfather, Walter Jack Zimmer, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Jake’s maternal grandmother, Burdina Elva Crist, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth Name: Nicholas Scott Lachey

Place of Birth: Harlan, Kenctucky

Date of Birth: November 9, 1973

Ethnicity: Dutch (maternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Irish, German, around 1/32 French, distant Welsh

Nick Lachey is an American singer and actor. He is married to television personality, model, and actress Vanessa Lachey (previously Vanessa Minnillo).

Nick’s patrilineal line can be traced back to his great-great-great-grandparents, Frank Lachey, who was born, c. 1823, in Alsace, France, and Celestial Marshall.

Nick’s paternal grandparents were Ralph Osmer Lachey (the son of Nicholas John Lachey and Rachel Elizabeth Fagan) and Ruth Ann Morris (the daughter of Robert G. Morris and Ethel V. Hazlett).

Nick’s maternal grandparents were Robert James Fopma (the son of Samuel Jacob Fopma and Catherine Pauline den Hartigh) and Leigh Dryden Young (the daughter of Hodson Kendall Young and Esther Oliver Brown). Samuel, a Christian minister, was Dutch, born in Spannum. Catherine was also of Dutch descent. Hodson was also a Christian minister.

Sources: Genealogy of Nick Lachey – http://www.geni.com

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

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Birth Name: Robert Andrew Kay

Place of Birth: Lymington, Hampshire, England

Date of Birth: 13 September, 1995

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish

Robbie Kay is a British actor.

Robbie’s paternal grandparents have the surnames “Kay” and “Bull”.

Robbie’s maternal grandparents are William T. Donaldson and Margaret W. O’Donnell (the daughter of Francis G. O’Donnell and Elizabeth M. Virgo).

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Birth Name: Kane Warren Hodder

Place of Birth: Auburn, California

Date of Birth: April 8, 1955

Ethnicity: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian

Kane Hodder is an American actor.

Kane’s patrilineal line can be traced back to Robert Hodder, who was born, c. 1740, in Over Compton, Dorset, England.

Kane’s paternal grandparents were Edwin Kitchner Hodder (the son of Edwin Albert Cole Hodder and Emily Gertrude Sutton) and Leila Oliver (the daughter of Arthur Elwood Oliver and Jennie C. Falls). Edwin and Emily were both born in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

Kane’s maternal grandparents were Rasassmun M. Nelson (the son of Kristi) and Ada M. Matthias (the daughter of John Edward Matthias and Mary Margaret Schnose). Rasassmun was born in North Dakota, to Norwegian parents. John was born in Minnesota, to a German father and a Swedish mother. Mary was of Swedish descent.

Source: Genealogy of Kane’s paternal grandfather, Edwin Kitchner Hodder (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Kane’s maternal grandfather, Rasassmun M. Nelson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Kane’s maternal grandmother, Ada M. Matthias – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Birth Name: Hugh Charles Krampe

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York

Date of Birth: April 19, 1925

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

Hugh O’Brian is an American actor.

Hugh’s paternal grandparents were Frederick “Fred” A. Krampe and Wilhelmina “Minnie” C. Oldenburger/Ohlenberger. Frederick and Wilhelmina were German.

Hugh’s maternal grandparents were Leo Marks (the son of Issac Marks and Minnetta Wise) and Mary Alice Luker (the daughter of John Stuart Luker and Mary Jane Gullett). Leo was born in Ohio, to German Jewish parents. Mary Alice Luker had English and Scottish ancestry.

Sources: Hugh’s father on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Hugh’s mother on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Hugh’s maternal grandmother, Mary Alice Luker, on the 1860 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Mary Alice Luker on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings

Date of Birth: June 9, 1910

Place of Birth: Joplin, Missouri

Date of Death: December 2, 1990

Place of Death: Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

Ethnicity: German, English, Irish

Robert Cummings, also known as Bob Cummings, was an American actor.

Robert’s paternal grandparents were William Riley Cummings (the son of William Riley Cummings and Delilah Moore) and Maria Jane Cassidy.

Robert’s maternal grandparents were George Michael Kraft and Virginia Catherine Hutchinson (the daughter of John Hutchinson and Ann Schofield). George was German. Virginia was born in Virginia, to English parents.

Sources: Robert Cummings on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Robert’s maternal grandmother, Virginia Catherine (Hutchinson) Kraft – http://files.usgwarchives.net

Birth Name: Julia Chalene Newmeyer

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: August 16, 1933

Ethnicity: Swedish (maternal grandmother), German, English, French-Canadian, Welsh

Julie Newmar is an American actress. She is the daughter of Helene M. (Jesmer) and Don Newmeyer (Donald Charles Newmeyer), who was head of the Phys Ed department at Los Angeles City College.

Julie’s paternal grandparents were William Lawrence Newmeyer (the son of William Newmeyer and Ellen Hellen Kloeckney) and Sophia Richardson (the daughter of Edgar Morrison Richardson and Sarah Webb Hutchings).

Julie’s maternal grandparents were Hiram Burt Jesmer (the son of Nelson E. Narcisse Jesmer and Sarah H. Goulding) and Julia Andyette Nyquist (the daughter of Elias Svensson/Månsson Nyquist and Marie Ida Hagman). Nelson was French-Canadian. Sarah’s father was English (from Somerset) and Sarah’s mother was Welsh (from Monmouthshire). Elias and Marie were of Swedish descent.

Place of Birth: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth: December 26, 1985

Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish, Irish

Beth Behrs is an American actress.

Beth’s paternal grandmother is Jeannette L. Henry (the daughter of Lloyd B. Henry and Mary L.).

Beth’s maternal grandfather is ? Petrie (the son of Lafayette Petrie and Doris Quinn).

Source: Beth’s paternal grandmother, Jeannette L. Henry, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth Name: Richard Allen Boone

Date of Birth: June 18, 1917

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Death: January 10, 1981

Place of Death: St. Augustine, Florida

Ethnicity:
*English, some Welsh (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Richard Boone was an American actor.

Richard’s four times great-grandfather was George Boone, whose siblings were frontiersmen Daniel Boone and Squire Boone. Richard is a sixth cousin of singer and actor Pat Boone (Richard’s five times great-grandparents, Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan, were also Pat Boone’s five time great-grandparents).

Richard’s paternal grandparents were Bower Boone (the son of Peter Tribble Boone and Laura Bower) and Lola Ann Matthews (the daughter of Mack Matthews and Elizabeth Evaline Kelsay).

Richard’s maternal grandparents were Harris Beckerman (the son of Jacob Z. Beckerman) and Rosa Schakowitz (the daughter of William Schakowitz). Harris and Rosa were Russian Jewish immigrants.

Sources: Genealogy of Richard Boone – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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

Birth Name: Peyton Roi List

Place of Birth: Florida

Date of Birth: April 6, 1998

Ethnicity: English, some German, Scottish, distant Welsh

Peyton List is an American actress. Her siblings are actors Spencer List and Phoenix List.

Peyton’s paternal grandparents are Ellis Worthington List, Jr. (the son of Ellis Worthington List and Martha Bert Milliken) and Charlene W. Messick (the daughter of Edward Pernal Messick and Francis/Frances Alice Knox).

Peyton’s maternal grandparents are Elmo Roy Mays (the son of Edgar Elmo Mays and Ruth Elizabeth Parks) and Bette Lee Stephens (the daughter of Lee Urgle Stephens and Florena Mary Mayer).

Sources: Obituary of Peyton’s paternal grandfather, Ellis Worthington List, Jr. – http://woosteralumni.org

Genealogy of Peyton’s maternal grandfather, Elmo Roy Mays (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Peyton’s maternal great-grandparents, Edgar Elmo Mays and Ruth Elizabeth Parks, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Heather Elizabeth Morris

Place of Birth: Thousand Oaks, California

Date of Birth: February 1, 1987

Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish

Heather Morris is an American actress.

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Birth Name: William Blaine Richardson III

Place of Birth: Pasadena, California

Date of Birth: November 15, 1947

Ethnicity:
*English (paternal grandfather)
*Mexican (paternal grandmother)
*Spanish (maternal grandfather)
*Mexican (maternal grandmother)

Bill Richardson is an American politician. A Democrat, he served as Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He ran for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

Bill Richardson is the first person of Hispanic ancestry to mount a major campaign for President of the United States. Senator Ted Cruz is the second (running for the 2016 Republican nomination for President). Candidates John McCain (who was born in Panama, of non-Hispanic descent) and Mitt Romney (whose father was born in Mexico, of non-Hispanic descent) could possibly be counted as Hispanic in a sense, though not by ancestry. Paul Laxalt, who was of Basque descent, briefly ran for the 1988 Republican nomination for President.

Bill’s paternal grandparents were William Blaney Richardson (the son of William Everett Richardson and Vesta Hodsdon) and Rosaura Ojeda Medero (the daughter of Efren Ojeda Zota and Florentina Medero Romo). Bill’s grandfather William was born in Boston, Massachusetts, of English ancestry (including roots in the United States going back to the 1600s). He was a Mayflower descendant. Bill’s grandmother Rosaura was born in Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México.

Bill’s maternal grandparents were Manuel López-Collada Marquez (the son of Manuel López-Collada and Maria Teresa Márquez) and Maria Márquez Vazconcelos (the daughter of Jesus Marquez and Maria Vazconcelos). Bill’s grandfather Manuel was born in Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain. Bill’s grandmother Maria was born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Source: Genealogy of Bill Richardson – http://www.wargs.com

Birth Name: Mateus Cole Ward

Place of Birth: Burbank, California

Date of Birth: January 18, 1999

Ethnicity:
*Italian (mother)

Mateus Ward is an American actor. His father, Justin Ward, is a director, producer, and filmmaker.

Mateus’s mother is Italian. Mateus’s father may have English ancestry.

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Birth Name: Brian Edmund Posehn

Place of Birth: Sacramento, California

Date of Birth: July 6, 1966

Ethnicity: German, Swedish, Norwegian, English, Irish, 1/16th Italian

Brian Posehn is an American comedian, actor, musician, and writer.

Brian’s paternal grandfather was Edmund John Posehn (the son of Heinrich Posehn and Christina Buehler). Edmund was born in Kronau, Saskatchewan, Canada. Heinrich was an ethnic German, born in Eigenfeld Colony, Cherson, South Russia, to Gottlieb Posehn and Sophia Reichert. Christina was also an ethnic German, born in Ebenfeld Colony, South Russia, to Michael Beiler and Catherine/Katherine Glick. Heinrich and Christina were the first couple to marry in the Kronau Bethlehem Church, on 23 June, 1895, in Kronau, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Brian’s paternal grandmother was Clara Josephine Peterson (the daughter of Oscar Julius Peterson and Emma Theresa Skaug). Clara was born in Minnesota. Oscar was Swedish, the son of John August Peterson and Lotta Anderson. Emma was born in Minnesota, to Norwegian parents, Richard Martin Skaug and Hanna Marie Johsdatter.

Brian’s maternal grandparents were George Turner and Norma Ziegler (the daughter of Robert W. Ziegler and Irene Anita Schiller). George likely had English and Irish ancestry. Robert was born in Illinois, to a German father and an English mother. Irene was the daughter of William Schiller, whose parents were German, and of Rose W. Ferrea, whose parents were Italian.

Sources: Genealogy of Brian Posehn – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Brian’s paternal grandfather, Edmund John Posehn, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Brian’s paternal grandmother, Clara Josephine Peterson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Brian’s maternal grandmother, Norma Ziegler, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Brian’s maternal great-grandmother, Irene Anita Schiller, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Ethan Philan Randall

Place of Birth: Huntington Beach, California

Date of Birth: June 13, 1978

Ethnicity: English, possibly some Irish

Ethan Embry is an American actor.

Ethan’s paternal grandparents are John Douglas Randall (the son of Joseph Randall and Jennie Granam) and Barbara Jean French (the daughter of David Nevins French and Ora Lee Quillen).

Ethan’s maternal grandparents are John William Daugherty (the son of Charles F. Daugherty and Marie Gibbins) and Sandra Mae Gardiner (the daughter of Virgil Raymond Gardiner and Willie Lottie Donnell).

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

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Birth Name: Travis Hunter Tope

Place of Birth: Bexar, Texas

Date of Birth: November 11, 1991

Ethnicity: English, some Scottish and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), 1/8th Italian, distant German

Travis Tope is an American actor. He co-starred in the film Men, Women & Children, and has been cast in a role in the upcoming film Independence Day 2.

Travis’s paternal grandparents are Virgil Maurice Tope (the son of Millard Tope and Dora Taylor) and Janie Louise Chiodo (the daughter of Russell Chiodo and Eva Delia Coleman). Russell was of Italian descent.

Travis’s maternal grandparents are Ira Lee Neal (the son of Bud Neal and Esther Williams) and Bettie/Betty Glenn McQueen (the daughter of Austin Glenn McQueen and Bertha Cathey).

Sources: Genealogy of Travis’s paternal grandfather, Virgil Maurice Tope – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Another genealogy of Travis’s paternal grandfather, Virgil Maurice Tope (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Travis’s paternal great-grandmother, Dora Taylor, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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

Obituary of Travis’s maternal grandmother, Bettie/Betty Glenn (McQueen) Neal – http://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Travis’s maternal great-grandmother, Bertha Cathey (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Robert Hugh Carvel

Place of Birth: St. Marylebone, London, England

Date of Birth: 6 September, 1977

Ethnicity: English

Bertie Carvel is an English actor.

Bertie’s paternal grandparents are Robert B. Carvel and Florence A. Wilson.

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Birth Name: John Andrew Boehner

Place of Birth: Reading, Oohio

Date of Birth: November 17, 1949

Ethnicity:
*75% German
*25% English and Irish

John Boehner is an American politician. A Republican, he has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, and as the 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (since 2011).

John’s paternal grandparents were Andrew Boehner (the son of Henry Boehner and Dora Doepffer) and Emma Leimgruber (the daughter of Martin Leimgruber and Mary). Andrew and Emma were both born in Ohio, and all of their own parents were German.

John’s maternal grandparents were Walter Arnold Hall (the son of Henry Hall and Lee) and Anna Ruth Schneid (the daughter of John W. Schneid and Elizabeth Schaeffer). Walter had English and Irish ancestry. Anna was of German descent.

Sources: Genealogies of John Boehner – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com