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