Brendan Wayne – “Little Dead Rotting Hood” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Laemmle NoHo 7 – North Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos
Birth Name: Daniel Brendan LaCava
Place of Birth: Encino, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 8, 1972
Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish (maternal grandfather)
*Cuban (maternal grandmother)
Brendan Wayne is an American actor and producer. He is the son of actress Toni Wayne (Mary Antonia Morrison) and Donald Leon LaCava.
Brendan’s paternal grandparents were Paul J. LaCava and Angela Delores Viviano (the daughter of Gandolf Viviano and Josephine). Paul was Italian. Angela was born in New Jersey, to Italian parents.
Brendan’s maternal grandfather was actor, director, and producer John Wayne (the son of Clyde Leonard Morrison and Mary Alberta Brown). Clyde was the son of Marion Mitchell Morrison and Wealtha Chase Parsons, and had English and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry. Mary was the daughter of Robert Emmet Brown, who had Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry, and Margaret Cullenan or Kennedy, who was Irish.
Brendan’s maternal grandmother was Josephine Alicia Saenz (the daughter of José Santos Sáenz and Alicia Acosta). Josephine was born in California, to Cuban parents. José was the son of José Sáenz Arrojo and Francisca de Macho.
Sources: Genealogies of Brendan Wayne – https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Brendan’s father, Donald Leon LaCava, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X48C-2WL
Brendan’s paternal grandmother, Angela Delores Viviano, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKBG-B1Z
Genealogy of Brendan’s mother, Toni Wayne – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7798943/mary-antonia-la_cava
Brendan’s maternal grandmother, Josephine Alicia Saenz, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MC-KDJ