Birth Name: Julian Arahanga Parr
Place of Birth: Raetihi, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 18 December, 1972
Ethnicity:
*father – English, 1/8th French, 1/8th Northern Irish, 1/16th Māori, 1/16th Irish, 1/16th Norwegian, possibly 1/16th Danish/Swedish
*mother – English, 1/8th German, 1/8th Northern Irish, 3/32nd Samoan, 1/16th Irish, 1/16th Tongan, 1/16th Scottish
Julian Arahanga also known as Sonny Arahanga, is a New Zealand actor, director and producer.
Julian stated:
I look Māori and feel Māori.
Julian is the son of Larry George Parr, a New Zealand screenwriter and Lynne Parr (Kruse). His affiliations are Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Raukawa and Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi.
He has five children with his wife Rebecca Arahanga. He is the half brother of actor Tammy Davis.
Julian’s paternal grandmother was Iris Dawn Dauphin. Iris was the daughter of David Francis (Jack) Dauphin and May Adelaide Wallace.
David Francis (Jack) Dauphin’s parents were Auguste Alfred Dauphin from Lyon, France and Fanny Sims from London, England.
May Adelaide Wallace was the daughter of John Ernest Wallace from NSW, Australia and Elsie Mary Hughes.
John Ernest Wallace was adopted by the Wallaces. His biological father was supposedly Knut/Knud Jespersen who was of Scandinavian (Danish and Swedish) descent.
Elsie Mary Hughes was the daughter of Henry Hughes and Hannah Matilda Hansen. Hannah was born in Rygge, Ostfold, Norway as the daughter of Nicolai Hansen Engedal and Karen Sofie
Andreasdotter Svensen/Svendson.
Henry Hughes was the son of William Hughes from Liverpool, UK and Harriet Bicknell from Chinnock, Somerset, UK.
Julian’s paternal grandfather is Ray Parr. Ray is the son of Harold Roland Parr (son of William Henry Parr from London, Middlesex, UK and Elizabeth Jane Dawson from County Derry, Northern Ireland) and Phyllis Irene Matilda Morgan.
Phyllis Morgan was the daughter of Henry (Harry) Morgan and Alice May (Mei) Broughton.
Henry (Harry) Morgan was the son of Thomas George Morgan and Matilda Caroline Te Paea Brown. Thomas George Morgan was the son of Thomas Morgan from Staffordshire, England and Mary Ann Tonks from Shropshire, England.
Matilda Caroline Te Paea Brown was the daughter of David Brown from London, England and Rangiuria Rakera Tepara/Te Paea, a Māori woman.
Alice May (Mei) Broughton was the daughter of William Te Ahuru Broughton and Minnie Duggan from Waterford, Ireland.
William Te Ahuru Broughton was the son of Charles William Broughton from Surrey, England and Hereora Taueki. Hereora was the daughter of Chief Taueki and his wife Kahukore.
Julian’s maternal grandfather was John James William Kruse, who was born in Apia, Samoa.
John James W. Kruse was the son of Johann Emil Kruse and Emma Louisa Mann.
Johann Emil Kruse was the son of Friedrich Jurgen (Fritz) Kruse from Fehmarn, Germany and Lucy/Luse Purcell from Malaela, Upolu, Samoa.
Lucy/Luse Purcell was the daughter of William/Viliamu Purcell and Matafua Afualo, a Samoan native.
William/Viliamu Purcell was the son of Edward William (Ned/Neti) Purcell who was of English descent, and Salaevalu Leaupepe (Ruth Hanna) Si’ilateama who was Samoan.
Emma Louisa Mann was the daughter of Thomas William Mann and Emma Louise Giles from Tonga. Emma Louise Giles was the daughter of James Edward Giles from Cheshire, England and Ana Fakatoumafi Kiteau from Ha’afeva, Ha’apai, Tonga (daughter of Alame/Alani Kiteau and Tule Lelenoa).
Thomas William Mann was the son of Thomas Slingsby Mann (son of Thomas Mann and Elizabeth Slingsby, from Warwickshire, England) and Annie Eliza Watson (born in NSW, Australia to Irish parents
Thomas William Watson and Ann Elizabeth Woods both from Offaly, Ireland.)
Julian’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Eileen Mayo. Margaret was the daughter of Leslie Edward Mayo and Phyllis Elizabeth Mary Harneiss.
Leslie Edward Mayo was the son of John Henry Mayo from Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England and Florence Maud Hammond (daughter of Edward Hammond and Susanna Faiers/Fayers both from Suffolk, England)
Phyllis E. M. Harneiss was the daughter of James (Jim) Harneiss and Mary Emerson from Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
James (Jim) Harneiss was the son of Barton Harneiss from Thornton, Lincolnshire, England and Mary McNey Mahon.
Mary McNey Mahon was the daughter of Robert Mahon from Falkirk, Scotland and Mary Hughan (whose parents came from Kirkmabreck Parish, Scotland).
*(On Wikipedia it says his mother is “a New Zealander of Estonian and Māori descent” but I can’t find the source of that statement. The only other place it’s mentioned is on theapricity.com where it states that “His father is of Maori ancestry and his mother is Estonian.” Only the second statement seems to be partially true. I don’t know where they got this information from? The only thing Julian ever said about his ancestry is: “I look Māori and feel Māori” and “Ever since I was young, I’ve grown up in a Maori environment.” )
Source:
Genealogy of Julian Arahanga: https://www.geni.com/
Genealogy of John J W Kruse: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
Genealogy of Ruth Hanna Purcell Si’ilateama: https://www.geni.com/
Story about Friedrich (Fritz) Kruse: http://www.inselfehmarnsamoa.com/