10/15/2009 – AJ Lamas – 2009 MTV Latin VMAs – Arrivals – Gibson Amphitheater – Universal Amphitheater, CA. USA – Keywords: AJ Lamas – False – – Photo Credit: Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos
Birth Name: Alvaro Joshua Lamas
Place of Birth: Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 19, 1983
Ethnicity:
*father – Argentinian, Norwegian
*mother – English, possibly Polish, other
AJ Lamas is an American actor. He is the son of actors Michelle Smith (Michele Cathy Smith) and Lorenzo Lamas.
AJ’s paternal grandfather was actor Fernando Lamas (born Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos). Fernando was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
AJ’s paternal grandmother was actress Arlene Dahl (born Arlene Carol Dahl; the daughter of Rudolph Sylvester Dahl and Idelle Ingeborg Swan). Arlene was born in Minnesota, of Norwegian descent. Rudolph was the son of Jacob/Jakob Andreas Hanson Dahl/Øksendahl, who was Norwegian, and of Ingeborg Emma/Emily Orwoll, whose parents was Norwegian. Idelle was the daughter of Norwegian parents, Johan Jensen Svangrønning and Anne Brubakk.
AJ’s maternal grandfather likely was Roger Stewart Smith (the son of Frank Winn Smith and Beatrice Belle Henshaw). Frank was the son of Henry Lewis Smith and Jane Louise Bond. Beatrice was the daughter of Samuel Heathwood Henshaw, whose father was English and whose mother was born in India, to English parents, and of Bertha Winifred Caldwell, who was born in Wilmot, Nova Scotia, Canada.
AJ’s maternal grandmother likely was Joy Cathy Fooryes (the daughter of parents surnamed Fooryes and Strychowski). Joy was born in New York.
Sources: Genealogies of AJ’s father – http://www.geni.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
AJ’s paternal grandmother, Arlene Dahl, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of AJ’s great-grandmother, Beatrice Belle Henshaw – http://www.rawbw.com
AJ’s great-great-grandfather, Samuel Heathwood Henshaw, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of AJ’s maternal grandmother, Joy Cathy Fooryes – https://www.familysearch.org