Birth Name: Gerald Randolph Anderson, Jr.
Place of Birth: General Santos City, South Cotabato, Philippines
Date of Birth: March 7, 1989
Ethnicity:
*German, Swedish (paternal grandfather)
*Dutch, English, French, Welsh, remote German (paternal grandmother)
*Filipino (mother)
Gerald Anderson is a Filipino-American film and television actor, commercial model, and TV producer. His father, Gerald Randolph “Randy” Anderson, Sr., is an American instructor in the Philippine Navy who travels back and forth between the United States and Zambales. His mother, Evangeline Opsima, is a Filipina businesswoman, from General Santos City.
Gerald’s paternal grandfather was Norbert Eugene Anderson, Sr. (the son of Charles Oscar Andersson, later Anderson, and Fannie Josephine Schmidt). Charles was born in Sweden, to Otto P. Andersson (later Anderson) and Tilda Stille. Fannie was the daughter of German immigrants Joseph Schmidt and Maria Michaelsen.
Gerald’s paternal grandmother was Ethel Louise Lieuallen (the daughter of Dock Marion Lieuallen and Elsie Calvin McGowan). Dock was the son of Mathew John Lewallen and Martha Bilyeu. Elsie was the daughter of John McGowan and Marenda Robinson.
Source: Genealogy of Gerald Anderson (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com