Birth Name: Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger
Place of Birth: Lima, Ohio
Date of Birth: March 2, 1982
Ethnicity: Swiss-German, German, English
Ben Roethlisberger is an American football player (quarterback).
He is the son of Ida Jane (Foust) and Kenneth Todd Roethlisberger. His father is a former pitcher and quarterback at Georgia Tech.
His surname, “Roethlisberger” (Swiss-German spelling: “Röthlisberger”), is of Swiss origin, with roots in the village of Geissbühler, Lauperswil, Switzerland. Ben has Swiss-German, German, and English ancestry.
Ben’s paternal grandparents are Kenneth Carl Roethlisberger (the son of Aldine Roethlisberger and Clara Estella Zimmerly) and Audrey Louise Heslop (the daughter of Wilbur Beymer Heslop and Louise Saunders).
Ben’s maternal grandparents are Franklin E. Foust (the son of Lowell Edward Foust and Ida M. Foster) and Frances Arlene Shoemaker (the daughter of Lloyd H. Shoemaker and Frances Virgina Decker).
Sources: Genealogies of Ben Roethlisberger – http://genealogy.about.com
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