Birth Name: Lisa Ann Murkowski
Place of Birth: Ketchikan, Alaska Territory (now Alaska)
Date of Birth: May 22, 1957
Ethnicity: Polish (paternal great-grandfather), French-Canadian (maternal grandmother), Irish, English
Lisa Murkowski is an American politician. A Republican, she has served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska, since December 20, 2002. She is the daughter of Nancy Rena (Gore) and Frank Hughes Murkowski, who was a U.S. Senator from Alaska (from 1981 to 2002) and a Governor of Alaska (from 2002 to 2006).
Lisa’s paternal grandparents were Frank Michael Murkowski (the son of Louis Joseph Murkowski and Margaret Ann Keely) and Helen I. Hughes. Louis’s parents, Jakub Murkowski and Ewa Zianek, were Polish.
Lisa’s maternal grandparents were Lester Otto Gore (the son of Charles Eugene Gore and Jennie Adella Gorsline) and Irene M. Duhamel (the daughter of Henry Duhamel and Amelia). Charles was born in Michigan, to Irish parents. Irene was born in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, to French-Canadian parents.
Sources: Genealogies of Lisa Murkowski – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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