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Eric Roberts

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Birth Name: Eric Anthony Roberts

Place of Birth: Biloxi, Mississippi

Date of Birth: April 18, 1956

Ethnicity: English, German, Swedish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Eric Roberts is an American actor. He is the brother of actress Julia Roberts (Julia Fiona Roberts) and the father of actress Emma Roberts.

Eric’s father’s family has lived in the American South for many generations; his ancestry included English, as well as Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. One of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandparents was a German immigrant, and two of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandparents were Swedish. Eric’s mother also had English, Scottish, and other German ancestry.

Eric’s paternal grandparents were Walter Thomas Roberts (the son of John Pendleton Roberts and Jimmie Glen Corbitt) and Beatrice Beal (the daughter of William E. Beal and Pearl E. Ogle).

Eric’s maternal grandparents were Wendell John Bredemus (the son of John Math Bredemus and Eleanor M. Johnson) and Elizabeth Ellen Billingsley (the daughter of James Henry Billingsley and Nellie Hutchings). John was of German descent. Eleanor was of Swedish ancestry.

Sources: Genealogy of Eric Roberts (through Eric’s sister, Julia Roberts) – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak’s article about Eric and Julia’s ancestry, at The Huffington Post – http://www.huffingtonpost.com

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