Birth Name: Kenneth Lauren Burns
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Date of Birth: July 29, 1953
Ethnicity: Irish, English, Scottish
Ken Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films. According to a DNA test Ken Burns took with, “Finding Your Roots” Ken came up as 100% European, with 26% Irish, 10% British, and 6% Iberian. However, another DNA test said Ken Burns was 99.6% European, .4% Sub-Saharan African, and .1% Native American.
Ken’s paternal grandparents were Robert Kyle Burns (the son of William McLaurin Burns and Sarah E. White) and Emily Lucille Moore (the daughter of George Moore and Nellie Lee Crook).
Ken’s maternal grandparents were George Bancroft Tupper (the son of John Powers Tupper and Frances Howard McManus) and Lyla Morris Smith (The daughter of Lyle Austin Smith and Susan H.).
Source: Finding Your Roots season 2, page 100
Genealogy of Ken Burns – https://www.geni.com