Birth Name: Brooklyn Joseph Beckham

Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, UK

Date of Birth: 4 March, 1999

Ethnicity: English, as well as 1/8th Jewish, and 1/32 German

Brooklyn Beckham is a British-born photographer and model. He is the son of legendary footballer David Beckham and businessperson, singer, fashion designer, and model Victoria Beckham, who was a member of the band the Spice Girls.

Brooklyn is of mostly English descent. One of Brooklyn’s paternal great-grandfathers was Jewish, and one of Brooklyn’s maternal great-great-great-grandfathers was of German descent.

Brooklyn’s paternal grandfather is David Edward Alan Beckham (the son of Aubrey Edward Jack Beckham and Doris May Hamilton). Aubrey was the son of Edward Charles Beckham and Queenie Violet Eldridge. Doris was the daughter of Charles Theodore Hamilton and Emily Beatrice Bartlett.

Brooklyn’s paternal grandmother is Sandra Georgina West (the daughter of Joseph West and Margaret Jean Wiggins). Joseph was Jewish. Joseph’s mother’s name was Hannah. Margaret was the daughter of Ernest Albert Wiggins and Rose Aldrich.

Brooklyn’s maternal grandfather is Anthony William Adams (the son of William John Percy Adams and Alice W. Porter). Brooklyn’s great-grandfather William the son of Charles H. Adams and Emily Florence Julsum.

Brooklyn’s maternal grandmother is Jacqueline Doreen Cannon (the daughter of George Charles Cannon and Dorothy Caroline Akehurst). George was the son of William George Cannon and Mary Ann Pfander. Dorothy was the daughter of Thomas Frederick Akehurst and Caroline Jennie Feasey.

Brooklyn’s great-great-grandmother Mary Ann Pfander’s father, Charles Pfander, was born in England, to German parents, Carl “Charles” Heinrich Pfaender and Caroline Louise Ruckwied. Carl Pfaender was a Communist revolutionary who was a colleague of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Sources: Genealogy of Brooklyn Beckham – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Brooklyn’s father – http://www.wargs.com

Mention of Brooklyn’s German ancestry- http://www.metro.co.uk

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Birth Name: Daniel Quine Auerbach

Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States

Date of Birth: May 14, 1979

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, Irish, French, 1/8th Manx, 1/8th German, remote Welsh, Scottish, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) (mother)

Dan Auerbach is an American musician and record producer. He is the singer and guitarist of the blues rock band The Black Keys. Dan is the son of Mary Little (Quine), a teacher of French, and Charles N. Auerbach, an antique dealer. Charles was Jewish, of Polish Jewish extraction.

Dan’s maternal grandfather was John Robert Quine (the son of Harry Sanford Quine and Sarah Jahant). Harry was the son of Robert Stanford Quine, who was born in Andreas, Isle of Man, and of Katherine “Kate” Motz, who was born in Germany. Sarah was the daughter of August/Augustus Jahant, who was born in Akron, Ohio, to French parents, and of Mary McCartin/McCarten, who was born in Ontario, Canada, to Irish parents.

Dan’s maternal grandmother was Jane L. Little (the daughter of Henry Wirt Little and Eliza Catherine Belvin). Henry was the son of James Franklin Little and Mattie Jane Seal. James’ mother had Irish ancestry, and his father had English and distant Welsh ancestry. Mattie had English, some Irish, and distant Welsh and Scottish, ancestry. Dan’s great-grandmother Eliza was the daughter of James Peter Coladen Belvin and Mary Elizabeth Walton; they both had English ancestry, and James also had French roots.

Sources: http://www.theguardian.com

Record of Dan Auerbach – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Dan’s mother, Mary Quine – http://www.quine.org

Genealogy of Dan’s maternal grandfather, John Quine – http://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Dan’s maternal great-grandfather, Harry Sanford Quine – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Dan’s maternal great-grandmother, Sarah Jahant – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Dan’s maternal grandmother, Jane L. Little – http://www.grembert.com

Genealogy of Dan’s maternal great-grandfather, Henry Wirt Little – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Dan’s maternal great-grandmother, Eliza Catherine Belvin – http://www.geni.com

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Birth Name: Denise Katrina Matthews

Date of Birth: January 4, 1959

Place of Birth: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: February 15, 2016

Place of Death: Fremont, California, United States

Ethnicity:
*African-American, Hawaiian, Native American (father)
*Polish, Jewish (mother)

Denise Katrina Matthews, better known as Vanity, was a Canadian singer, songwriter, model, actress, dancer, and Christian evangelist.

Denise was the daughter of Helga Senyk and James Levia Matthews.

Her father, an American from Wilmington, North Carolina, was black, and was said to be of African-American, Hawaiian, and Native American descent. Her mother, who is caucasian, is said to be of Polish and Jewish origin.

Source: Geni.com page for Vanity – http://www.geni.com

Birth Name: Jeremiah Wilson Nixon

Place of Birth: De Soto, Missouri

Date of Birth: February 13, 1956

Ethnicity: English, 1/8th Jewish (both Sephardi and Ashkenazi), small amount of German

Jay Nixon is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as Governor of Missouri, since January 12, 2009.

Jay is the son of Betty Lea (Willson) and Jeremiah Nixon, who was Mayor of De Soto.

Jay is largely of English ancestry. One of his paternal great-grandmothers was Jewish (of Sephardi and Ashkenazi descent), and descended from one of the early prominent Jewish families in the U.S. Jay also has a small amount of German roots.

Jay’s religion is Methodist.

Jay’s paternal grandparents were Clark Nixon (the son of James Oscar Nixon and Louise Jonas) and Frances Margaret Simcock (the daughter of James Hamilton Simcock and Mary Hulda Huffaker). Jay’s great-grandfather James was the brother of politician John T. Nixon. James’s great-grandfather, Jay’s great-great-great-great-grandfather John Inskeep, was Mayor of Philadelphia (from 1800 to 1801 and from 1805 to 1806).

Jay’s maternal grandparents were Charles Elmer Willson (the son of John A. Willson and Amanda E. Reed) and Ethel Lenore Jones (the daughter of William Jones and Elizabeth Francelia Houtz).

Jay’s paternal great-grandmother Louise Jonas was Jewish, the daughter of Charles Henry Jonas and Sarah de Pass Block. Louise’s uncle, Jay’s great-great-great-uncle, Benjamin F. Jonas, was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana (from 1879 to 1885), and was the first Jew in the U.S. Senate. Louise’s grandfather, Abraham Jonas, born in Exeter, England, was the first permanent Jewish resident in Quincy, Illinois, and was a friend of President Abraham Lincoln. Louise’s great-great-great-uncle, Gershom Mendes Seixas, was the first native-born Jewish minister (rabbi) in the U.S., and was leader of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York.

Source: Genealogy of Jay Nixon – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Peter Elliott Shumlin

Place of Birth: Brattleboro, Vermont

Date of Birth: March 24, 1956

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Dutch (mother)

Peter Shumlin is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as Governor of Vermont, since January 6, 2011.

Peter is the son of Kitty Adriana (Prins) and George Joseph Shumlin. His father was Jewish (of Russian Jewish descent). His mother was born in The Hague, Netherlands, from a Protestant background.

Peter’s paternal grandparents were Elliott Michael Shumlin and Betty Saletan. Elliott was born in Colorado, to Russian Jewish parents. Betty was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents.

Peter’s maternal grandparents were Albert Prins and Cornelia.

Source: Peter’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Place of Birth: Newark, Delaware

Date of Birth: November 26, 1960

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Jack Markell is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as Governor of Delaware, since January 20, 2009. He was Chairperson of the National Governors Association from July 15, 2012 to August 4, 2013.

Birth Name: Max Liron Bratman

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: January 12, 2008

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Ecuadorian, English, with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, French, Welsh, and Dutch (mother)

Max Bratman is an American child. He is the son of music industry executive Jordan Bratman and singer Christina Aguilera.

Max’s paternal grandparents are Jack Bratman and Gail.

Max’s maternal grandparents are Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera Monge (the son of Fausto Aguilera and Edna Maria Monge Verduga) and Shelly Loraine Fidler (daughter of Lowell Marley Fidler and Delcie Mable/Mabel Dunfee). Max’s grandfather Fausto was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Max’s grandmother Shelley was born in Pennsylvania, and has English, and smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of German, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), French, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry.

Sources: http://books.google.com

Genealogy of Max Bratman (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Genealogies of Max’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Max’s maternal great-grandfather, Fausto Aguilera – http://www.silive.com

Obituary of Max’s maternal great-grandmother, Edna Maria (Monge Verduga) Aguilera – http://www.silive.com

More of Max’s maternal grandmother, Shelley Loraine Fidler’s, lines – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Max’s maternal great-grandmother, Delcie Mable/Mabel Dunfee – http://www.geni.com
Another genealogy of Christina’s maternal grandmother, Delcie Mable/Mabel Dunfee (through Delcie’s sister, Pearl Dunfee) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Birth Name: Lawrence Alan Agran

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Date of Birth: February 2, 1945

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Larry Agran is an American politician. A Democrat, he served as Mayor of Irvine, California (from 1982 to 1984, 1986 to 1990, and 2000 to 2004). Larry was a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1992.

Larry is the son of Selma Elizabeth (Meyerson) and Reuben Agranowsky/Agran. Reuben was born in Chicago, to Russian Jewish parents.

Larry’s paternal grandparents were Meyer “Max” Agranowsky and Sophie Benzianov/Bensinova/Bianoff.

Two people of Jewish heritage have been nominated for President of the United States by a major party. Barry Goldwater, nominated by the Republican Party in 1964, was the first (Goldwater was born to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, and was raised an Episcopalian). John Kerry, nominated by the Democratic Party in 2004, was the second (Kerry’s paternal grandparents were born Jewish, though Kerry’s father and Kerry himself were raised Catholic). Goldwater also sought the 1960 Republican nomination.

Joe Lieberman, who is Jewish, was nominated for Vice President of the United States by the Democratic Party in 2000.

Four people of Jewish heritage have won a major party’s Presidential caucus and/or primary:
*Barry Goldwater (1964, the year he was nominated; Republican; won 7 states)
*John Kerry (2004, the year he was nominated; Democratic; won 46 states)
*Wesley Clark (who sought the 2004 Democratic nomination; won 1 state, Oklahoma; Clark was born to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, and is a practicing Catholic)
*Bernie Sanders (who is seeking the 2016 Democratic nomination; has thus far won 5 states)

Of the four, only Bernie Sanders is Jewish by religion, and he is the first person of Jewish religion to win a caucus and/or primary for a major American political party’s Presidential nomination (the 2016 New Hampshire primary).

Other people of Jewish heritage who have mounted major campaigns for President of the United States are:
*Milton Shapp (who sought the 1976 Democratic nomination)
*Arlen Specter (who sought the 1996 Republican nomination)
*Joe Lieberman (who sought the 2004 Democratic nomination)

Shapp, Specter, and Lieberman were/are all Jewish by religion. Shapp was the first person of Jewish religion to mount a major campaign for President of the United States.

Source: Larry’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Date of Birth: February 12, 1930

Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas

Date of Death: October 14, 2012

Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Arlen Specter was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 2011. He was a Democrat (from 1951 to 1965), a Republican (from 1965 to 2009), and then a Democrat again. Arlen was a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1996.

Arlen was the son of Lillie (Shanin) and Harry Aaron Specter. His parents were Jewish immigrants. His father was born in Bachkuryne, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. His mother was also born in the Russian Empire.

Arlen’s paternal grandfather was Avram Specter.

Arlen’s maternal grandparents were Mordecai “Max” Shanin (the son of Yehuda Leb Shanin and Anna Ugel) and Freda Mermowitz (the daughter of Jacob Mermowitz). Mordecai was from Mogilev, Belarus. Yehuda was the son of Ansel Asher Shanin and Rhoda. Freda was born in Ukraine.

Two people of Jewish heritage have been nominated for President of the United States by a major party. Barry Goldwater, nominated by the Republican Party in 1964, was the first (Goldwater was born to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, and was raised an Episcopalian). John Kerry, nominated by the Democratic Party in 2004, was the second (Kerry’s paternal grandparents were born Jewish, though Kerry’s father and Kerry himself were raised Catholic). Goldwater also sought the 1960 Republican nomination.

Joe Lieberman, who is Jewish, was nominated for Vice President of the United States by the Democratic Party in 2000.

Four people of Jewish heritage have won a major party’s Presidential caucus and/or primary:
*Barry Goldwater (1964, the year he was nominated; Republican; won 7 states)
*John Kerry (2004, the year he was nominated; Democratic; won 46 states)
*Wesley Clark (who sought the 2004 Democratic nomination; won 1 state, Oklahoma; Clark was born to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, and is a practicing Catholic)
*Bernie Sanders (who is seeking the 2016 Democratic nomination; has thus far won 5 states)

Of the four, only Bernie Sanders is Jewish by religion, and he is the first person of Jewish religion to win a caucus and/or primary for a major American political party’s Presidential nomination (the 2016 New Hampshire primary).

Other people of Jewish heritage who have mounted major campaigns for President of the United States are:
*Milton Shapp (who sought the 1976 Democratic nomination)
*Larry Agran (who sought the 1992 Democratic nomination)
*Joe Lieberman (who sought the 2004 Democratic nomination)

Shapp, Agran, and Lieberman were/are all Jewish by religion. Shapp was the first person of Jewish religion to mount a major campaign for President of the United States.

Sources: Genealogy of Arlen Specter – http://www.geni.com

Arlen Specter on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth Name: Milton Jerrold Shapiro

Date of Birth: June 25, 1912

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio

Date of Death: November 24, 1994

Place of Death: Merion, Pennsylvania

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Milton Shapp was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as Governor of Pennsylvania, from January 19, 1971 to January 16, 1979. Milton was a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1976.

Milton was the son of Eva R. (Smelsky/Smelsey) and Aaron L. Shapiro. His father was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents. His mother was born in New Jersey, also to Russian Jewish parents.

Milton’s paternal grandparents were Isaac Shapiro and Mary Mendelsohn.

Milton’s maternal grandfather was Manuel Smelsky.

Milton is the first person of Jewish religion to mount a major campaign for President of the United States.

Two people of Jewish heritage have been nominated for President of the United States by a major party. Barry Goldwater, nominated by the Republican Party in 1964, was the first (Goldwater was born to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, and was raised an Episcopalian). John Kerry, nominated by the Democratic Party in 2004, was the second (Kerry’s paternal grandparents were born Jewish, though Kerry’s father and Kerry himself were raised Catholic). Goldwater also sought the 1960 Republican nomination.

Joe Lieberman, who is Jewish, was nominated for Vice President of the United States by the Democratic Party in 2000.

Four people of Jewish heritage have won a major party’s Presidential caucus and/or primary:
*Barry Goldwater (1964, the year he was nominated; Republican; won 7 states)
*John Kerry (2004, the year he was nominated; Democratic; won 46 states)
*Wesley Clark (who sought the 2004 Democratic nomination; won 1 state, Oklahoma; Clark was born to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, and is a practicing Catholic)
*Bernie Sanders (who is seeking the 2016 Democratic nomination; has thus far won 5 states)

Of the four, only Bernie Sanders is Jewish by religion, and he is the first person of Jewish religion to win a caucus and/or primary for a major American political party’s Presidential nomination (the 2016 New Hampshire primary).

Other people of Jewish heritage who have mounted major campaigns for President of the United States are:
*Larry Agran (who sought the 1992 Democratic nomination)
*Arlen Specter (who sought the 1996 Republican nomination)
*Joe Lieberman (who sought the 2004 Democratic nomination)

Agran, Specter, and Lieberman were/are all Jewish by religion.

Source: Milton Shapp on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth Name: John Phillip Key

Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Birth: August 9, 1961

Ethnicity:
*English, possibly some Welsh (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Family Background: John Key is New Zealand politician. A member of the New Zealand National Party, he became Prime Minister of New Zealand on November 19, 2008. John is the son of Ruth Key (Lazar) and George Ernest Key.

John’s paternal grandparents were George Ernest Key (the son of Jesse Key and Mary Ann Welch) and Millie Jones (the daughter of William Jones). Millie was born in Coventry, England. Jesse was born in Tingewick, England. Mary was born in Birmingham, England. The surname Jones is often Welsh.

John’s maternal grandparents were Max Lazar/Latzar (the son of Leopold Lazar and Julie Karpeles) and Margarethe Karpeles (the daughter of Wilhelm Karpeles and Adele Neumann). Max and Margarethe were both born in Vienna, Austria. Leopold, Julie, and Wilhelm were born in Mikulov, Czech Republic. Adele was born in Bielitz, Poland.

Source: Genealogies of John Key –
http://www.geni.com/people/John-Phillip-Key-Prime-Minister-Of-New-Zealand/6000000008644681457
http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/19KEYTREE1.pdf

Birth Name: Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad

Place of Birth: Sarcelles, Paris, France

Date of Birth: about 1984

Ethnicity: Sephardi Jewish

Amir Haddad is an Israeli-French singer and songwriter. He will represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. He has Tunisian Jewish and Moroccan-Spanish Jewish ancestry.

Birth Name: Petros Sampras

Place of Birth: Potomac, Maryland, U.S

Date of Birth: August 12, 1971

Ethnicity: 75% Greek 25% Jewish

Family Background: Pete  Sampras is a retired American tennis player. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in tennis history. He still holds the ATP record of six year-end No. 1 rankings, which were in consecutive years from 1993 through 1998.

Pete was born to Sammy and Georgia Sampras. His mother emigrated from Sparta, Greece, and his father was born in the United States to a Greek father and a Jewish mother. Pete was raised Greek Orthodox .

Pete has stated: “My mum came to America from Greece when she was 25, without a penny and barely able to speak the language. My dad, who is Jewish but has a Greek father, held down two jobs while I was growing up. So you could say they taught me a lot about hard work and humility“.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/jul/01/tennis.features

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Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Date of Birth: 15 July 1959

Ethnicity: French, some Irish and Ashkenazi Jewish

Family Background: Vincent Lindon is a French actor. At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival he won the Best Actor Award for his role in The Measure of a Man.

Source: http://gw.geneanet.org/dahlem?lang=fr&p=vincent&n=lindon&oc=0

http://www.geni.com/people/Vincent-Lindon/6000000029824555964

Genealogy of Vincent’s grandmother: http://www.geni.com/people/June-O-Malley-Keyes/6000000027948431762?through=6000000027948451040

O’Malley family history: http://ladygracesjournal.blogspot.it/p/hamilton-joseph-omalley-pedigree.html

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Birth Name: Hovev Sekulets

Place of Birth: Kiryat Ata, Haifa District, Israel

Date of Birth: 19 November 1986

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Hovi Star is an Israeli singer. He will represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts

Date of Birth: May 21, 1966

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Lisa Edelstein is an American actress and playwright. She is known for playing Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the Fox medical drama series House. Lisa is the daughter of Bonnie and Alvin Edelstein. She is married to artist Robert Russell (who is also Jewish).

Lisa’s paternal grandparents were Samuel Edelstein and Ida/Chaya Gitl Stelling (the daughter of Samuel Stelling and Chava Leah Zwiebach). Samuel Edelstein was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Ida was a Polish Jewish immigrant.

Lisa’s maternal grandparents are Louis S. Wiederkehr (the son of Morris Wiederkehr and Celia Fodfield) and Gertrude F. Scher (the daughter of Charles Schher and Pearl Kohave). Louis and Gertrude were Polish Jewish immigrants.

Sources: http://jwa.org
http://www.ajlmagazine.com

Genealogy of Lisa Edelstein – http://www.geni.com

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Birth Name:
Benny (M) Fine
Rafi (J or Y) Fine

Place of Birth:
Brooklyn, New York, United States (both)

Date of Birth:
March 19, 1981 (Benny)
June 9, 1983 (Rafi)

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Benny Fine and Rafi Fine, also known as the Fine Brothers, are American YouTube personalities, online producers, vloggers, writers, and directors. Together they run the YouTube channel Fine Brothers Entertainment. Benny and Rafi are the sons of Ellie J. and Jeffrey Y. Fine. They have a sister, Dorah Fine.

Sources: http://nymag.com

Public Records of Benny Fine – https://familysearch.org
https://familysearch.org

Public Records of Rafi Fine – https://familysearch.org
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Birth Name: Bek Campbell

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: July 8, 1970

Ethnicity:
*English, Scottish (father)
*English, Norwegian, Swedish, Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Beck is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. He is the son of Bibbe Hansen, a performance artist, musician, and actress, and David Richard Campbell, an arranger, composer, and conductor, who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Beck’s paternal grandparents were D. Warren Campbell and Norean Reid (the daughter of Stanley Richard Reid and Elsie Elenor Newman). D. Warren was from Winnipeg, and was of at least partly Scottish descent.

Beck’s maternal grandparents were Alfred Earl “Al” Hansen (born Alfred Duckworth, the son of Franklin T. Duckworth and Katherine C.) and Audrey Ostlin (the daughter of Olaf Gabriel Ostlin/Ingeniar and Sadie Rosenberg). Alfred, an artist, took on the surname of his stepfather, Nicholis Hansen; he was of at least partly Norwegian descent, which Beck’s mother, Bibbe, has stated. Beck’s great-grandfather Olaf was Swedish, born in Stockholm, Sweden. Beck’s matrilineal great-grandmother Sadie was Jewish, born in Brooklyn, New York, to a father from Poland, Abraham Rosenberg/Czarka, and a mother from Russia, Fannie Melutnik.

Beck has said that he was raised celebrating Jewish holidays and considers himself Jewish. He is also a Scientologist.

Sources: Genealogy of Beck – http://www.geni.com

Information about Beck’s paternal grandfather, D. Warren Campbell – http://davidmusic.com
http://www.thestar.com

Bek’s maternal grandfather, then Alfred Duckworth, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Bek’s maternal grandfather, Alfred Earl “Al” Hansen – http://www.nytimes.com

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Birth Name: Vanessa Kay Haydon

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Birth: December 18, 1977

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Danish (mother)

Vanessa Trump is an American model.

Vanessa is the daughter of Bonnie (Ewans), who ran the Kay Models agency, and Charles Haydon (born Charles Hochberg), a lawyer. Vanessa’s father was Jewish (of Austrian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent). Vanessa’s mother has Danish ancestry.

Vanessa is married to businessperson Donald Trump, Jr., who is the son of Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková), a model, and Donald Trump, a businessman and television personality. The two were married by Donald, Jr.’s aunt (his father’s sister), Maryanne Trump Barry, a prominent judge.

Vanessa’s paternal grandparents were Nathan Hochberg (the son of Abraham Hochberg and Fanny Roth) and Jennie Weisberg (the daughter of Charlie Weisberg and Hannah/Amy Chamowitz). Nathan was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. Jennie was a Russian Jewish immigrant.

Vanessa’s maternal grandparents were Kai Ewans (born Kai Peter Anthon Nielsen) and Kylsan. Kai was a Danish jazz reedist.

Sources: Vanessa’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Marriage record of Vanessa’s paternal grandparents, Nathan Hochberg and Jennie Weisberg – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Vanessa Trump (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com

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Birth Name: Leonard James Callaghan

Date of Birth: March 27, 1912

Place of Birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Date of Death: March 26, 2005

Place of Death: Ringmer, East Sussex, England

Ethnicity: Irish (paternal grandfather), English, possibly 1/4 or 1/8 Ashkenazi Jewish, likely some Scottish

James Callaghan was a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 5 April, 1976 to 4 May, 1979. He was a Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth, Wales, from 1945 to 1987.

Prime Minister Callaghan was the son of Charlotte Gertrude (Cundy) and James Callaghan, a chief petty officer in the Royal Navy.

Prime Minister Callaghan’s paternal grandparents were James Garoghan (the son of John Garoghan and Winifred O’Rourke, Groarck, or O Hara) and Elizabeth Bernstein/Burnstein. James was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, to Irish parents. Elizabeth was born in Manchester, Lancashire.

Prime Minister Callaghan’s maternal grandparents were William Henry Cundy (the son of Robert Cundy and Grace Burn) and Rosina Fanny McDowell (the daughter of John McDowell and Charlotte Pidgeon). John likely had Scottish ancestry, due to the surname “McDowell” being of Scottish origin.

Prime Minister Callaghan’s paternal grandmother, born Elizabeth Bernstein or Burnstein, is described in a handful of references as Jewish. It is not clear if this has been verified. Elizabeth appears with her sister, Eliza, on the 1871 England and Wales Census. One genealogy lists Elizabeth’s father’s name as Lewis Burnstein, and one lists her mother’s name as Mary Geary.

Two people of verified Jewish heritage have become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli (serving for the Conservative Party from February 1868 to December 1868, and from 1874 to 1880) and David Cameron (serving for the Conservative Party since 2010).

Sources: Genealogy of James Callaghan – http://www.edwardjdavies.info

James’s paternal grandparents, James Garoghan and Elizabeth Bernstein/Burnstein, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org

Likely James’s paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Bernstein/Burnstein, on the 1871 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org