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Stuart Whitman

March 18, 2015, 11:29 pm
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Birth Name: Stuart Maxwell Whitman

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California

Date of Birth: February 1, 1928

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Stuart Whitman is an American actor. His father, Joseph Charles Whitman, was born in New York, to Polish Jewish immigrants. His mother, Cecilia (Gold), was a Russian Jewish immigrant.

Stuart’s paternal grandparents were Max Whitman and Anne Pearlman.

Sources: Stuart Whitman on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Stuart’s father on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Richard Boone

March 21, 2015, 6:14 pm
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Birth Name: Richard Allen Boone

Date of Birth: June 18, 1917

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Death: January 10, 1981

Place of Death: St. Augustine, Florida

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

Richard Boone was an American actor.

Richard’s four times great-grandfather was George Boone, whose siblings were frontiersmen Daniel Boone and Squire Boone. Richard is a sixth cousin of singer and actor Pat Boone (Richard’s five times great-grandparents, Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan, were also Pat Boone’s five time great-grandparents).

Richard’s paternal grandparents were Bower Boone (the son of Peter Tribble Boone and Laura Bower) and Lola Ann Matthews (the daughter of Mack Matthews and Elizabeth Evaline Kelsay).

Richard’s maternal grandparents were Harris Beckerman (the son of Jacob Z. Beckerman) and Rosa Schakowitz (the daughter of William Schakowitz). Harris and Rosa were Russian Jewish immigrants.

Sources: Genealogy of Richard Boone – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Richard Boone (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Yael Grobglas

March 25, 2015, 8:32 am
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Yael Grobglas

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Date of Birth: May 30, 1984

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly Austrian

Yael Grobglas is an Israeli Jewish actress. She was born in Paris, to an Austrian mother, Eva (Rosner), and a French father, Jean Pierre Grobglas. When she was three years old, her family moved to Israel and settled in Ra’anana.

Some websites of unclear reliability (Wikipedia, etc.) state that Yael’s mother is a convert to Judaism. It is not clear if this is accurate.

Yael’s patrilineal line can be traced back to Eli/Eliasz Grobglas, who was born c. 1780.

Yael’s paternal grandparents are Joël/Jules Grobglas (the son of Shmil/Szmul/Samuel Grobglas and Kajla/Haila Liberman) and Marie Louise Dardennes. Shmil was born in Warsaw, Poland. Kajla was born in Lodz, Poland, and was killed in the Holocaust in 1943.

Source: Genealogy of Yael Grobglas (focusing on her father’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org

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James Callis

March 28, 2015, 9:08 pm
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Birth Name: James Nicholas Callis

Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom

Date of Birth: 4 June, 1971

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

James Callis is a British actor. He is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.

James’s paternal grandmother’s surname was “Zolowski”.

James’s maternal grandparents were Henry Pulver and Rita S. Lubbock (the daughter of Marcus Lubbock and Kate Feldman).

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Paul Goldschmidt

April 5, 2015, 6:55 pm
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Birth Name: Paul Edward Goldschmidt

Place of Birth: Wilmington, Delaware

Date of Birth: September 10, 1987

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*German, English (mother)

Paul Goldschmidt is an American Major League Baseball player. His father is Jewish. His mother is Christian (of German and English descent). Paul was raised Christian.

Paul’s paternal grandparents are Ernest W. Goldschmidt (the son of Paul Goldschmidt and Ilse Anna Molling) and Rosalyn Resa Goldberg. Ernest was born in Massachusetts, to German Jewish parents, from Hanover.

Paul’s maternal grandparents are Paul Jerome Nason (the son of Edwin Nason and Charlotte Rogers) and Doris Moritz (the daughter of Henry Frederick Moritz and Emma Glade).

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Jesse Wellens

April 9, 2015, 8:00 pm
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Birth Name: Jesse Michael Wellens

Date of Birth: September 25, 1982

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*possibly English (mother)

Jesse Wellens is an American Internet personality, known for being a member of the duo (together with Jeana Smith) known as PrankvsPrank. His parents are Steven “Steve” Wellens and Stella D. Hayes. His father is Jewish. It is unclear if his mother is also Jewish.

Jesse’s paternal grandparents were Louis Wellens (the son of Abraham Welensky and Esther Ochmin) and Lea Pinsk (the daughter of Chaim Pinsk and Riva Kosofsky).

Source: Jesse’s parents’ marriage record – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Jesse Wellens (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

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Jeana Smith

April 9, 2015, 8:00 pm
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Birth Name: Jennifer Smith

Date of Birth: March 15, 1983

Ethnicity:
*Russian Jewish, Austrian Jewish (mother)

Jeana Smith is an American Internet personality, known for being a member of the duo (together with Jesse Wellens) known as PrankvsPrank. Her parents are Harilyn Sue (Neff), who died from cancer, and Steven J. “Steve” Smith.

Jeana’s maternal grandparents are Joel D. Neff (the son of Nathan Kanefsky/Neff and Bertha Dintenfass) and Yetta “Etta” Spector (the daughter of Louis Spector and “Bessie”). Joel was born in Pennsylvania, to a Russian Jewish father and an Austrian Jewish mother, from Vienna. Yetta was a Russian Jewish immigrant.

Sources: Jeana’s mother Find a Grave record – http://www.findagrave.com

Obituary of Jeana’s maternal grandmother, Yetta “Etta” Spector – https://familysearch.org

Jeana’s maternal grandfather, Joel D. Neff, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Jeana’s maternal great-grandparents, Louis Spector and “Bessie”, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Lori Singer

April 14, 2015, 6:13 am
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Place of Birth: Corpus Christi, Texas

Date of Birth: November 6, 1957

Ethnicity:
*Polish Jewish (father)
*English, some Scottish, distant German (mother)

Lori Singer is an American actress and cello player. She is the daughter of Leslie (Wright), a concert pianist, and Jacques Singer (born Jakob Singer), a conductor. Her brother is actor Marc Singer.

Lori’s father was born in Przemyśl, Poland, to a Jewish family. Lori’s mother has English, some Scottish, and distant German, ancestry. Lori was raised Jewish. It is possible that her mother converted to Judaism.

Lori’s paternal grandparents were Meyer/Mark Eli Singer and Rachella Rose Bach.

Lori’s maternal grandparents were Leslie Thomas Wright (the son of Charles Morton Wright and Mary Eugenia Wood) and Lucy Powers Massey (the daughter of William Hamilton Massey and Mary Nash Majors).

Source: Genealogy of Lori Singer (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Scott Glenn

April 18, 2015, 12:29 pm
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Birth Name: Theodore Scott Glenn

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth: January 26, 1941

Ethnicity: Scottish, English, some German

Scott Glenn is an American actor.

Scott has Scottish, English, and some German, ancestry. Scott is also listed on the internet as having Native American roots. It is not clear if this Native American ancestry has been documented/verified.

In the 1960s, Scott converted to Judaism when he married his wife.

Scott’s paternal grandparents were William John Glenn (the son of Peter Glenn and Mary Ann Dooley) and Martha “Mattie” Isabelle Null (the daughter of Samuel H. Null and Joanna J. Robertson). William was Scottish.

Scott’s maternal grandparents were Gerald Starkey Glenn (the son of Robert M. Glenn and Carrie Lincoln Starkey) and Clio Elizabeth Pollock (the daughter of Ernest Kimball Pollock and Elizabeth Ann/Anne Ankrom).

Sources: Scott’s paternal grandmother, Martha “Mattie” Isabelle Null, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Scott Glenn (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Scott’s maternal grandfather, Gerald Starkey Glenn, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Scott’s maternal grandmother, Clio Elizabeth Pollock, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Clio Elizabeth Pollock on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Dennis Boutsikaris

April 19, 2015, 4:20 am
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Dennis Boutsikaris

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, US

Date of Birth: December 21, 1952

Ethnicity:
*Greek (father)
*Jewish (mother)

Dennis Boutsikaris is an American character actor. He is also a narrator of audiobooks.

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Erin Schwartz

April 22, 2015, 3:46 am
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Birth Name: Lisa Erin Schwartz

Date of Birth: April 4, 1983

Place of Birth: Tarzana, California, United States

Ethnicity: Possibly, as well as possibly Jewish

Erin Schwartz is an American YouTube personality. Her parents are Jennifer Lynn (Jasin) and Glen Howard Schwartz.

Erin’s paternal grandparents are ? Schwartz and ? Rose.

Erin’s maternal grandparents are Herman Jay Jasinski/Jasin (the son of Anthony “Tony” Stephen Jasinski and Mary M. Gralka) and Virginia Wood. Anthony was Polish. Mary was born in Ohio, to Polish parents.

Sources: Lisa’s birth record – https://familysearch.org

Birth record of Lisa’s father – https://familysearch.org

Birth record of Lisa’s mother – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Erin’s great-aunt, Helen V. (Jasinski) Falter (a sister of Erin’s maternal grandfather, Herman Jay Jasinski/Jasin) – http://www.findagrave.com

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Sam Mendes

April 24, 2015, 6:54 pm
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Sam Mendes

Birth Name: Samuel Alexander Mendes

Place of Birth: Reading, England, UK

Date of Birth: 1 August 1965

Ethnicity:
*Portuguese, Italian (father)
*Jewish (mother)

Sam Mendes is a British film and stage director. He is known for helming American Beauty (1999), which earned him the Oscar for Best Director, and the James Bond movies Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015).

Mendes is the only child of Valerie Helene (Barnett) and Jameson Peter Mendes. His father, who is from Trinidad, is of Portuguese and Italian descent, and his mother is an English Jew.

Sam was previously married to actress Kate Winslet.

Sam’s paternal grandparents were Alfred Mendes (Alfred Hubert Mendes, the son of Alfred Mendes and Isabella Jardine), a writer, and Ellen Perachini. Sam’s grandfather Alfred was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

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Kyle Richards

April 27, 2015, 8:11 am
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Kyle Richards

Birth Name: Kyle Egan Richards

Place of Birth: Hollywood, California

Date of Birth: January 11, 1969

Ethnicity: Irish, Welsh, English

Kyle Richards is an American actress, television personality, writer, and philanthropist. Her sister is actress Kim Richards. She is the aunt of socialites Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton (their mother is Kyle’s half-sister).

She has Irish, Welsh, and English ancestry. Kyle is a convert to Judaism.

Kyle’s paternal grandparents were Kenneth Richards and Laura Avery (the daughter of Mary). Kenneth was a Protestant minister. Kenneth and Laura were from Newfoundland, Canada.

Kyle’s maternal grandparents were Edward J. Dugan (the son of Charles Mathias Dugan and Anna Jane Kelly) and Dorothy Callahan (the daughter of Francis/Frank John Callahan and Mary Anastasia Dougherty). Charles was born in Michigan, to Irish parents. Anna was also of Irish descent. Frank was born in South Dakota, to Irish parents. Mary was also of Irish descent, the daughter of William Edward Dougherty and Anna Kiley.

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

Kyle’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Kyle’s maternal grandfather, Edward J. Dugan, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Kyle’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy Callahan, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

April 28, 2015, 3:22 pm
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Birth Name: Ruth Joan Bader

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York

Date of Birth: March 15, 1933

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She began serving on the Supreme Court in 1993. Her father, Nathan Bader, was a Russian Jewish immigrant, born in Podolsk. Her mother, Celia (Amster), was born in New York, to Austrian Jewish parents.

Ruth’s paternal grandparents were Sam Bader and Ida Milstein.

Ruth’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Amster and Rose Dick.

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

Photo: “Ruth Bader Ginsburg official SCOTUS portrait” by Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States – Ruth Bader Ginsburg – The Oyez Project. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

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Bernie Sanders

April 28, 2015, 9:34 pm
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Birth Name: Bernard Sanders

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York

Date of Birth: September 8, 1941

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Bernie Sanders is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as a United States Senator from Vermont since 2007. He has previously been Mayor of Burlington, Vermont (from 1981 to 1989), and a U.S. Representative from Vermont (from 1991 to 2007).

Bernie is the son of Dora/Dorothy (Glassberg) and Eli Sanders. His father was a Polish Jewish immigrant. His mother was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents.

Bernie’s paternal grandparents were Leon Sander and Ettel “Ethel” Horn.

Bernie’s maternal grandparents were Benjamin Glassberg/Glassburg (the son of Abraham Glassburg) and Brayna “Bessie” Greenberg.

Sources: Bernie’s parents on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Bernie’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Photo: “Bernie Sanders” by United States Congress – http://sanders.senate.gov/. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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Aaron Lewis

April 29, 2015, 6:47 am
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Aaron Lewis

Place of Birth: Springfield, Vermont, United States

Date of Birth: April 13, 1972

Ethnicity:
*1/2 Italian, 1/4 English, 1/4 Welsh (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Aaron Lewis is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of the rock group Staind. His parents are Sondra Jeanne (Nadelman) and Theodore Carrol Lewis.

Aaron’s paternal grandfather was of Welsh and English descent, and Aaron’s paternal grandmother was of Italian descent. Aaron’s mother is Jewish (her family is from Russia, Poland and Germany).

Aaron’s paternal grandparents are Gordon Lewis (the son of Edward A. “Fred/Ned” Lewis and Jemima Thorne) and Elia Pantrini (the daughter of Guiseppe “Joseph” Pantrini and Marrietta “Mary” Pacetti). Edward was born in Wales, to Edward Lewis and Margaret. Jemima was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland (present-day Newfoundland and Labrador), to English immigrants, Richard Thorne and Mary Short. Guiseppe and Marrietta were Italian immigrants.

Sources: Aaron’s birth record – https://familysearch.org

Aaron’s father’s birth record – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Aaron’s paternal grandfather, Gordon Lewis – http://records.ancestry.com

Birth record of Aaron’s paternal grandfather, Gordon Lewis – https://familysearch.org

Aaron’s paternal grandfather, Gordon Lewis, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth record of Aaron’s paternal grandmother, Elia Pantrini – https://familysearch.org

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Bob Arum

May 4, 2015, 10:42 pm
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Bob Arum

Birth Name: Robert Arum

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Birth: December 8, 1931

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Bob Arum is an American lawyer, boxing promoter, and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He is the son of Celia (Baumgarten) and Samuel “Sam” Arum.

Bob’s paternal grandparents were Mordecai “Marcus” Arum and Julia.

Sources: Bob on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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

Death record of Bob’s mother – https://familysearch.org

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David Miliband

May 8, 2015, 12:50 am
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Birth Name: David Wright Miliband

Place of Birth: London, England, United Kingdom

Date of Birth: 15 July, 1965

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

David Miliband is a British politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. His brother is politician Ed Miliband, who led the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015, after winning a close race for party leader against David.

His father, Ralph Miliband, was a famous Belgian-born Marxist academic of Polish Jewish origin who fled with his parents to England during World War II. His mother, Marion Kozak, a human rights campaigner and early CND member, is a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust, being protected by non-Jewish Poles.

David’s paternal grandparents were Samuel Miliband (the son of Zyndel Gershon Mileband and Chana Leah Auslender) and Renia/Renée Steinlauf.

David’s maternal grandparents were Dawid Kozak and Bronislawa Landau.

Photo Source:

“David Miliband 2” by Foreign and Commonwealth Office – http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/photographs_of_ministers_45. Licensed under OGL via Wikimedia Commons.

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Charlie Puth

May 10, 2015, 1:11 am
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Birth Name: Charles Otto Puth, Jr.

Place of Birth: Rumson, New Jersey, United States

Date of Birth: December 2, 1991

Ethnicity:
*German, Hungarian (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Charlie Puth is an American singer. He is the son of Debra Marci “Debbie” (Goldstein) and Charles Otto Puth.

Charlie’s paternal grandparents are Edward C. Puth (the son of Otto Leonard Puth and Eleanor Antonnia Matulay) and Lucille C./T. Otto’s parents, Emil G. Puth and Louisa Schaefer, were of German descent. Eleanor’s parents, Charles Matulay and Wilhemina Ujhely, were Hungarian.

Charlie’s maternal grandparents are Harry or Herbert Goldstein and Phyllis A.

Sources: Charlie’s parents’ marriage record – https://familysearch.org

Charlie’s paternal grandfather, Edward C. Puth, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth record of Charlie’s paternal great-grandfather, Otto Leonard Puth – https://familysearch.org

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Zoe Levin

May 10, 2015, 4:38 am
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Zoe Levin

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Date of Birth: November 24, 1993

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Zoe Levin is an American actress. Her parents are both Jewish.

Zoe’s maternal grandparents are Lowell L. Ruffer (the son of Abe Ruffer and Rose Omilinsky) and Ruth Helfenbein (the daughter of Julius Helfenbein and Florence Ragir).

Source: Obituary of Zoe’s maternal grandfather, Lowell L. Ruffer – http://articles.chicagotribune.com

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