Birth Name: Kenneth Daniel Harlan
Date of Birth: July 26, 1895
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Death: March 6, 1967
Place of Death: Sacramento, California, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*Sephardi Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Kenneth Harlan was an American leading man of silent films.
He was the son of actress Rita Harlan (born Sarah Wolff), and George Harlan. His mother was born in New York, to Sephardi Jewish parents.
Kenneth had a son with his former wife Helen Spetner. Helen was also Jewish.
Kenneth’s maternal grandfather was Daniel N. Wolff (the son of Aaron Wolff and Rachel Cappe). Daniel was born on St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Aaron was born on St Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and was the son of Moses Wolff, an Ashkenazi Jew, who was born in Bensdorf, Brandenburg, Germany, and of Rebecca Robles, whose Sephardi Jewish had family lived in Aruba. Kenneth’s great-grandmother Rachel was born on St Thomas, and was the daughter of Benjamin Mozes Hönig, an Ashkenazi Jew, who was born in Chodová Planá, Tachov District, Plzeň Region, and of Miriam Levy, who was born in New York, to Sephardi parents.
Kenneth’s maternal grandmother was Miriam Cappe (the daughter of Judah Cappe and Sarah Hoheb). Miriam was born on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Judah was the son of Benjamin Mozes Hönig and Miriam Levy. Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Hoheb.
Kenneth’s maternal grandparents were first cousins.
Source: Genealogy of Kenneth’s mother – https://www.geni.com