Birth Name: Madelaine West Duchovny
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 24, 1999
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (paternal grandfather), Polish (great-grandmother), Scottish, English, Irish, German, 1/32 Italian, distant Welsh
West Duchovny is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors David Duchovny and Téa Leoni.
West’s paternal grandfather was Amram Ducovny (the son of Moshe/Morris Duchovny and Hannah Julia Fiskoff). Moshe was a Yiddish-language playwright, novelist, and journalist, and was born in Berdychiv, Ukraine, the son of Abraham Duchovny and Dobe/Dora Kantin. Hannah was born in Poland, the daughter of Jacob Fiskoff and Esther Sterling.
West’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Miller. Margaret was born in Scotland.
West’s maternal grandfather was Anthony Pantaleoni (the son of Guido Pantaleoni and Helen Tradusa “Helenka” Adamowska). Guido was the son of Guido Pantaleoni, who was born in Italy, to an Italian father and a British mother, of Irish descent, and of Ellen Morton Colladay, who was of German and British Isles descent. West’s great-great-grandfather Guido’s brother was prominent economist Maffeo Panteloni. Helen was an actress and humanitarian, who co-founded the US Fund for UNICEF in 1947. She was the daughter of Polish parents, Józef/Joseph Adamowski and Antonina/Antoinette Szumanowska/Szumowska.
West’s maternal grandmother was Emily Ann Patterson (the biological daughter of Sumpter James Daniel and Abilene “Abbie” Gindratt). Sumpter was the son of Sumpter S. Daniel and Lottie/Loddie S. Hayes. Abilene was the daughter of Henry I. Gindratt and Ruth Irene Franklin.
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