Birth Name: Philip Milton Roth
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 19, 1933
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Philip Roth is an American novelist.
He is the son of Bess (Finkel) and Herman Hyman Roth. His father was born in New Jersey, to Austrian Jewish parents. His mother was also born in New Jersey, to an Austrian Jewish father and a Russian Jewish mother.
Philip’s paternal grandparents were Sender/Samuel Alexander Roth (the son of Akiva Roth and Sara Flaschner) and Bertha Feige Brana Zahnstecher (the daughter of Moses Zahnstecher and Sara). Moses was the son of Abraham Wolfe Zahnstecher and Feude.
Philip’s maternal grandparents were Philip Finkel and Dora.
Source: Genealogy of Philip Roth – https://www.geni.com