Birth Name: Daniel Eric Fogelman
Place of Birth: River Vale, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: 1976
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Dan Fogelman is an American television producer and screenwriter.
Dan is the son of Joyce Susan (Goldstein) and Martin “Marty” E. Fogelman. Both of Dan’s parents are Jewish. Dan has a sister, Deborah.
Dan’s maternal grandfather was Sydney “Sid” Goldstein (the son of Simon Goldstein and Sadie Lipsky). Sydney was born in New York, to parents from Russia.
Dan’s maternal grandmother was Shirley Lewis (the daughter of Michael Lewis and Beadie Jellin). Michael was the son of Simon Lewis (originally Swiatlowski) and Lea Levinsky, who hailed from Poland and Russia, respectively. Beadie was the daughter of Samuel Jellin and Lena Goldstein, who were both from Russia.
Sources: Genealogy of Dan Fogelman (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Dan’s maternal grandfather, Sydney “Sid” Goldstein, on the 1920 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
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