Michael Benyaer – Pre-Grammy Party for 2014 Grammy Nominee Trevor Guthrie – Arrivals – Acabar – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Carla Van Wagoner / PR Photos
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: May 25, 1970
Ethnicity:
*Sephardi Jewish (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Michael Benyaer is a Canadian-American actor.
Michael is the son of Nancy Ruth (Klein) and Maurice Benyaer.
Michael’s parents were Jewish; Michael’s father was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, and had Sephardi roots. Michael’s mother was born in Connecticut, U.S., and has Hungarian Jewish roots.
Michael’s maternal grandparents were Frank Klein and Dorothy Lang. Frank was from Hungary. Dorothy was born in New York, to parents from Hungary, Samuel Lang and Sarah Weiss.
Sources: Obituary of Michael’s father – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Michael’s maternal great-aunt, Irene (Klein) Davis – http://www.findagrave.com
Michael’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Michael’s maternal grandmother on the 1920 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Michael’s maternal grandmother – http://www.familysearch.org