Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Date of Birth: October 10, 1949

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Swedish, Welsh

Jessica Harper is an American actress. Her father was born in Coblenz, Germany, to American parents.

Jessica is of English, Scottish, Swedish, and Welsh descent.

Jessica’s paternal grandparents were Paul Church Harper (the son of Willlam Hudson Harper and Grace Augusta Cooke) and Anne Lindsay White (the daughter of William J. White and Rose L.). Rose was Scottish.

Jessica’s maternal grandparents were Charles Francis Emery (the son of Charles Eklund Danielson, later Charles E. Emery, and of Bertha Albra Francis) and Eleanor S. Washburn (the daughter of Philip Moen Washburn and Miriam Phillips Storrs). Jessica’s great-grandfather Charles was Swedish. Philip Washburn was an Episcopal priest.

Sources: Genealogy of Jessica’s paternal grandfather, Paul Church Harper (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jessica’s maternal grandfather, Charles Francis Emery (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jessica’s maternal great-grandfather, Philip Moen Washburn – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jessica’s maternal great-grandmother, Miriam Phillips Storrs – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Ingrid Michaelson

Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.

Date of Birth: December 8, 1979

Eye Color: Hazel Brown

Hair Type/Color: Straight/Red

Ethnicity: Swedish, Dutch

Family info: Ingrid Michaelson was born to a father (Carl Michaelson) of Swedish ancestry and a mother (Elizabeth Egbert) of Dutch ancestry.

Source: (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082704403.html), (http://www.sichamber.com/post/674807-elizabeth-egbert-is-the-louis-r), (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Michaelson)

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Birth Name: Jonathan Stevens Jackson

Place of Birth: Orlando, Florida

Date of Birth: May 11, 1982

Ethnicity: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), distant Dutch, French

Jonathan Jackson is an American actor, musician, and author. His brother, Richard Lee Jackson, is also an actor and musician. He has English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), as well as distant Dutch and French, ancestry.

Jonathan’s paternal grandparents are Virgil Lee Jackson (the son of Ira Albert Jackson and Naomi May Rudd) and Ella Fay Smith (the daughter of Charlie Clyde Smith and Vera Vinnie Peters). Naomi was of 3/4 Norwegian, and 1/4 German, descent.

Jonathan’s maternal grandparents were John Sharp (the son of Grover Cleveland Sharp and Esther Matilda English) and Muriel Lehto (the daughter of Kustau/Kustaa Lehto, born Kustaa Adolf Engelbert Ackerman, and of Rhoda Christine Anderson). Esther’s parents were Swedish. Kustaa was Finnish, born in Rymättylä. Rhoda was the daughter of Peter Olof Anderson, who was Swedish, and of Elna Mathilda Mattison Carlson, who was Danish.

Sources: Genealogies of Jonathan Jackson (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jonathan’s maternal grandfather, John Sharp (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jonathan’s maternal great-grandparents, Grover Cleveland Sharp and Esther Matilda English – http://records.ancestry.com.au

Genealogy of Jonathan’s maternal great-grandmother, Esther Matilda English – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Elisabeth Singleton Moss

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: July 24, 1982

Ethnicity: English, Swedish, German

Elisabeth Moss is an American actress.

Elisabeth’s maternal grandparents were Bernard Ekstrom and Betty Jane Hammersmith (the daughter of Bernard Hammerschmidt/Hammersmith and Gertrude Beyer).

Source: Genealogy of Elisabeth’s maternal great-grandmother, Gertrude Beyer – http://records.ancestry.com

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Place of Birth: Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, USA

Date of Birth: October 10, 1978

Ethnicity: Irish, Czech, Austrian, Polish, Swedish

Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is an American actress. She is especially known for playing Cassidy Bridges on “Nash Bridges” and Gretchen Morgan on FOX’s serial television drama “Prison Break”. She is said to have Irish, Czech, Austrian, Polish, and Swedish ancestry.

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Birth Name: Eric Anthony Roberts

Place of Birth: Biloxi, Mississippi

Date of Birth: April 18, 1956

Ethnicity: English, German, Swedish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Eric Roberts is an American actor. He is the brother of actress Julia Roberts (Julia Fiona Roberts) and the father of actress Emma Roberts.

Eric’s father’s family has lived in the American South for many generations; his ancestry included English, as well as Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. One of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandparents was a German immigrant, and two of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandparents were Swedish. Eric’s mother also had English, Scottish, and other German ancestry.

Eric’s paternal grandparents were Walter Thomas Roberts (the son of John Pendleton Roberts and Jimmie Glen Corbitt) and Beatrice Beal (the daughter of William E. Beal and Pearl E. Ogle).

Eric’s maternal grandparents were Wendell John Bredemus (the son of John Math Bredemus and Eleanor M. Johnson) and Elizabeth Ellen Billingsley (the daughter of James Henry Billingsley and Nellie Hutchings). John was of German descent. Eleanor was of Swedish ancestry.

Sources: Genealogy of Eric Roberts (through Eric’s sister, Julia Roberts) – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak’s article about Eric and Julia’s ancestry, at The Huffington Post – http://www.huffingtonpost.com

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Birth Name: Lena Maria Jonna Olin

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Birth: 22 March 1955

Ethnicity: Swedish

Lena Olin is a Swedish actress. She has been nominated for several acting awards, including an Academy Award for Enemies, A Love Story (1989). She’s married to director Lasse Hallström.

Lena is the daughter of actress Britta Holmberg (Britta Alice Holmberg) and director Stig Olin (born Stig Högberg), who also played in six of Ingmar Bergman’s films.

Lena’s father was adopted by Nils Gustaf Olin and Siri Torngren. Lena’s biological paternal grandparents were Tor Gösta Åberg and Karin Elisabeth Högberg (the daughter of Nils Magnus Högberg and Ida Augusta Sundqvist).

Lena’s maternal grandfather was Carl Axel Holmberg (the son of Johan August Holmberg and Wilhelmina).

Source: A discussion of Lena’s ancestry – http://aforum.genealogi.se

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Birth Name: Jeanne Murray

Date of Birth: January 19, 1923

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, US

Date of Death: May 31, 2013

Place of Death: New York City, New York

Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*English, some Scottish, Welsh, Swedish

Jean Stapleton was an American actress. Her paternal grandparents were Irish. Her mother had English, and some Scottish, Welsh, and Swedish, ancestry.

Jean’s paternal grandparents were Michael Murray (the son of Patrick Murray and Rosa Keegan) and Frances Wallace (the daughter of Mathedies Wallace and Anne Panier). Michael and Frances were Irish. Michael was born in Meath.

Jean’s maternal grandparents were Zedekiah Kadock Stapleton (the son of Jacob Stapleton and Nancy Evans) and Hannah Elizabeth Worthington (the daughter of Charles Worthington and Rachel Cartwright).

Source: Genealogy of Jean Stapleton – http://www.geni.com

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Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon

Date of Birth: September 12, 1995

Ethnicity:
*Japanese (father)
*Swedish, English, German (maternal grandfather)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother)

Ryan Potter is an American actor, known for playing Mike Fukanaga on the series Supah Ninjas and for voicing the lead character in the film Big Hero 6.

Ryan’s father is Japanese, and Ryan speaks Japanese. Ryan spent most of his early childhood in Japan, and returned to the United States when he was seven, where he was raised by his single mother, who is from California.

Ryan’s maternal grandfather has Swedish, English, and German ancestry. Ryan’s maternal grandmother was Jewish (of Ukrainian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent), and Ryan has described himself as Jewish.

Ryan’s maternal grandfather is Kenneth Lee Potter (the son of Dwight W. Potter and Frances May Graham). Dwight was the son of Fred Ira Potter and Swedish-born Agda/Olga C. Lindgren. Frances was the daughter of Arthur F. Graham and Evelyn M. Brubaker.

Ryan’s maternal grandmother was Elaine R. Cray (the daughter of Max/Morris Cray, originally Krakowsky, and of Sarah Cecilia Negin). Elaine’s brother is author Edward “Ed” Beryl Cray. Max Cray was born in Montreal, Canada, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Josef Jacob Mayer Yosl Krakowsky/Krakosky and Clare Haya Ida Weisberg. Ryan’s matrilineal great-grandmother Sarah Negin was born in Ohio, to Russian Jewish parents, Samuel Negin and Yetta Schwartz (whose own mother was Sarah Medvonsky).

Sources: Ryan’s maternal great-grandfather, Dwight W. Potter, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Ryan’s maternal great-grandmother, Frances May Graham, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Ryan’s maternal great-grandmother, Sarah Cecilia Negin, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Monica Gregg Brokaw

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio

Date of Birth: June 30, 1971

Ethnicity:
*German, English, Scottish, remote Swedish (father)
*Irish (mother)

Monica Potter is an American actress. Her father has German, English, Scottish, and remote Swedish, ancestry. Her maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants.

Monica’s paternal grandparents were Paul Ely Brokaw (the son of Ernest Franklin Brokaw and Myrtle Belle Ely) and Dorothy Alberta Gregg (the daughter of Albert S. Gregg and Sarah Earle Covington).

Monica’s maternal grandparents were Joseph M. Sexton and Mary Fahey. Joseph was born in Clare, Ireland. Mary was also Irish.

Source: Genealogy of Monica’s paternal grandfather, Paul Ely Brokaw – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Place of Birth: Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, USA

Date of Birth: October 10, 1978

Ethnicity: Irish, Czech, Austrian, Polish, Swedish

Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is an American actress. She is especially known for playing Cassidy Bridges on “Nash Bridges” and Gretchen Morgan on FOX’s serial television drama “Prison Break”. She is said to have Irish, Czech, Austrian, Polish, and Swedish ancestry.

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Birth Name: Karl Otto Lagerfeldt

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Birth: September 10, 1933

Ethnicity: Swedish (father) and German (mother)

Karl Lagerfeld is a German fashion designer.

He was born in Hamburg Germany in September of 1933 to a woman named Elisabeth from Germany and father named Otto Lagerfeldt from Sweden, he dropped the ‘t’ from his name because “it sounds more commercial.”

He is most known for being a main
designer and director of the fashion house Chanel as well as the Italian house Fendi and his own fashion label.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Lagerfeld

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Birth Name: Ella Linnea Wahlestedt

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Ethnicity: Swedish, German, 1/16th Norwegian

Ella Wahlestedt is a Swedish-born American actress. Her father is Swedish. Her mother, who is American, is of three quarters German (ethnic Germans from Russia), one eighth Norwegian, and one eighth Swedish, descent.

Ella’s paternal grandparents are Åke Wahlestedt (Karl Åke Wahlestedt, the son of Karl Robert Wahlestedt and Ella Virginia Carlson) and Irena Jadwiga/Jadviga Jacobson. Åke was a Swedish diplomat.

Ella’s maternal grandfather is Norman Dean Thorson (the son of Edward John Thorson and Lydia Nuss). Edward was born in Illinois, to Johan Thorson, who was Norwegian, and Helga Johanson, who was Swedish. Lydia was born in Kansas, to ethnic German parents from Russia, George Nuss and Eva Elizabeth Galliart.

Ella’s maternal grandmother is Marcella Kisner (the daughter of George Joseph/John Kisner and Anna Marie Kisner). George was the son of Johannes/John Kisner and Mary Anna Schwerdt. Anna was the daughter of Johann Andreas Kisner and Katherina/Catherine Schulmeister. George and Anna were both from ethnic German families from Russia.

Sources: Ella’s maternal great-grandfather, Edward John Thorson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Ella’s maternal great-grandparents, George Joseph Kisner and Anna Marie Kisner – http://www.findagrave.com

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Birth Name: Elsa Anna Sofie Hosk

Place of Birth: Sweden

Date of Birth: November 7, 1988

Ethnicity: Swedish

Elsa Hosk is a Swedish model known for modelling for Victoria’s Secret.

Family info: Her parents are Pål and Marja Hosk. She has two brothers.

Source:

http://models.com/models/elsa-hosk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Hosk

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/

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Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois

Date of Birth: May 29, 1981

Ethnicity: Swedish, Norwegian

Anders Holm is an American comedian and actor.

Anders’s paternal grandparents were Elmer Gustaf Holm, Jr. (the son of Elmer Gustaf Holm and Floyd Alice Torgerson) and Gertrude L. Anderson (the daughter of Christian M. Anderson and Emma Strand). Anders’s great-grandfather Elmer was of Swedish descent. Floyd was of Norwegian ancestry. Christian and Emma were both born in Minnesota, both of them to Norwegian parents.

Sources: Anders’s paternal grandfather, Elmer Gustaf Holm, Jr., on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Anders’s paternal grandmother, Gertrude L. Anderson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Anders’s paternal grandmother, Gertrude L. (Anderson) Holm – http://articles.chicagotribune.com

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Birth Name: Stephen Graham Kelly

Place of Birth: Kirkby, Liverpool, England, UK

Date of Birth: 3 August 1973

Ethnicity: English, 1/4 Afro-Jamaican, 1/4 Swedish, possible Irish

Stephen Graham is an English actor, known for “Snatch, “Boardwalk Empire”, and “Public Enemies”.

His paternal grandfather was Jamaican and one of his grandmothers was Swedish. His surname and birthplace also suggests some Irish ancestry. When director Shane Meadows asked Graham to play an extreme right-wing role in the film This is England , Graham said:

You’ve asked me to play this extreme right-wing character. But I need to tell you that my Dad’s black.

Stephen has also said that his father is “mixed race”.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com

http://shadows.wall.net/features/this1.htm

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Birth Name:Henrik Lundqvist

Place of Birth: Are Municipality, Sweden

Date of Birth: March 2, 1982

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Brown

Ethnicity: Swedish,

Family info: . Lundqvist is a professional ice hockey player. His parents are Peter Lundqvist and Eva Johansson.

Source:

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Birth Name: Kane Warren Hodder

Place of Birth: Auburn, California

Date of Birth: April 8, 1955

Ethnicity: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian

Kane Hodder is an American actor.

Kane’s patrilineal line can be traced back to Robert Hodder, who was born, c. 1740, in Over Compton, Dorset, England.

Kane’s paternal grandparents were Edwin Kitchner Hodder (the son of Edwin Albert Cole Hodder and Emily Gertrude Sutton) and Leila Oliver (the daughter of Arthur Elwood Oliver and Jennie C. Falls). Edwin and Emily were both born in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

Kane’s maternal grandparents were Rasassmun M. Nelson (the son of Kristi) and Ada M. Matthias (the daughter of John Edward Matthias and Mary Margaret Schnose). Rasassmun was born in North Dakota, to Norwegian parents. John was born in Minnesota, to a German father and a Swedish mother. Mary was of Swedish descent.

Sources: Genealogy of Kane’s paternal grandfather, Edwin Kitchner Hodder (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Kane’s maternal grandfather, Rasassmun M. Nelson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Kane’s maternal grandmother, Ada M. Matthias – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Birth Name: Julia Chalene Newmeyer

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: August 16, 1933

Ethnicity: Swedish (maternal grandmother), German, English, French-Canadian, Welsh

Julie Newmar is an American actress. She is the daughter of Helene M. (Jesmer) and Don Newmeyer (Donald Charles Newmeyer), who was head of the Phys Ed department at Los Angeles City College.

Julie’s paternal grandparents were William Lawrence Newmeyer (the son of William Newmeyer and Ellen Hellen Kloeckney) and Sophia Richardson (the daughter of Edgar Morrison Richardson and Sarah Webb Hutchings).

Julie’s maternal grandparents were Hiram Burt Jesmer (the son of Nelson E. Narcisse Jesmer and Sarah H. Goulding) and Julia Andyette Nyquist (the daughter of Elias Svensson/Månsson Nyquist and Marie Ida Hagman). Nelson was French-Canadian. Sarah’s father was English (from Somerset) and Sarah’s mother was Welsh (from Monmouthshire). Elias and Marie were of Swedish descent.

Birth Name: Brian Edmund Posehn

Place of Birth: Sacramento, California

Date of Birth: July 6, 1966

Ethnicity: German, Swedish, Norwegian, English, Irish, 1/16th Italian

Brian Posehn is an American comedian, actor, musician, and writer.

Brian’s paternal grandfather was Edmund John Posehn (the son of Heinrich Posehn and Christina Buehler). Edmund was born in Kronau, Saskatchewan, Canada. Heinrich was an ethnic German, born in Eigenfeld Colony, Cherson, South Russia, to Gottlieb Posehn and Sophia Reichert. Christina was also an ethnic German, born in Ebenfeld Colony, South Russia, to Michael Beiler and Catherine/Katherine Glick. Heinrich and Christina were the first couple to marry in the Kronau Bethlehem Church, on 23 June, 1895, in Kronau, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Brian’s paternal grandmother was Clara Josephine Peterson (the daughter of Oscar Julius Peterson and Emma Theresa Skaug). Clara was born in Minnesota. Oscar was Swedish, the son of John August Peterson and Lotta Anderson. Emma was born in Minnesota, to Norwegian parents, Richard Martin Skaug and Hanna Marie Johsdatter.

Brian’s maternal grandparents were George Turner and Norma Ziegler (the daughter of Robert W. Ziegler and Irene Anita Schiller). George likely had English and Irish ancestry. Robert was born in Illinois, to a German father and an English mother. Irene was the daughter of William Schiller, whose parents were German, and of Rose W. Ferrea, whose parents were Italian.

Sources: Genealogy of Brian Posehn – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Brian’s paternal grandfather, Edmund John Posehn, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Brian’s paternal grandmother, Clara Josephine Peterson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Brian’s maternal grandmother, Norma Ziegler, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Brian’s maternal great-grandmother, Irene Anita Schiller, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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