Place of Birth: Albany, New York

Date of Birth: February 17, 1978

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, distant German, Welsh, Dutch

Ashton Holmes is an American actor.

Ashton is a ninth cousin of English actor Sam Claflin, through Ashton’s maternal grandmother. Daniel Claflin and Sarah Edwards were the eight times great-grandparents of both Ashton and Sam.

Ashton’s maternal grandparents are Alfred Randall Heath, Jr. (the son of Alfred Randall Heath and Florence Orr) and Barbara Claflin (the daughter of Allan Avery Claflin and Marion Dorothea Carroll). Dorothea was the daughter of Royal Phelps Carroll and Marion Dorothea Langdon.

Marion Langdon’s great-grandfather was John Jacob Astor (Johann Jakob Astor), the famous German-born American businessman. John was therefore Ashton’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.

Ashton is also a descendant of Scottish-born colonial official Robert Livingston the Elder and of Dutch-born New York mayor/governor Wilhelmus Beekman.

Sources: Genealogy of Ashton’s maternal grandmother, Barbara Claflin – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Ashton’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Marion Dorothea Langdon – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Blake Tollison Shelton

Place of Birth: Ada, Oklahoma

Date of Birth: June 18, 1976

Ethnicity: English, distant German, Dutch

Blake Shelton is an American country singer. He is married to Miranda Lambert, another country singer. He has English, and distant German and Dutch, ancestry.

Blake’s paternal grandparents were Dolphia T. Shelton (the son of Monroe L. Shelton and Mary Abigail Moore) and Ruby Lamb Mead (the daughter of Mcdonald Meade and Etta May Floyd).

Blake’s maternal grandparents were R. A. Byrd (the son of Obediah Dare Byrd) and Samuel Jane Johnson.

Source: Genealogy of Blake Shelton – http://www.geni.com

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Birth Name: Robert Oliver Reed

Date of Birth: 13 February, 1938

Place of Birth: Wimbledon, London, England

Date of Death: 2 May, 1999

Place of Death: Valletta, Malta

Ethnicity: English, small amount of German, Lithuanian, Dutch

Oliver Reed was a British actor. He was the only or one of the only major British film stars to have never appeared on stage. Oliver’s uncle was director Carol Reed.

Oliver’s paternal grandparents were Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (an actor, born Herbert Draper Beerbohm, the son of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm and Constantia Draper) and May Pinney Reed. Hebert was a sibling of author/explorer Julius Beerbohm and author Constance Beerbohm, and a half-sibling of parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. Julius was of Dutch, Lithuanian, and German descent. Constantia and May were English.

Oliver’s maternal grandfather was Lancelot Napier Andrews.

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Birth Name: Farley Earle Granger

Date of Birth: July 1, 1925

Place of Birth: San Jose, California

Date of Death: March 27, 2011

Place of Death: New York City, New York

Ethnicity: English, distant Dutch

Farley Granger was an American actor.

Farley’s paternal grandparents were Clarence A. Granger (the son of Farley Benjamin Granger and Annie Robbins) and Clara Hall (the daughter of Charles C. Hall and Josephine Maria Smith). Annie was born in Shropshire, England.

Farley’s maternal grandparents were William Preston Hopkins and Loretta “Etta” Van Valkenburg.

Source: Genealogy of Farley Granger – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: James Albert Varney, Jr.

Date of Birth: June 15, 1949

Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky

Date of Death: February 10, 2000

Place of Death: White House, Tennessee

Ethnicity: English, small amount of German, distant Dutch

Jim Varney was an American actor. He was known for his character “Ernest”.

Jim’s paternal grandparents were Andrew Jackson Varney (the son of James C. Varney and Celia Cornett) and Renia/Rena Dean Nickels (the daughter of John S. Nickels and Mary Ann Beverly).

Jim’s maternal grandparents were James Howard (the son of James Isom Howard and Margaret Ann Fluty) and Anna Belle Combs (the daughter of Gideon Combs and Malinda Ellen Scholl).

Sources: Genealogy of Jim Varney – http://famousancestry.info (misidentifies Jim’s paternal grandmother as Fidelia Dilli Dolly Spaulding, who was Jim’s grandfather’s first wife)

Genealogy of Jim’s paternal great-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Varney (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius

Place of Birth: Sandton, Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa

Date of Birth: 22 November 1986

Ethnicity: Afrikaner (German and Dutch), 1/8 Italian

Family info: Oscar Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Although both of Pistorius’ legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old, he competes in events for single below-knee amputees and for able-bodied athletes.

Oscar Pistorius has Afrikaner (German and Dutch) and 1/8 Italian ancestry, from his mother’s grandfather, an Italian emigrant to Kenya. Pistorius is English-speaking.

He was born to Heinrich Carl Wilhelm “Henke” Pistorius and Sheila Francis Bekker.

Oscar’s paternal grandparents were Hendrik Wilhelm Carl Pistorius and his wife Gertruda Jacoba; his maternal grandparents were Len Bekker and Joyce Bekker.

The original Pistorius immigrants to South Africa were Friedrich Heinrich Pistorius (b.16 March 1789, Tondorf, Sachsen-Weimar, Germany) and his elder brother Maximilian Ernst Ludwig ( b. 1781 ) and the eight children of Friedrich, who arrived at the Cape, South Africa in 1838 onboard the “Cape Packet”. The family moved to Natal in 1842. The brothers were the sons of Wilhelm August Pistorius and Fredericke Maria Voigt. Friedrich Heinrich (1789- c.1863), a brick-maker, is considered to be the Progenitor/Stamvader of the Pistorius family in South Africa.

In February 2013, Oscar Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria home. In October 2014, Pistorius received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide (and a concurrent three year suspended prison sentence for a separate reckless endangerment conviction).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

http://www.geni.com/people/Oscar-Pistorius/6000000017201258161

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Birth Name: Michael John McKean

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Birth: October 17, 1947

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, some German, Dutch

Michael McKean is an American actor. He is married to actress Annette O’Toole.

Michael’s paternal grandparents were Henry Clunn McKean (the son of John Gilbert McKean and Mary Elizabeth Coulter) and Erin Ruth Scaife (the daughter of William Isaiah Scaife and Blondel Elizabeth Griffin).

Michael’s maternal grandparents were Chester Graham Stewart (the son of William Green Stewart and Ida Nora Killen) and Fannie Bell.

Sources: Genealogy of Michael McKean – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Michael McKean (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Richard Wayne Van Dyke

Place of Birth: West Plains, Missouri

Date of Birth: December 13, 1925

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, Dutch

Dick Van Dyke is an American actor.

Dick’s paternal grandparents were Dorsey Clinton Van Dyke (the son of James Ward Van Dyke and Jeanette Peters) and Jennie Ware (the daughter of Winfried Scott Ware and Malinda Alice Sears).

Dick’s maternal grandparents were Charles Cornelius McCord (the son of Ninian Alfonso McCord and Susan Elizabeth Child) and Adeline Verinda Neal (the daughter of Lanson McGuire Neal and Letticia Jane Stewart).

Sources: Genealogies of Dick Van Dyke – http://www.geni.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Judith Carter Ives

Date of Birth: July 27, 1890

Place of Birth: Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Date of Death: November 29, 1976

Place of Death: Greenwich Village, New York

Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Welsh, Dutch

Judith Lowry was an American actress.

Judith’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Christmas Ives (the son of Ansel Wilmot Ives and Lucia Jones) and Cora Matilda Semmes (the daughter of Raphael Semmes and Mary Matilda Jenkins).

Judith’s maternal grandparents were Samuel Addison Megeath (the son of Joseph Prichard Megeath and Elizabeth Cochran) and Judith Walden Carter (the daughter of George Carter and Judith Taylor Walden).

Source: Genealogies of Judith Lowry – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: Danielle Nicole Panabaker

Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia

Date of Birth: September 19, 1987

Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, Welsh, 1/32 Norwegian, distant Dutch

Danielle Panabaker is an American actress. She is the sister of actress Kay Panabaker.

Danielle’s patrilineal line can be traced back to Johann Pfannebecker, who was born, c. 1645, in Alzey-Worms, Germany.

Danielle’s paternal grandparents are Harold Jerome Panabaker, Jr. (the son of Harold Jerome Panabaker and Hettie Austine Church) and Mary Sue Miles (the daughter of Farris Marion Miles, Sr. and Autie E. Haney). Danielle’s great-grandfather Harold was the son of Reuben Louis Panabaker and Lillian Annice Jernigan.

Sources: Genealogies of Danielle’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Birth Name: James Henry Webb, Jr.

Place of Birth: St. Joseph, Missouri

Date of Birth: February 9, 1946

Ethnicity: Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), English, distant German, Dutch

Jim Webb is an American politician. He has served as United States Secretary of the Navy (1987-1988) and as a United States Senator from Virginia (2007-2013). He is a Democrat.

Jim’s paternal grandparents were Robert Lee Webb (the son of James Thomas Webb and Nancy Angeline Cox)and Mary Ellen Smith (the daughter of Thomas Harvey Smith and Elizabeth McKnight).

Jim’s maternal grandparents were Birch Hays Hodges (the son of Asa William Hodges and Sarah T. Blankenship) and Frankie Georgia Doyle (the daughter of Francis Adolphus Doyle and Margaret Louella Marsh).

Source: Genealogy of Jim Webb – http://www.wargs.com

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Birth Name: David Eric Lloyd Morelli

Place of Birth: Glendale, California

Date of Birth: May 19, 1986

Ethnicity: Italian, English, Scottish, distant Dutch

Eric Lloyd is an American actor. His sister, Emily Ann Lloyd, has also acted.

Eric’s maternal grandparents are James Webb Rogers, Jr. (the son of James Webb Rogers, Sr. and Anna Phillips Clarke) and Mary Ellen Stanley (the daughter of George D. Stanley).

Source: Genealogy of Eric Lloyd (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Place of Birth: Avonmore, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth: July 31, 1989

Ethnicity:
*English, German, Irish, distant Dutch (father)
*Cuban, Ecuadorian (mother)

Alexis Knapp is an American actress.

Alexis’s paternal grandparents are Richard Elwood Knapp and Jewel McNeil Burke (the daughter of Samuel J. Burke and Audie Lee Johnson).

Alexis’s mother is from the Romo-Leraul family.

Sources: Genealogy of Alexis’s paternal grandmother, Jewel McNeil Burke – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Alexis’s paternal grandmother, Jewel McNeil (Burke) Knapp – http://obituaries.triblive.com

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Birth Name: Troy O’Donovan Hayden

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: July 7, 1973

Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*Dutch, English, Scottish, French, around 1/64th Italian, and remote Norwegian (mother)

Troy Garity is an American actor. He is the son of politician Tom Hayden and actress Jane Fonda (Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda), a grandson of actor Henry Fonda, a nephew of actor Peter Fonda (Peter Henry Fonda), and a cousin of actress Bridget Fonda.

Troy’s father is of entirely Irish descent. Troy’s mother’s roots include Dutch, English, Scottish, French, around 1/64th Italian, and remote Norwegian.

The “Fonda” surname is said to originate with an Italian who moved to the Netherlands in the 1500s. It is not clear if this information has been genealogically verified. Troy’s ancestor Gilles Douwese Fonda was born in Gelderland, the Netherlands, c. 1614. However, one of Troy’s maternal grandmother’s great-great-great-grandfathers, Giovanni Gualdo, was Italian, making Troy of around 1/128th Italian ancestry.

Troy’s paternal grandparents were John Francis Hayden (the son of Thomas Francis Hayden and Mary Agnes Ducey) and Genevieve Isabelle Garity (the daughter of Emmet Owin Garity and Ethel Mary Olwell).

Troy’s maternal grandfather was Henry Jaynes Fonda (the son of William Brace Fonda and Herberta Krueger Jaynes). William was the son of Ten Eyck Hilton Fonda and Harriet McNeil. Herberta was the daughter of Henry Silas Jaynes and Elma Lampher.

Troy’s maternal grandmother was Frances Ford Seymour (the daughter of Eugene Ford Seymour and Mildred Sophie Bower). Eugene was the son of George DeVillers Seymour and Frances Gabriella Ford. Midred was the daughter of Harvey Bower and Frances Marcella Capel.

Sources: Genealogy of Troy Garity – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy oF Troy’s paternal grandfather, John Francis Hayden – http://records.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Troy’s maternal great-grandfather, Eugene Ford Seymour – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Heather Laurie Holden

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: December 17, 1969

Ethnicity: English, some German, Dutch, Scottish, Irish

Laurie Holden is an American and Canadian actress. She is the daughter of American-born actor Glen/Glenn Corbett (also named Laurence Holden) and Canadian-born actress Adrienne Ellis. Laurie was raised partly in Canada.

Laurie’s paternal grandparents were Harry Dawson Reynolds (the son of Elias Dawson Reynolds and Alice Duff Kitzmiller) and actress Gloria Holden (Gloria Anna Holden, the daughter of Charles Laurence Sutherland Holder and Eskea Bergmann). Gloria was English. Eska was German, born in Emsland, to Albert Bergmann, who was German, and Anna E. Leithof, who was Dutch.

Source: Laurie’s father, Laurence “Larry” Holden, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Wendy Jane Crewson

Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: May 9, 1956

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

Wendy Crewson is a Canadian actress.

Wendy’s paternal grandparents were Walter Lionel Crewson (the son of Joseph William Crewson and Margaret Binnie) and Jean Alexandria Griffin (the daughter of Burwell Griffin and Alexandria Ann Robertson).

Sources: Genealogy of Wendy Crewson (focusing on her father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Wendy’s paternal grandmother, Jean Alexandria Griffin (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Holland Virginia Taylor

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth: January 14, 1943

Ethnicity: English, German, some Dutch, Welsh, remote French

Holland Taylor is an American actress.

Holland’s paternal grandparents were Harvey Birchard Taylor (the son of Charles Tracy Taylor and Sophie Cramp Davis) and Florence Bodine (the daughter of George Imlay Bodine, Sr. and Helen L. Cornelius).

Holland’s maternal grandparents were William Potter Davis (the son of William Potter Davis and Mary Clark Draper) and Alice Mowbray (the daughter of John E. Mowbray and Virginia C. Holland). Virginia was the daughter of William H. Holland and Zipporah L. Connor.

Source: Genealogy of Holland’s paternal grandmother, Florence Bodine – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Cara Carleton Sneed

Place of Birth: Austin, Texas

Date of Birth: September 6, 1954

Ethnicity: English, German, Dutch, remote French

Carly Fiorina is an American businessperson and political figure. She is the daughter of Madelon Montross (Juergens), an artist, and Joseph Tyree Sneed III, a law school dean, professor, and federal judge. Her surname is from her husband, Frank Fiorina, to whom she has been married since 1985.

Carly has English, German, Dutch, and remote French, ancestry. Her seven times great-grandmother, Margaret Montras (1691-1739), was of French descent.

Carly’s paternal grandparents were Harold Marvin Sneed (the son of Joseph Tyre Sneed and Georgia H. Beal) and Cara Carlton Weber (the daughter of John W. Weber and Margie Graves).

Carly’s maternal grandparents were Edgar Adam Juergens (the son of George H. Juergens and Jenne/Johanna Von Leuve) and Clara Marie Hall (the daughter of George M. Hall and Emma Charlotte Montross). Emma was the daughter of Elijah Montross and Charity Mariah Casebeer.

Sources: Genealogy of Carly’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Carly Fiorina (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Birth Name: Martin Joseph O’Malley

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.

Date of Birth: January 18, 1963

Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*German, and some Irish, Dutch, English (mother)

Martin O’Malley is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as Mayor of Baltimore (1999-2007) and Governor of Maryland (2007-2015).

Martin’s paternal grandparents were William Patrick O’Malley and Marie Genevieve Clarty.

Martin’s maternal grandparents were Joseph George Suelzer, Jr. (the son of Joseph George Suelzer and Sophia Klueppel) and Martha Esther Dix (the daughter of Frank J. Dix and Luella Inella Mary Meyer). Martin’s grandfather Joseph Suelzer was of German descent. Frank’s mother, Esther Bolger, was Irish.

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Birth Name: Adam Patrick DeVine

Place of Birth: Waterloo, Iowa

Date of Birth: November 7, 1983

Ethnicity: Dutch, Irish, German, possibly English

Adam Devine is an American actor and comedian.

Adam’s paternal grandparents are William “Bill” James Devine (the son of William James Devine and Anna Elizabeth Ward) and Arvilla Drenth (the daughter of Sam Drenth and Elizabeth Grimmius). Adam’s great-grandfather William was of Irish descent. Anna was of half Irish and half German ancestry. Sam and Elizabeth were Dutch.

Sources: Genealogy of Adam Devine – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Adam’s paternal grandfather, William James Devine – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Adam’s paternal grandfather, William “Bill” J. Devine – http://iagenweb.org

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