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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS.In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover ...
This is a list of haplogroups of historic people. Haplogroups can be determined from the remains of historical figures, or derived from genealogical DNA tests of people who trace their direct maternal or paternal ancestry to a noted historical figure. Some contemporary notable figures have made their test results public in the course of news ...
Many actors and other entertainers elect to add or include their mothers' maiden names in their adopted stage names.The book How to be a Working Actor: The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, and Television advises aspiring performers to consider changing their names, noting that "if [your birth name] is difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember, it may not be the name you want ...
Major celebrities including Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, Bob Dylan, ... His father, Sy Kravitz, has Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry. Donaldson Collection/Getty. Stan Getz.
Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974), actor, Jewish mother of Russian and Hungarian ancestry [12] River Phoenix (1970–1993), actor, Jewish mother of Russian and Hungarian ancestry [14] Bronson Pinchot (born 1959), actor, best known for Perfect Strangers; father, born Henry Poncharavsky, is of Russian ancestry; Alexander Polinsky (born 1974), actor
This is a list of notable Slovak Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
Ryan Eggold – actor (his mother is of half Croatian and half Austrian-Jewish ancestry) Jenna Elfman – television and movie actress (of partial Croatian descent; niece of Tony Butala) Josip Elic – actor; Judah Friedlander – actor and comedian (mother of Croatian descent) Ryan Kiera Armstrong - actress (Croatian mother, Berta Bacic)
This is a list of Brazilian Americans, Americans of Brazilian ancestry, including both immigrants from Brazil who have American citizenship or residency, and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Brazilian American or must have references showing they are Brazilian ...