Alan Alda

Birth Name: Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo

Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States

Date of Birth: January 28, 1936

Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*Irish, some English (mother)

Alan Alda is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. He is the son of Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D’Abruzzo), an actor and singer, and Joan Browne, a beauty pageant winner. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish, and some English, descent.

Alan’s paternal grandparents were Antonio “Anthony” D’Abruzzo (the son of Alfonso D’Abruzzo and Annina Ferrara) and Frances Tumillo (the daughter of James Tummillo and Elizabeth Moggio). Antonio was Italian, born in Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Province of Benevento, Campania, Italy. Frances was born in New York, to Italian parents.

Alan’s maternal grandfather was William Joseph Browne (the son of Wilson Edward Brown and Elizabeth Jane Stanyard). Wilson was born in England, the son of Wilson Brown and Margaret Elizabeth Wolf/Woolford, who was Irish.

Alan’s maternal grandmother was Sarah H. Duggan/Dugan (the daughter of Corneilus F. Dugan and Mary Agnes Montague). Corneilus was the son of Irish parents, Cormac Dugan and Catherine Ward. Mary Agnes was the daughter of James Montague and Mary Ann Riley, who was Irish.

Sources: Genealogies of Alan Alda – http://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com

Alan’s father, Alphonso D’Abruzzo, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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