Aly Michalka
Michalka in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Alyson Renae Michalka
Place of Birth: Torrance, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 25, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – German
*mother – German, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Aly Michalka is an American actress, musician, singer, and songwriter. She is the sister of actress and singer AJ Michalka (Amanda Joy Michalka). The two comprise pop rock duo Aly & AJ, also known as 78violet. Her roles include the shows Phil of the Future, Hellcats, and iZombie, the films Bandslam, Easy A, The Roommate, Grown Ups 2, Sequoia, Weepah Way for Now, and The Lears, and the made-for-tv movie Sand Dollar Cove.
She is the daughter of Carrie and Mark Michalka. Her mother, also a musician, performed with the Christian band JC Band.
Aly is married to independent film producer Stephen Ringer. She is a devout Christian.
Aly’s paternal grandfather was James I. Michalka (the son of Gustave/Gustav August Michalka and Edna Caroline Loll). James was born in Michigan. Gustave was born in Michigan, to German parents, Frank August Michalka and Mary Venefky/Venefly. Edna was also born in Michigan, also to German parents, Warner Loll and Henrietta Etta Krahn.
Aly’s paternal grandmother was Betty Anne Martin (the daughter of David Martin and Amelia “Emily” Yurk). Betty was born in Michigan. David and Amelia were both immigrants from what is listed as Russia. It is likely that they were both of ethnic German descent.
Aly’s maternal grandfather was Charles Malcolm Begley (the son of Newton Phillips Begley and Lula Maude Palmer). Charles was born in Virginia. Newton was the son of George Rogers Begley and Minerva Payne. Lula was the daughter of Eldridge Clinton Palmer and Barbara Alice/Ann Lane.
Aly’s maternal grandmother was Carmen Louise Wetzel (the daughter of August Wetzel and Harriet Louise McCausland). Carmen was born in Oregon. August was born in Minnesota, the son of German parents, Ignatius Wetzel and Frances F. Fischer, from Alsace. Harriet was the daughter of Alfred Ellis McCausland and Louise Agnes Meyer.
Sources: Genealogy of Aly Michalka – http://gw.geneanet.org
Aly’s paternal grandfather, James I. Michalka, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Aly’s maternal grandfather, Charles Malcolm Begley, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Aly’s maternal grandmother, Carmen Louise Wetzel, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
It is very common for Ukrainians and Russians to have varying degrees of Tatar blood. Ukraine still has about 350,000 Tatars and Russia has over 5 million. Most Tatars left Ukraine due to Russian oppression in the 19th Century or were driven out by Stalin. Tatars also had significant populations in other Eastern European countries.
If she truly is Ukrainian, that might be the “non-white” referenced above. Or it could be something else. Regardless, Aly does look somewhat Eastern European. AJ must have gotten more of the English and Irish.
What the hell? Why would she have tatar blood? have you seen a tatar? dear god people here are total idiots! She looks Eastern European point blank.
To me there’s something almost non-white about her face. Her lips are full and her nose and eyes are kinda different, and her face is very wide even though she’s slim. Either way she’s very pretty : )
She’s also of German ancestory, google “aly michalka ethnicity” and in the 3rd link it says shes german.
German was also originally in their Wikipedia page. But somebody remove because it has no source. Other websites must have copied it from there.
Her mother has Irish and English Ancestry
# ID: I159779
# Name: John CALDWELL
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1624 in County Donegal, Ireland
# Death: 7 JUL 1692 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA
# ID: I159777
# Name: Nicholas WALLINGFORD
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1629 in Hampshire, England
# Death: 10 MAY 1682 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I159741
Michalka is Ukrainian name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michalka
thanks aps
Ethnic.. do you have any confirmation she is Ukrainian? wtf you go by surname alone? You do realize Michalka is also a Polish and Slovak surname? Just because wikipedia says it’s Ukrainian doesn’t mean it’s JUST Ukrainian. So unless you have confirmation that she’s SPECIFICALLY Ukrainian don’t post stupidity based on a surname.
Although she does look Slavic.