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Birth Name: Amy Lou Adams
Birthplace: Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Date of Birth: August 20, 1974
Race or Ethnicity: English, Norwegian, German, Danish, Irish, Scottish
Actress, who was born in Italy to American parents. She is is better known for role in Catch Me If You Can, and Ashley Johnsten in Junebug, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Profile by: aps
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90 % of her ancestors from British Islands and others 10 or even elss of Danish heritage
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For those who don’t know, Amy’s actually a natural blond. She dyed her hair red several years ago and kept it that way due to personal preference.
Incidentally, red hair isn’t exclusive to Ireland; that’s just a stereotype. Although the frequency for red hair is pretty high in Ireland when compared with other European countries, most Irish actually tend to have brownish or blond hair. Moreover, I believe Scotland has the overall highest frequency for red hair in Britain. Scandinavians too have contributed quite a number of redheads to the human population.
Anyway, based on the genealogy link (depending on how accurate it is), it looks like most of Amy’s forebears descend from Denmark, Norway, England and Germany. If Polly Sweeney is indeed one of her direct ancestors, then she may have Irish lineage, as well.
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She is a pretty lady.
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YEAH, AND WHAT A CRYING SHAME SHE WENT AND BETRAYED HER OWN GENETIC RACE, JUST LIKE MOST ALL THE OTHER LIBERAL IDIOTS IN LA-LA LAND!! MAKES ME SICK. WHAT A COLASSOL WASTE. SOONER OR LATER VERY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE WHO BETRAY THEIR OWN RACE. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
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what are you actually talking about? how can she betray on her race?? you can only betray you human race if you **** an animal!!!
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I love her! She was so good in Enchanted and Talladega Nights!
To me she looks like Ariel, The Little Mermaid come to life!
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i think she looks irish because she has this red red hair
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She may look Irish to you, because she is part Irish. Her mother’s maiden name is Hicken. That’s Irish, yes?
Amy also has an ancestor with the surname Sweeny: Irish surname.
She also has an ancestor with the surname Kellogg, which is Scottish.
(Got those names from the link provided..)
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hey oh… alll the red hair are not just in Ireland… your words are full of cliché…
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Looking in the genealogy thingy… I can see that she also has Norwegian, and German blood too. So its: English, Norwegian, German, and Danish descent.
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I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “BEING” ANYTHING. YOU ARE EITHER WHITE SKINNED ANGLO SAXON, BLACK SKINNED AFRICAN, OR BROWN SKINNED ASIANS, OR A MIX OF TWO OR ALL THREE OF THESE RACES, WHICH WOULD MAKE YOU BIRACIAL. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “BEING” IRISH OR GERMAN OR SCOTTISH OR DANISH OR SWEDISH OR SWISS OR JAPANESE OR CHINESE OR ALBANIAN OR ROMANIAN OR ITALIAN OR GREEK OR SPANISH OR CUBAN OR MEXICAN OR HAWAIIAN OR ANYTHING ELSE. THAT IS ONLY YOUR NATIONALITY, WHICH REFERS TO THE NATION YOU OR YOUR ANCESTORS COME FROM, NOT YOUR RACE. RACE AND NATIONALITY ARE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS AND ONE HAS NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH THE OTHER. SORRY FOLKS, BUT THAT IS A FACT, LIKE OR NOT. IF YOU HAD ACTUALLY BOTHERED TO ATTEND SCHOOL AND GRADUATED, YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS. LOL-LOL-LOL-LOL!!!
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Something terrible must’ve happened to your keyboard.
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