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Birth Name:
Ashley Michelle Tisdale
Birth Place:
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Date of Birth:
July 2, 1985
Ethnicity:
Jewish English
The American actress is famous for her role in the Disney film, High school Musical, and High school Musical 2. She was born to a Jewish American mother and she considers herself Jewish.
Her mother Lisa Morris Tisdale stated that she herself is Jewish but Ashley’s father is not. The name Morris can be an Irish, English or Welsh name suggesting that her mother has at least one of these backgrounds. The name Tisdale is of English origin and comes from people who lived in areas called Teesdale in the counties of Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Source:
http://www.ajlmagazine.com/content/032007/paparazzi.html
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/tisdale-family-crest.htm
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Thats true Irish. Anglo does mean English. But Somehow the meaning changed and many people use it to refer to Americans of Northern European descent.
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Irish people in the states are not anglo. Maybe people of other races think of them as such, but they are not. Anglo is short for Anglo-Saxon which is English. And it is mainly applied to protestants.
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I didn’t know she is half jewish that’s cool I’m to. No wonder I look like her
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oh you look like a religion never heard of that..! she is English man!
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Thanks for the post. the name Tisdale is of English origin. Also Anglo means people of English origin. However in the States Irish, Welsh and Scots are often also referred to as Anglo-American. The Latin name for England is Anglia which means the land of Angels.
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Yeah… but how do u know that she has British (English, Scottish, Irish, and/or Welsh) heritage??? I use Anglo too though… I don’t use it just for “British” people I used it for ALL people of European descent.
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It basically means an American who has British heritage.
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what is anglo-american?lol
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She is white white.
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This term usually refers to English Americans, German Americans, Irish Americans, and other northern European descent peoples, comprising the majority of English-speaking Europeans in the United States. In other words Caucasian Americans.
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whats anglo-american
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