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Birth Name:
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt
Birth Place:
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
Date of Birth:
August 15, 1972
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Irish, Scottish, English and German
The American actor, who once dated Jennifer Lopez, is of Scottish and Irish descent. His mother Christine Ann Boldt is of Irish Catholic heritage. He mentioned this in an interview. Although his mother has Irish roots, her maiden name is Boldt which suggests she has German heritage too.
While his father Timothy Affleck has Scottish Protestant heritage. He stated in an interview that he would take his daughter to Ireland and Scotland to find their roots.
Affleck has the middle name Géza which is a Hungarian name. He was named after a Hungarian friend of his father who was a holocaust survivor. This was mentioned in an interview on Inside the Actors Studio.
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He’s sexy
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i thought he was spanish
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hes cool
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His German roots are most likely very strong. My husband looks very similar and he has Scottish/German ancestry. When figuring someone’s ethnicity you can consider things like height and teeth – you can look at Affeck’s teeth (his original teeth in “Good Will Hunting”, NOT his veneers). People with European ancestry often have smaller teeth. The height can come from his Scottish/German ancestry as well – they are a larger people than the Irish.
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Wow this is among the most ridiculous stereotypical bullshit I’ve heard on here yet, which takes some doing. I know some fully Irish guys that look like him too, knowing someone with similar looks isn’t exactly an argument winner , he could be a fully Irish guy from Ireland based solely on his looks, as for the height..
Average height of adult male
Germany 1.780 m (5 ft 10 in)
Ireland 1.774 m (5 ft 10 in)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height
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Well you didn´t read the chart right. The 1,78m was for all German man, while the Irish was just for young men.
If you want to compare the proper age ranges, then it´s like that:
Germany 1.810 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Ireland 1.774 m (5 ft 10 in)
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I always thought he was Jewish
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Ben Affleck has english ancestors that was born in the 1500s/1600s
you will seee them here
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I199347
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I can explain the “Geza” thing. Ben Affleck stated on his interview on Inside the Actors studio (which can be found on YouTube) that his parents gave him the middle name “Geza” after a friend of theirs, who was a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust refugee.
So, unless his mom had an affair with this guy Geza, there’s no actual genetic link… :-)
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Thanks Dave, Awesome link. that solves this question.
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EA and BGAB forever xoxoxo
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