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Birth Name: David James Arquette
Birth Place: Winchester, Virginia, United States
Date of Birth: September 8, 1971
What Race or Ethnicity?: Welsh, Scottish, Jewish Polish
The American actor is famous for his roles on the Scream trilogy and for his marriage to Courtney Cox. He was born to a Jewish mother named Brenda Olivia Nowak according to the Jewish Journal. His father, Lewis Arquette who has Welsh heritage, is a descendant of Meriwether Lewis a famous explorer.
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http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9457
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If his mother’s maiden name is Nowak, David must be Polish/Jewish on his mother’s side. Please include Polish in his ethnic background as Nowak is an exclusive Polish surname. In 1998 there were 220,217 Poles in Poland going by that name, making it by far the most common Polish last name.
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His last name is Arquette, he has to have some French in him unless there is adoption or name change in his heritage
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I read something about that to,that the family had creole and Cajun lineage;this site I go to is pretty trustworthy
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To FuzzyBear
How Dare U Not Tell Me U Were Going On A Break…Lol!
Ur A Big Part Of This Site….Along With Ethnic!
I Was Starting To Worry!
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To total23
Oh you were worry HUH? I saw what you wrote(this is not necessary,he hasn’t been gone long)that’s what you call worried.How about you give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice all over it,LOL.Well anyhow I did not know I would be gone this long,computers are a trip.Oh I lost all that stuff I had for you,sorry,my computer is still mess up
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It’s good to hear from you to,I mean that in a (NO HOMO)way
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That Comment I Wrote On The Mariah Carey Page Was Written On July 13th And U Haven’t Been Commenting On This Site Six Days Before My Comment. And That Person Was Saying Comeback Wen U Haven’t Been Gone For Long It Was Like Only Five Days U Haven’t Comment Which Is Why I Said Don’t Worry…But Its Been Almost Two Weeks And This Is Not Like U…Lol!
No Homo!
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He’s also Scottish and English. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I53341 p.s Check ancestors Winifred CLARK
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He looks more Jewish than Welsh.
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Ok we all good,later man
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Total23 and Fuzzybear and others all are a big part of this site. theres no “head honcho” :p
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