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Birth Name:
Emily Erin Deschanel
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Date:
October 11, 1976
What Race or Ethnicity?:
French, Irish
Deschanel is well known as Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan in the series Bones. She was born to a father of French heritage and a mother of Irish descent.
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biracial
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No,you’re wrong!
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i love bones
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I like her more than Zooey
sorry but i do. xx emily you are such pretty lady…
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why are you copying my name?
Besides, don’t guys spell it with an ‘e’?
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I dont like what you are said!!!!! i love gisele but you are saying things meanly sometimes girl!!
xx Jose
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She’s 3/4 Irish and 1/4 French. Her dad is half French and half Irish. Mother is fully Irish.
Her sister, Zooey Deschanel stated this in an Irish interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6wrrLBoUYM
Go to 4:35 :)
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