Birth Name:
Harrison Ford
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois,USA
Ethnicity:
German, Jewish Belarusian and Irish
The American actor has Jewish Maternal Grandparents, German and Irish Paternal Grandparents. This was mentioned on his biography.
His maternal grandparents were both Jews from Minsk, Belarus.
His paternal grandmother, Veronica Niehaus was of German descent and his paternal grandfather, John Fitzgerald Ford was of Irish Catholic descent.
Source:
Jenkins, Gary (March 1999). Harrison Ford: Imperfect Hero
Celebrities sharing the same heritage:
Ford is an English name, FitzGerald is Anglo-Norman English origin, the amount of excuses made by Americans to deny English heritage is unbelievable.
They both are Irish names.
I totally agree Dave.
When asked, Ford usually only mentions his Irish and Jewish heritage. But yes, his paternal grandmother was German. His ancestry is traced in this book
http://www.amazon.com/Harrison-Ford-%C3%B9-Imperfect-Hero/dp/080658016X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0jqanAitSQ
Niehaus is a German name.
No Harrisson Ford’s father was Irish and his mother was a Russian Jew. He revealed this on Inside The Actors’s Studio
Because his maternal grandparents are Jews NOT Belarusians!duhh
Interesting that Belarus is not listed as an ethnicity.
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