Birth Name:
James Edward Franco
Birth Place:
Palo Alto, California, USA
Ethnicity:
Swedish, Russian, Portuguese and Jewish
The American actor, director and film producer was born to a Jewish mother and a father of Swedish, Russian and Portuguese ancestry. He stated this in an interview.
His surname Franco is Portuguese with Sephardic Jewish origins. He is famous for his role as Harry Osborn in the Spider-man movies.
Source:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/
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Portuguese are similiar to Spanish & Italian. Romanian & French are also similiar to them too.
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dude i love all your movies my favorite one is Pinneappl Express.
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Nope. Italian
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Franco is a Spanish lastname, in the Americas is a common lastname and most people are from Spanish ancestry not Italian
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Even if he is ITalian the name Franco comes from Spain, google Francisco Franco. Spain ruled the world and part of Italy was under Spanish ruled for over 300 yrs. That is how Franco made it into Italy. But the name is 100% Spanish.
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It is, Italian.
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Both, Italian and Spanish last name
Btw, FRANCO is an Italian and Spanish WORD
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