Katie Couric

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Birth Name: Katherine Anne Couric

Birth Place: Arlington, Virginia, United States

Date of Birth: January 7, 1957

Race or Ethnicity?: French, Jewish and Anglo

The American television presenter is most well known as a co-host for NBC’s Today. She is also active on the internet blogging for The Huffington Post.

Couric’s mother is a descendant of Jewish immigrants who moved to the US from Germany. Despite her Jewish heritage Couric was raised Presbyterian. Couric traced her father’s side of the family on the Today show and discovered that her father was descended from a French orphan who moved to the US in the 1800s.

At the link below you can find the genealogy of Couric’s family. It indicates that Couric may also have Anglo-American heritage.

Source:

http://genealogy.about.com/

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