Matt Dallas

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Dallas in 2013, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Matthew Joseph Dallas

Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 21, 1982

Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish, Welsh, remote Dutch

Matt Dallas is an American actor. He is known for playing the title character on the series Kyle XY.

Matt is married to musician Blue Hamilton. The couple has two children, who are adopted.

Matt’s paternal grandfather is Donald Harold Dallas (the son of Hugh Bass Dallas and Mildred Mae Thornton). Donald was born in Arizona. Hugh was the son of James Frank Dallas and Lois Myrtle Bass. Mildred was the daughter of David/Dolph Randolph Thornton and Emma Mae Morgan.

Matt’s paternal grandmother is Patricia Marie Skeen (the daughter of Raymond Quincie Skeen and Susan Laura Mauldin). Patricia was born in California. Raymond was the son of William Grayson Skeen and Mary Lou Beauchamp. Susan was the daughter of Virce Guy Mauldin and Kate Narcissus Cameron. Matt’s great-great-grandmother’s “Beauchamp” line evidently traces back to a John Beauchamp, who was born, c. 1592, in Northamptonshire, England.

Matt’s maternal grandfather was John Peter Thorne (the son of John Charles Thorne and Jeannette/Jane Machurey). Matt’s grandfather John was born in Ohio. Matt’s great-grandfather John was the son of John O. Thorne/Thorn and Jennette/Jeanette Mergner/Meregner, who was German. Matt’s great-grandmother Jeannette Machurey was the daughter of John Baptist Machurey and Amelia/Emilie Brun, who were immigrants from France, of German descent.

Matt’s maternal grandmother is Shirley Lou Milnickel (the daughter of Frederick/Fred William Milnickel and Agnes Elizabeth Parker). Shirley was born in Ohio. Frederick’s parents, Gustav Milnickel and Amelia “Tillie” Henkle, were German. Agnes was the daughter of Charles Clyde Parker and Ella N. Coleman.

Sources: Matt’s paternal great-grandmother, Mildred Mae Thornton, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Matt’s maternal grandfather, John Peter Thorne – http://www.legacy.com

Matt’s maternal great-grandfather, John Charles Thorne, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Matt’s maternal great-grandmother, Jeannette/Jane Machurey, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Matt’s maternal great-grandfather, Frederick/Fred William Milnickel, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

19 Responses

  1. Capricious says:

    Thought he was Spanish, the ones with light features. They look like that. Something exotic about his face.

    A cute gay man btw.

  2. gel says:

    I was going to say, Irish all day long! – he looks exactly like Irish footballer, Robbie Keane.

    But then, they say, that the Irish and Germans have a similar look.

  3. celebfan says:

    Roughly speaking, his paternal grandfather’s ancestry is Scottish, is paternal grandmother’s is Irish/English. His maternal grandmother’s ancestry is of German ancestry, and his maternal grandmother is of of German, English, and Welsh ancestry. Somewhere, there’s remote Dutch ancestry.

  4. cwm85 says:

    Wow you got some incredible information on his ancestry. I always wonder what his ancestry was. I would not have thought German on english. I figured he was dutch, some Croatia, Russian ancestry. Just my guess because he has that dark hair looked but light eyes and pale skin complexion. Even tho many English people have those same traits. Germans and english mostly have the brown or blonde hair with blue eyes tho. I guess I expected him to well have more different European ancestry than he does.

    • follers says:

      His ancestry is absolutely typical for a white American. Maybe a little heavier on the German than many.

      • cwm85 says:

        I know that. I just said I was expecting something different. Not German but maybe Romanian… something more southern Europe. French… I also thought Dallas was his stage name lol.

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