Nev Schulman
Birth Name: Yaniv L. Schulman
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 26, 1984
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Nev Schulman is an American producer, actor, photographer, and television host. He starred in the film Catfish and co-developed and starred in the spin-off Catfish: The TV Show. His brother is filmmaker Ariel Schulman, who co-directed Catfish and co-developed the spin-off show.
Nev is married to Laura Perlongo, with whom he has three children.
Nev’s maternal grandfather was Marvin Barasch (the son of Abraham Barasch and Betty/Bessie Klapholz). Marvin was born in New York. Abraham was a Romanian Jewish immigrant. Betty was born in Pennsylvania, to German Jewish parents.
Nev’s maternal grandmother is named Marlene Panzer (the daughter of Max Panzer).
Sources: Nev’s maternal grandfather, Marvin Barasch, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Nev’s maternal grandfather, Marvin Barasch – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Nev’s maternal step-great-grandmother, Ruth Putter – http://www.nytimes.com
His Wikipedia says he’s also Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish.
rofl when i saw him on the catfish show i thought his ancestry was from India(his tan and features)
Nah, he look extremely Mediterranean, most of Indians are brown
Ashkenazi Jews are Middle Eastern. That’s why he’s so dark.