Rob Delaney

Delaney in 2013, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Robert Archer Delaney

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 19, 1977

Ethnicity: Irish, some English, remote Welsh

Rob Delaney is an American comedian, actor, writer, and activist.

He is the son of Nancy and Robert Delaney. He is married to Leah, with whom he has had four children. Rob has spent considerable time living in the U.K. as an adult.

Rob’s maternal grandfather was Clement Charles Archer (the son of Charles Asa Archer and Mary A. O’Connell). Clement was born in Massachusetts. Rob’s great-grandfather Charles was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Charles Ephraim Archer and Sarah Elizabeth Hayford, and had English ancestry. Rob’s great-grandmother Mary Ann was born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, the daughter of Daniel P. O’Connell and Mary A.

Rob’s maternal grandmother was Helen Margaret Cantwell (the daughter of Walter Francis Cantwell and Margaret Mary Golden). Helen was born in California. Walter was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Irish parents, Richard Cantwell and Alice T. Greer. Rob’s great-grandmother Margaret was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Philip Golden and Mary Ann McKugo, and all of her own grandparents were Irish.

Source: Genealogy of Rob Delaney (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com