Sarah Rafferty
Rafferty in 2016, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Sarah Gray Rafferty
Place of Birth: New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 6, 1972
Ethnicity:
*53.125% Irish
*28.125% German
*18.75% English, distant Scottish
Sarah Rafferty is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role as Donna on the USA Network legal drama Suits.
Sarah is the daughter of Mary and Michael Rafferty. She is married to Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka Seppälä, with whom she has two children. Aleksanteri is of Finnish descent. Her cousin is politician Colin Bonini.
Sarah’s paternal grandfather was Michael Griffin Rafferty (the son of Charles Henry Rafferty and Julia Griffin). Sarah’s grandfather Michael was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Charles was the son of James Rafferty, who was born in Pennsylvania, to Irish parents, and of Margaret J. Clark, who was an Irish immigrant. Sarah’s great-grandmother Julia was also Irish.
Sarah’s paternal grandmother was Barbara Abigail Flaherty (the daughter of John Joseph Flaherty, Jr. and Alma Gray Furbush). Barbara was born in Boston, Massachusetts. John was the son of John Joseph Flaherty, Sr., whose parents were Irish, and of Abbie S. Lunderkin, whose parents were from St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Alma was the daughter of Newell Emerson Furbush and Edith E. Gray, and had deep paternal American ancestry, and maternal roots in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sarah’s maternal grandfather was Dr. Rupert Hermes Friday (the son of John Aloysius Friday and Anna/Ann/Annie Mary Hermes). Rupert was born in Pennsylvania, and was of German descent. John was the son of John Henry Friday and Frances/Francisca Fuches/Fuchs. Anna was the daughter of German parents, Peter/Petrus Hermes, from Irrel, and Anna Mary Rupert/Ruppert.
Sarah’s maternal grandmother was Mary Lee McAllister (the daughter of Richard Joseph McAllister and Marjorie Casey). Mary Lee was born in Pennsylvania. Richard was the son of Richard P. McAllister, whose parents were Irish, and of Josephine Dardis, whose grandparents were all Irish. Marjorie was the daughter of John Francis Casey, who was born in Ontario, Canada, to Irish parents, his father from Fermanagh and his mother from Galway; and of Mary Ethel “Mamie” Lee, who was of half Irish and half German descent.
Source: http://www.todayfm.com
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LVMZ-CXN
Sarah’s paternal grandmother was Barbara Abigail Flaherty (the daughter of John Joseph Flaherty Jr. and Alma Gray Furbush). Barbara was born in Boston, Massachusetts. John was the son of John Joseph Flaherty Sr., the son of Irish emigrants, and Abbie S. Lunderkin, who had roots in Canada. Alma was the daughter of Newell Emerson Furbush and Edith E. Gray, and had deep lines in America.
Sarah’s ethnicity:
*53.125% Irish
*28.125% German
*18.75 English, distant Scottish
>Michael was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
>Rafferty, who was born in Pensylvannia to Irish parents, and Margaret J. Clark, who was an Irish emigrant. Sarah’s great-grandmother Julia was also an Irish emigrant.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/G6PD-N6D
>Dr. Rupert
>Rupert was born in Pennsylvania.
>Fuches/Fuchs, both born in Pennsylvania of German descent.
>of German parents, Peter/Petrus Hermes, from Irrel, and Anna
>Richard was the son of Richard P. McAllister, the son of Irish parents, and Josephine Dardis, the granddaughter of Irish grandparents. Marjorie was the daughter of John Francis Casey Sr., the son of parents from Ireland, and of Mary “Mamie” Ethel Lee, who was of half Irish half German descent.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L2C1-K71
So:
Michael Griffin Rafferty = Irish descent
Rupert Hermes Friday = German descent
Mary Lee McAllister = 7/8 Irish, 1/8 German descent
All that remains to be known is Barbara Flaherty’s ancestry, whose surname Irish
Her cousin is politician Colin Bonini
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Bonini
Sarah’s paternal grandfather was Michael Griffin Rafferty, Sr. (the son of Charles Henry Rafferty and Julia Griffin). Michael was born in Pennsylvania. Charles was th son of Son of James Rafferty and Margaret Clark.
the surname “McAllister” is usually Scottish and “Friday” is English.