Sean Hannity
Hannity in 2015, photo by Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Birth Name: Sean Patrick Hannity
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 30, 1961
Ethnicity: Irish
Sean Hannity is an American television and radio host, author, and commentator, who is a political conservative. He has hosted the show Hannity since 2009. He previously co-hosted the show Hannity & Colmes from 1996 to 2009.
Sean is the son of Lillian (Flynn) and Hugh Joseph Hannity. His parents were both born in New York. All of Sean’s grandparents were Irish immigrants. Sean has two children with his former wife Jill Rhodes.
Sean has said that a DNA test showed him to be of 100% British Isles descent.
Sean’s paternal grandfather was Hugh Hannity (the son of Thomas Hannity and Margaret Ward). Hugh was born in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Sean’s paternal grandmother was Margaret McConville (the daughter of Patrick McConville and Margaret McLinden/McAlindon).
Sean’s maternal grandfather was named Cornelius Flynn.
Sean’s maternal grandmother was named Lillian B. Hogan.
Sources: Genealogy of Sean Hannity – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Sean’s paternal grandparents, Hugh Hannity and Margaret McConville – https://familysearch.org
Sean’s maternal grandparents, Cornelius Flynn and Lillian, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
In case you wanted to add this to Sean Hannity’s profile he said, “I actually had an ancestry test. I am 100% British Isles.” http://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/sean-hannity-on-the-real-donald-trump-his-own-roots-and-getting-that-irish-passport
He looks Jewish.
I know he is 100% Irish Catholic but I read something strange about Bernard McGuirk say Hannity was half Jewish on an episode. Was that a joke or was that made up by internet trolls?
He is a “Jewish man” like Charles Grodin, according to Charles Grodin.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/04/23/hannity-grodin-go-one-on-one-on-waterboarding-obama-agenda.html
Thanks @Follers but I was referring to someone claiming on 6/18/2014 45 minutes in that he was half Jewish.
I agree he does! I use to think Sean Hannity along with Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly were of partial Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. Megyn Kelly is my favorite of the three, she is so attractive! :)
He’s a jerk a lot of the times…
@cwm85 curious to know what do you think about Bill O’Reilly?
I can send you a link to what I found if you like.
I think like Bill O’Reilly he has some Northern Irish heritage. His ancestors lived in County Down, Ireland according to this source.http://corporate.ancestry.com/press/press-releases/2011/03/ancestry.com-releases-the-definitive-19th-century-irish-collection-to-celebrate-st.-patricks-day/
When I write “Northern Irish” I just mean Protestant. I don’t think the Hannity ancestors mentioned in that link were Protestants. I think they were just Irish Catholics from County Down.
Okay never mind then.
Because Protestants are generally of Scots descent (not always though) that is what their ancestry should be listed as not “Northern Irish” as this just gets very confusing especially when it is the Catholics that have the much deeper ancestry in “Northern Ireland”. If some of these people have Irish ancestry then that could be added also. It is incorrect to call just Protestants “Northern Irish” and the Catholics “Irish”. In the northern counties (some in the Republic as well) it is not unusual for Catholics to have some Scots ancestry and Protestants to have Irish ancestry. It is quite common. This is even the case with my family.
Ulster/Northern Ireland should be treated the same as any other area in that there are people of English or Scots or Irish descent. I think using a religion to try to categorise people is wrong and using Northern Irish for Protestant people is not logical to me. As I’ve stated most Protestant people would be largely of Scots ancestry not Northern Irish. Surnames can be a much better way of working out someone’s ancestry.
Six counties of Ulster are part of the UK and 3 counties of Ulster are part of the Irish Republic but for ancestry people should be listed like any other area i.e. Irish, Scots, English, French etc. I’m sure this category “Northern Irish” for Protestant people would iritate quite a few people from that part of the world.
Picture please