Taylor Kinney
Kinney in 2013, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 15, 1981
Ethnicity:
*father – English, German
*mother – German, Swiss-German, remote French
Taylor Kinney is an American actor and model. He has had leading roles in the films The Forest and The Other Woman, and starred as Lieutenant Kelly Severide in several Chicago-shows.
Taylor’s patrilineal line can be traced to Henry Kinney, who was born, c. 1623, in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England, to John Thomas Keeney/Kinne and Sarah Hinckley Cheever.
Taylor’s paternal grandfather was Kenneth Samuel Kinney, Jr. (the son of Kenneth Samuel/G. Kinney and Faye B. Besse). Taylor’s grandfather Kenneth was born in Pennsylvania. Taylor’s great-grandfather Kenneth was the son of Ira Joseph Kinney and Jennette/Jennie/Jeanette May/E. Welty. Faye was the daughter of Ezra L. Besse and Jane/Jennie Chapman.
Taylor’s paternal grandmother was Marjorie Jackson (the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jackson and Anna Leora Ayres). Marjorie was born in Pennsylvania. Benjamin was the son of John Franklin Jackson and Lillian Anna Webber, who was English. Taylor’s great-grandmother Anna was the daughter of David Alonzo Ayres and Anna Eliza Barr.
Taylor’s maternal grandfather was Charles R. Heisler (the son of Charles Coble Heisler and Minnie E. Herr). Taylor’s grandfather Charles was born in Pennsylvania. Taylor’s great-grandfather Charles was the son of Benjamin Franklin Heisler and Annie Elizabeth Coble. Minnie was the daughter of Elam Alonzo Herr and Sarah E. Steele.
Taylor’s maternal grandmother was Joanne/Joann F./W. Fritz (the daughter of Hess Eshelman Fritz and Dora J. Weimer). Joanne was born in Pennsylvania. Hess was the son of Frank Hess Fritz and Elizabeth C. Murray. Dora was the daughter of George Washington Weimer and Susan Jane/Jennie F. Fisher.
Sources: Genealogies of Taylor’s paternal great-grandparents, Kenneth Samuel/G. Kinney and Faye B. Besse – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Taylor’s paternal grandmother, Marjorie (Jackson) Kinney – http://www.genealogybuff.com
Taylor’s paternal great-grandmother, Anna Leora Ayres, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Taylor’s maternal grandmother, Joanne/Joann F./W. Fritz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
At first instance I thought he was Leonardo DiCaprio.
He looks Slavic to me, with those slanted, hooded eyes.
Oops I forgot I already commented on him.. Oh well, my opinion still stands, he doesn’t look fully white.
another Colin Farrell? too handsome to be just white? because whites are ugly to you.
Why because of his eyes? You realize most Europeans don’t have super rounds eyes right? More Africans have round beady eyes than Europeans. If anything its more of a North African and middle eastern trait. It’s not a specific european trait. Most Europeans have almond eyes. The roundest eyes in Europe are found mostly in southern europeans like Sicilians etc. It is not super common among northern europeans. Only reason Europeans are stereotype as having super round eyes is because Natives with even smaller eyes than Europeans called them round eye. But contrary to the stereotype Africans and not Europeans have the roundest eyes on earth.
^Finally I agree with someone in here. (Tux)
I thought North Africans were supposed to be Caucasians now, at least that’s what people keep saying. Secondly that is not true ,Africans have no higher rate of round eyes than anyone. Most Africans have Almond shape eyes from living in dry sunny windy environments
He definitely has some non-white admixture in him. He must have some Asian or Amerindian DNA that he doesn’t know about.
Looks partially Native American.
Americans *rolls eyes* anyone with borealized eyes must have distant native ancestry. You’re oblivious to European looks and just how diverse they are.
I couldn’t agree with you more, Tux! WELL SAID!
No one looks fully white to you. Anderson cooper doesn’t loom fully white to you lol
Handsome man.
yeah but he already has grey hair