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Birth Name:
Zachary David Alexander Efron
Birth Place:
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Date of Birth:
October 18, 1987
What Race or Ethnicity:
English, German, Scottish, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) and Polish
The American actor and singer is of Jewish descent but he has never been religious as his family is agnostic. He is famous for his role in the film, High School Musical.
Looking at his ancestry most of his ancestors going back 7 generations seem to be of English, German and Scottish descent except one of his great grandmothers, named Dora Kleszczelska of Polish ancestry.
His mother’s maiden name is Baskett which is an English surname. His grandmother Dorothy Karcher has a German surname. One of his great-great grandparents had the Scottish surname McRobbie.
The surname Efron is of eastern Ashkenazic Jewish origin.
Source:
- http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/13651
- http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Efron-family-history.ashx
- http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Zac_Efron_(1987)
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His eyes :-O !! So sex and hot Zac lol
Very talented actor ;)
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He has gotten hotter of the years…
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I mean over not of…
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His ancestry is very interesting. Especially the mix of German, Polish, and European Jewish.
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He doesn’t have real Polish ancestry. His grandfather’s parents were Polish Jews with Jewish names.
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i saw him on the list of dutch americans(or famous dutch americans)
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you know his eyes aren’t naturally blue, he’s worn blue contacts ever since hsm2. if you wtch the film carefully, you’ll notice his eyes change from brown to blue a lot
also what is ashkenazic jewish?
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Ashkenazic Jewish is European Jewish.
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He has blue eyes when he was a kid, also on his school pictures, they look naturally blue, not contacts, I’m pretty sure schools wouldn’t bother to edit their student’s eye color.
also, sometimes people’s eye changes according to environment.
I don’t know why people always spread out words about celebrities not having light eyes, like people say megan fox, aishwarya rai actually has brown eyes. have you seen them in real life to actually be so sure that they wear contacts?
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