Sara Haines

Haines with George Stephanopoulos, Luke Bryan, Ginger Zee, Amy Robach, and Lara Spencer at ABC’s Good Morning America Summer Concert Series at Rumsey Playfield on August 7, 2015 in New York City. Debby Wong/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Sara Hilary Haines

Place of Birth: Newton, Iowa, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 18, 1977

Ethnicity: German, English, some Swiss-German

Sara Haines is an American television personality and journalist. She has been a co-host of the talk shows The View and Strahan and Sara, and the game show The Chase, and a correspondent on Today, ABC News, and Good Morning America.

Sara is the daughter of Sandra and Richard Haines. She was raised in Iowa, and attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She is married to attorney Max Shifrin, with whom she has three children.

Sara’s paternal grandfather was Joseph Ira Haines (the son of Ira Joseph Haines and Ida E. Grim). Sara’s grandfather Joseph was born Cetronia, Pennsylvania, and was of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) descent. Sara’s great-grandfather Ira was also born in Cetronia, the son of Jacob S. Haines and Lillie Amanda Lichtenwalner. Ida was born in Dorneyville, the daugher of David M. Grim and Sarah Schaffer.

Sara’s paternal grandmother was Sarah Viola Ziegenfuss (the daughter of William Henry Ziegenfuss and Nettie Frack Frey). Sarah was born in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, and was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. William was the son of Edwin Peter Zeigenfuss and Sarah Ann Ruch. Nettie was the daughter of Joseph M. Frey and Leah Gruver.

Sara’s maternal grandfather was Daniel Richard May (the son of John Wesley May and Jessie Fay Tillman). Daniel was born in Bradford, Kansas. John was born in Wabaunsee County, KS, the son of Daniel Wesley May and Alice Amanda Akers, who were from Pennsylvania. Jessie was born in Topeka, the daughter of Silas Ellsworth Tillman/Tilman, who was born in Indiana, and of Ella Roena Waldo, who was from Michigan.

Sara’s maternal grandmother was Alberta Ellen Kiddoo (the daughter of Albert Ross Kiddoo and Lulu Stoner). Alberta was born in Neodesha, Kansas. Albert was born in Centerville, Missouri, the son of John Kiddoo and Mary Gormly, who were born in Pennsylvania. Lulu was born in Kansas, the daughter of Michael Stoner, who was from Virginia, and of Nancy Pollan, who was from Ohio.

Sources: Genealogy of Sara Haines – https://www.wikitree.com

Genealogy of Sara Haines (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com