Amy Schumer
Schumer in 2014, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Amy Beth Schumer
Place of Birth: Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 1, 1981
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – English, German, some Scottish and Welsh [converted to Judaism]
Amy Schumer is an American comedian, actress, writer, and producer. She has starred in the films Trainwreck, Snatched, and I Feel Pretty, and on the show Inside Amy Schumer.
Amy is the daughter of Sandra Jane and Gordon David Schumer. Amy’s father is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Poland. Amy’s mother has English, German, and some Scottish and Welsh, ancestry, and is of Methodist background; she converted to Judaism when marrying her first husband, who was also Jewish. Amy was raised Jewish, in Reform Judaism. She went to Hebrew School and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.
Amy’s sister, Kim Caramele, has worked as her road manager, co-writer, and producer. Amy is married to chef and farmer Chris Fischer, with whom she has a son.
Amy is a second cousin, once removed, of U.S. Senator from New York and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Amy’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Abraham Schumer and Joder Ida/Edith Wizman, were also Chuck’s paternal great-grandparents.
Amy is also a third cousin, once removed, of actor and model Justin Chambers. Amy’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Edward E. Dement, was a brother of Justin’s maternal great-grandmother, Sarah Esther Dement.
Amy’s paternal grandfather was Abraham Herman “Abe” Schumer (the son of Charles Kalman Schumer and Chaje/Ann/Anna Brenner Riemer). Abraham was born in Manhattan, New York Co., New York, to Jewish emigrant parents. Charles was born in Buchach/Buchotz, Buchats’kyi district, Ternopil’s’ka oblast, Ukraine, the son of Abraham Schumer and Joder/Ydea Ida/Edith Wizman/Weisman; Abraham was the son of Kalmen Schumer and Yetta Margulies. Amy’s great-grandmother Ann was born in Wiśnicze/Wiznitz/Witznitz, Bokovina, now western Ukraine, the daughter of Wolf Riemer and Chane/Anna/Chana Scheifler/Shefler.
Amy’s paternal grandmother was named Beverly M. Gold (the daughter of Joseph Gold and Minnie). Beverly was born in New York, to parents from Minsk, Belarus, then in the Russian Empire.
Amy’s maternal grandfather was Kenneth Hayden Jones (the son of Lawrence Elmore Jones and Mildred G. Tribou/Shattuck). Kenneth was born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Lawrence was the son of Charles Stevens Jones and Edith Lawrence Johnson/Johnston. Mildred was the daughter of Minnie Theresa Tribou.
Amy’s maternal grandmother was Betty Jane Roth (the daughter of John Slater Roth and Georgia Catherine Dement). Betty was born in Ohio. John was born in Erlanger, Kenton, Kentucky, the son of Harry Lamont Roth and Nancy/Nannie Witt. Georgia was born in West Union, Adams, Ohio, the daughter of Edward E. Dement and Frances/Francis Ellen “Fannie” Phillips. While there are many Jewish Roth families, Amy’s Roth line is of non-Jewish German origin.
Sources: Genealogies of Amy Schumer – http://www.geni.com
https://famouskin.com
Obituary of Amy’s paternal great-uncle, Walter Schumer (paternal grandfather’s brother) – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Amy’s maternal grandmother, Betty Jane (Roth) Jones – http://obits.dignitymemorial.com
Obituary of Amy’s maternal great-uncle, John Slater “Jack” Roth (maternal grandmother’s brother) – http://www.findagrave.com
She gave birth to a baby boy. Congratulations!
“Of course a dna test could prove that she is indeed bi-racial or even tri-racial, as some Ashkenazi Jews belong to haplogroups that originate, and/or have been influenced by/from Africa and East Asia.”
Haplogroups are a tiny fragment of one’s 2 Sex chromosomes and hardly an accurate indication of one’s ethnic origin.
Your 44 non sex autosomal chromosomes are.
European ethnic groups have varying amounts of “non European” haplogroups if you go South in Europe “African haplogroups” in Greece/Italy and Spain are at quite substantial rates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_haplogroups_of_historic_people
Hitler family themselves have Y-DNA haplogroup E-M35 (“E1b1b1”), a haplogroup which thought to have originated in East Africa or somewhere near the red sea about 22,400 years BP.
Over 9% of Austrians have this “African haplogroup.”
She looks white, but she’s biracial and just passing. Half white/half Jewish mixes are usually the prettiest of all
I agree she is the prettiest!
Don’t the Ashkenazi see themselves as white, so how is she Biracial?
I see her more as triracial tbh.
no, biracial.
You guys are being generous about her looks, but I’ll leave that alone.
As for the race thing.. race is kind of a stringent notion. Three’s basically only 3 races, with a multitude of ethnic sub-genres.
Amy isn’t bi-racial, she’s bi-ethnic or multi-ethnic. That is even debatable as her maternal lineage is mostly comprised of very similar ethnic groups, from a phenotypical stand point. So a more accurate description of her background would be multi-national.
Of course a dna test could prove that she is indeed bi-racial or even tri-racial, as some Ashkenazi Jews belong to haplogroups that originate, and/or have been influenced by/from Africa and East Asia.
@fuzzybear44 They are White because Jewish is a religion, not a race.
@ashash She’s not biracial. Jewish isn’t a race, it’s a religion.
“She looks white, but she’s biracial and just passing. Half white/half Jewish mixes are usually the prettiest of all?”
Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry mixed with non Jewish Europeans is “bi-racial.”
Are you a Neo-Nazi using the 1935 Nuremberg Laws are your racial hygiene criteria?
I can only assume that this site has a white Nationalist bent, due to the fact that absurdly extremist posts like this are on here and left properly unquestioned for over 2 years…
RadDaddy, the “biracial” thing was a joke this time. I actually suspect “Ashash” is the sock account of someone who is influential here.
I’ve already stopped adding your wikitree links, permanently, because you were wrong on Jeremy Allen White. Now I’m going to stop adding your findagrave links, permanently, because you were wrong about this one. The list will probably just grow, and then we’ll get back to pre-July 2015 levels, which is where I want us to be on the link front.
P.S., don’t paste large amounts of text from other websites into the comments section (Wyatt Cenac).
what’s wrong with you?
from the tone of your acid reply, I could think I was right.
I am one of the top submitters here, I mean there are alwais not less than 2 or 3 celebs I’ve added in featured posts, so you have to treat me more nicely, ok??
The same must be applied to Bablah and Madman.
We had private messaging where we talked about your somewhat controversial behaviour.
After you got the point, you’re free to delete these messages.
Best regards
Andrew
we are not trolls but we just want to improve the site
“from the tone of your acid reply, I could think I was right.”
OK, that covers the rest of your links.
The bi racial thing is silly but what neo-nazi or white nationalist goes around saying half Jewish people are usually the most attractive? Ashash isn’t a racist and this isnt a white supremacist website
“The bi racial thing is silly.”
No, it’s a sign of either 3 things:
1. A troll just farting out nonsense.
2. A sub-moronic person that actually believes Ashkenazi Jews mixing with non Jews makes their offspring “bi-biracial.”
3. A severely demented antisemitic cretin that is on the level of an SS-Sturmbannführer from 1943.
“Ashash isn’t a racist and this isnt a white supremacist website.”
Pick one.
RadDaddy, I want to say I appreciate your passion against anti-semitism. Although I don’t know as much about the history of the Jewish people I really do appreciate your fight against bigotry. But I think of the three choices you give I think it falls under the first one. nonsense that was meant to be a joke. I can’t speak for whoever posted it but I really don’t think they are antisemitic if they go on to compliment the group they are supposedly attacking. There are some misinformed comments on this website but the vast majority of us are good hearted people just looking to start a conversation. Again, no disrespect brother :-)
she reminds me of miss piggy (remember people just because someones not attractive doesn’t make them worthless or bad, personality goes a long way)
She’s not the most comely looking woman but some of these insults are just mean. Take a look in the mirror are your own self… smh
@CWM85 stop telling people to look in the mirror you are a troll