Babe Ruth
Ruth in 1919, George Grantham Bain, from Heritage Auctions
Birth Name: George Herman Ruth, Jr.
Date of Birth: February 6, 1895
Place of Birth: Pigtown, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Date of Death: August 16, 1948
Place of Death: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Ethnicity: German
Babe Ruth was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher and slugging outfielder, he played for the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees, and the Boston Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was also a coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was nicknamed “the Bambino” and “the Sultan of Swat.”
Babe was the son of Catherine/Katherine (Schamberger) and George Herman Ruth. All eight of Babe’s great-grandparents were born in Germany.
Babe had two children, one with his first wife Helen Woodford, and one with his second wife, actress and model Claire Merritt Hodgson.
Babe’s paternal grandfather was John Antone/Anton Ruth (the son of Jacob Antonius Ruth and Catherine Schmidt). John was born in Maryland, to German parents. Jacob was born in Main Tauber Kreis, Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, the son of Georgus Adami Riedt/Ruth and Maria Anna Hegmann. Catherine was born in Baden-Württemberg.
Babe’s paternal grandmother was Mary Strodtman (the daughter of John Harman Strodtman and Mary Daverman). Babe’s grandmother Mary was born in Maryland, to German parents, from Hannover, Lower Saxony. John was the son of John Strodtman and Margaret.
Babe’s maternal grandfather was named Pius Schamberger (the son of Pius/Andreas Schamberger). Babe’s grandfather Pius was German, and was born in Baden-Württemberg.
Babe’s maternal grandmother was named Johanna “Annie” Schawtze Keller. Johanna was German.
Sources: Genealogies of Babe Ruth – http://www.wikitree.com
http://www.findagrave.com
https://www.geni.com
Babe’s father on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Babe’s mother on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Ruth-Family-Tree-1
There are claims that his mother had partial Irish ancestry.
http://www.baberuthcentral.com/
https://books.google.com/
He might be part black or Native American. Who knows and who cares?
A lot of the bigger Germans have his look. The great boxer Max Smelling is a good example. Wide nose, thick brow and big jaw.
babe ruth is fully white
Babe also reminded me slightly of Edward G Robinson, probably because of the lips/mouth.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Edward_g_robinson.jpg
You skim alot when you read.
I said they remind me of one another, something about the lips. As Babe aged his lips lost their fullness, but as a younger man they were oddly plump. That’s why he reminds me of Edward G Robinson. Horizontally long, plump lips.
Other people remind me of each other, and they don’t look anything alike, my association is not always purely contingent on exact physical features.
Ruth had an odd look. But I disagree, he didn’t look half black.
id agree, he had a nose on the wider side and thick like a snicker too, not a bad thing
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(had a nose on the wider side and thick like a snicker too)That’s a good one,never heard that before.It wouldn’t be a big shock,lots of white people have recent black blood,I don’t know why other white people get so bend outta shape about it
“lots of white people have recent black blood”
Not in America lol
and recent black blood makes you look not white.
you repeatedly prove to me , that you have no idea what your talk about
Said to be part African American
All eight of Ruth’s great-grandparents were German immigrants.
He was part Black. Settle this. His grandchildren get a DNA test. Good luck with that!
1. How black are the grandchildren of Babe Ruth? What company did they take the test with? Where is the url/reliable source that proves this?
2. You are aware his grandchildren could be part black and Babe Ruth could still be 0%?
He did not say the grandchildren took a DNA test. Read it again.
Anyway, very unlikely Ruth had any recent African ancestry.
Oh never mind. got excited. Babe Ruth was one of my favorites of all time. even if his grandchildren’s DNA ethnicity wouldn’t necessarily mean he belonged to that ethnicity. my apologizes @valladares.