Danika Yarosh

Yarosh in 2014, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 1, 1998

Ethnicity:
*father – Ukrainian, some Polish
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, French, Irish, other

Danika Yarosh is an American actress. She is known for her roles on the shows See Dad Run, Shameless, Heroes Reborn, Greenhouse Academy, and The Purge, and in the films The Color of Time, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, The Miracle Season, and Back Roads (2018).

Her father was in the U.S. Air Force.

Danika’s paternal grandfather was William/Wasyl Pylypovych Yarosh/Jarosz (the son of Pylyp Jarosz and Fenka Iwanenko). William was born in Nedoharky, Poltawa, Ukraine.

Danika’s paternal grandmother was Irene/Iryna Rempter (the daughter of Wolodymyr/Walter Rempter and Halyna/Helen Teclaw). Irene was born in Kostopil/Kostopyl, Ukraine, to parents who were both of Polish and Ukrainian ancestry. Wolodymyr was born in Zytyn Malyj, Riwne, Wolyn, and was the son of Fedor Rempter and Jadwiha Kaczmarska. Halyna was born in Kostopyl, the daughter of Iwan Teclaw and Emilia Mantej.

Danika’s maternal grandfather was Donald Joseph Friedman/Freeman (the son of Joseph Friedman/Freedman/Freeman and Ruth Alberta Metz). Donald was born in New York. Danika’s great-grandfather Joseph was born in New York. His father, Ignatz Moses Friedman, was a Jewish emigrant, who was born in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Hungary, the son of Salamon. Joseph’s mother, Danika’s great-great-grandmother Teresa Elizabeth Angelica, was Italian. Danika’s maternal great-grandmother Ruth was the daughter of Irving Julius Metz, who was of German descent, and likely of the Lutheran faith; and of Josephine F./M. DeRevere, whose own parents were George W. DeRevere, who had Dutch, French, and Irish ancestry, and Amanda C. Nelson, who was Swedish.

Sources: Obituaries of Danika’s paternal grandfather, William/Wasyl Pylypovych Yarosh/Jarosz – http://www.legacy.com
https://www.findagrave.com

Obituaries of Danika’s maternal great-grandparents, Joseph Friedman/Freedman/Freeman and Ruth Alberta Metz – https://www.findagrave.com

Danika’s maternal great-grandmother, Ruth Alberta Metz, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Ruth Alberta Metz on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Danika’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Irving Julius Metz, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org