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
https://normandean.com/tribute/details/10951/Barbara-Freeman/obituary.html
https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/2024/941369.pdf
Danika’s maternal grandmother was Barbara Helen Hjort (the daughter of Martin Mathiesen Hjort and Pauline Sembdner). Barbara was born in New York. Martin was born in Haderslev, Denmark, the son of Hans Matthiesen Hjort and Elizabeth/Elise Petrine Stegemeier/Stegemejer/Stegemeyer, whose father was German. Pauline was the daughter of Arthur Sembdner, from Germany, and of Regina Margulies/Margolies, from Tampol, Poland.
Margulies is an exclusively Jewish surname to my knowledge. I have no idea if Arthur was Jewish or non-Jewish German. His birthplace also varies a bit. His immigration record says Dresden, Germany. His draft registration says Brodenbach, Austria (even though Brodenbach is in fact in Germany). The 1920 census even says he was born in Bohemia (all other censuses just say Germany).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24FP-QCL
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WD74-B5T2
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJTZ-F6W
I also don’t know where Tampol is, but that’s what it says on Regina’s immigration record:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24FP-QCG
It’s likely somewhere in the former Austria-Hungary since her birthplace is Austria on multiple census records.
If only Regina was Jewish, then Danika’s mother is 31.25% German, 25% Ashkenazi Jewish, 18.75% Danish, 12.5% Italian, 6.25% Swedish, and 6.25% Dutch, French, and Irish.
>William/Wasyl Yarosh/Jarosz (the son of Pylyp Jarosz and Fenka Iwanenko). William’s family was from Nedoharky, Poltawa, Ukraine.
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/211732463/wasyl-pylypovych-yarosh
https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/search/person/67459419?s=Wasyl%20Jarosz&t=2738383&p=2
>Irene/Iryna Rempter
>Wolodymyr/Walter Rempter
>Halyna/Helen Teclaw
>Irene was from Kostopil, Ukraine. Danika’s great-grandfather Wolodymyr was born in Zytyn Malyj, Riwne, Wolyn, Ukraine, and was the son of Fedor Rempter and Jadwiha Kaczmarska.
Danika’s great-grandmother Halyna was born in Kostopyl, Ukrane and was dauhter of Iwan Teclaw and Emilia Mantej.
https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/search/person/68777316?s=Irena%20Rempter&t=2741853&p=0
https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/search/person/68777328?s=Wolodymyr%20Rempter&t=2741853&p=0
https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/person/68777312?s=Halyna%20Rempter&t=2741853&p=18
Both Irene’s parents were of Ukrainian and Polish ancestry.
https://obittree.com/obituary/us/new-jersey/franklin/f-john-ramsey-funeral-home-ferguson-funeral-home-inc-ferguson-vernon-funeral-home-inc/donald–freeman/3750157/
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tcpalm/obituary.aspx?n=ruth-a-freeman&pid=14669501
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K79H-938
Her maternal grandfather was Donald Joseph Freeman (the son of Joseph Freeman and Ruth A.).
Her maternal grandmother was Judith A. Santora. (I’m not 100% sure about her surname, it is listed in the obituary but I don’t know if it’s her birth name)
Santora is Italian. Freeman can be many things.
I know, but I don’t know if it’s her birth surname or not (it could be).
On the census I linked, their surname is actually spelled Freedman (but Freeman everywhere else). If it was changed, she might be of Jewish descent, although there are also English people named Freedman.
Danika’s great-grandmother’s obituary:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWG-YDDK
They were from Kostopil, Ukraine.
Do you think Rempter has a German or Ukrainian original in this case?
*origin
I believe Irene Rempter’s parents were Polish (both their surnames are more common in Poland than elsewhere)
She’s the future, pretty girl