Emma Tremblay

Tremblay in 2014, photo by Debby Wong/Bigstock.com

Date of Birth: April 21, 2004

Ethnicity: Chilean (maternal grandfather), French-Canadian, English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Irish, 1/32 Danish, distant First Nations and German, possibly other

Emma Tremblay is a Canadian actress. Her siblings are actors Jacob Tremblay and Erica Tremblay. Her father, Jason Tremblay, has also acted, including appearing as the older sibling on the first episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Emma’s maternal grandfather is Chilean. A picture of Emma’s brother Jacob and their grandfather can be seen here.

Emma also has French-Canadian, English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Irish, 1/32 Danish, and distant First Nations and German, ancestry. Emma’s paternal great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, Christine Lavaltrie Tshishereu/Kichera, was Indigenous.

Emma’s paternal grandfather is Jean-Paul Tremblay (the son of Aldéric Tremblay and Marguerite/Margot Devost). Aldéric was born in Les Escoumins, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, the son of Joseph Tremblay and Marie Blanche Julie/Julia Therrien. Marguerite was born in Trois-Pistoles, Les Basques, Québec, the daughter of Cyprien Devost and Yvette Castonguay.

Emma’s maternal grandfather is named Jorge Candia. Jorge is from Chile.

Emma’s maternal grandmother is Karie Still (the daughter of David James Still and Maria Giles). David was the son of James Madill “Jim” Still and Alice Martha Atwood, who was from Wyoming. He had English, Scottish, Northern Irish, and distant German, ancestry. The Still surname comes from Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland. Alice’s father had deep Colonial American, and Scottish, ancestry, and Alice’s mother was English. Emma’s great-grandmother Maria was the daughter of English-born parents, William Duncan Giles and Emily Beatrice McCready Mortensen. Emily’s father was Danish and her mother was Irish.

Sources: http://www.lemanic.ca

Genealogy of Emma Tremblay (focusing on her father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Emma’s paternal great-grandfather, Aldéric Tremblay – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Emma’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Marie Blanche Julie/Julia Therrien – https://www.wikitree.com

Genealogy of Emma’s maternal great-grandfather, David James Still – https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Emma’s maternal great-grandfather, David James Still – http://www.legacyfuneralhome.ca

Genealogy of Emma’s maternal great-great-grandfather, James Madill “Jim” Still – https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Emma’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Alice Martha (Atwood) Still – https://www.findagrave.com