Jason Bateman
Bateman in 2012, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Jason Kent Bateman
Place of Birth: Rye, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 14, 1969
Ethnicity: English, Maltese, small amount of Scottish, 1/16 Swiss-German, 1/32 Swedish, 1/32 Danish
Jason Bateman is an American actor, director, and producer.
He is the son of Victoria Elizabeth, a flight attendant, and Kent Bateman, a director and writer. His sister is actress Justine Bateman. Jason is married to actress Amanda Anka, with whom he has two children. Amanda’s father is Canadian-born musician and actor Paul Anka.
Jason’s father’s family were Latter Day Saints members (Mormons) from Utah. Jason’s father is of English, some Scottish, one eighth Swiss-German, 1/16th Swedish, and 1/16th Danish, ancestry. Jason’s mother was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, and also has Maltese ancestry.
According to family lore, Jason’s paternal five times great-grandmother, Mary Ottertail, was a Cherokee Native American. She was said to be the wife of Jason’s ancestor Henry McGee. It is not clear if Mary’s existence has been verified. If so, it would make Jason of 1/128th Cherokee Native American descent.
Jason’s paternal grandfather was Leo George Bateman (the son of George Leo Bateman and Melrhea Cushing). Leo was born in Utah. Jason’s great-grandfather George was the son of William Lehi Bateman, whose parents were English, and of Sophronia Almina Watkins, whose father was English, and whose mother was from a many-generations American family, of English descent. Melrhea was the daughter of John Robert Cushing, whose parents were English, and of Olena Amelia Swensen, who was born in Randers, Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark, of Swedish and Danish descent.
Jason’s paternal grandmother was Gladys McGee (the daughter of Ross Solon McGee and Irene Hunt). Gladys was born in Idaho. Ross was the son of Solon Huff McGee and Emily Lucretia Robinson, and had Scottish and English ancestry. Irene was the daughter of William James Hunt, who had English ancestry, and of Anna Elese Schmutz, who was Swiss, of Swiss-German descent; she was born in Bollingen, Bern, Switzerland.
Sources: Genealogies of Jason Bateman (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
http://familypedia.wikia.com
Genealogies of Jason’s paternal grandparents, Leo George Bateman and Gladys McGee – http://www.findagrave.com
Information about Jason’s possibly Cherokee Native American ancestors, Henry “Tarle Skawee” McGee and Mary Ottertail – https://findagrave.com
Obituary of Jason’s great-great-great-great-grandfather, Henry “Tarle Skaawee” McGee:
https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/pages.suddenlink.net/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=153287617
Apparently his mother, Mary Ottertail, was a Cherokee Native American, and his father, Henry McGee, was a trader with the Cherokee Native Americans.
http://www.sellers-sellars-sollars-zellars.net/marynell.htm
Has this been looked into?
I put something in about it. So Mary Ottertail’s existence is contested, or at least was when some of the McGees wanted to declare themselves Native American?
What about Elizabeth Shue? Her alleged Native American ancestor would deserve to be mentioned IMO
Oh, brother…
Not that the Bateman story is that much better, but which woman is Shue’s ancestor isn’t even certain. It is something like, one of the three women who may have been her remote ancestor may have been Native American.
Well, thank you anyway.
That appears to be the case.
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Jason_Bateman_(1969)
*English, some Scottish, 1/8th Swiss-German, 1/16th Swedish, 1/16th Danish (father)
*Maltese (mother)
Why? I doubt that his mother is of fully Maltese descent. She was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, and her maiden name is apparently “Collins”.
Okay, in that case I agree with you. I assumed she was full Maltese because of the tweet, and her maiden name is not included in the text.
His sister stated on Twitter that their mother is Maltese. https://twitter.com/justinebateman/status/668459698081804288
Great actor