Ken Jenkins
Jenkins in 2003, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: John Kendall Jenkins
Place of Birth: New Boston, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 28, 1940
Ethnicity: possibly Welsh
Ken Jenkins is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role on the show Scrubs.
His surname, Jenkins, is Welsh. He was raised partly in Dayton, Ohio. Ken is married to actress and playwright Katharine Houghton. Katharine is niece of actress Katharine Hepburn. He has three children, including actor Daniel Jenkins, with his former wife Joan Patchen.
Mother: Erma Frances Jenkins (1922-2001) Kentucky. She was the daughter of Samuel Clinton Jenkins (1877) and Cora Smith (1885), both form Ohio. Samuel was the son of Josiah Ezra Jenkins and Esther Ann Yeley. Cora was the daughter of Hiram W. Smith and Mary A. Smeadley. Ken Jenkins is English, German, Irish, and possibly Welsh on his mothers side of his family.
Father: John Julian Yinger: the son of James Arthur Yinger and Edna Brennan. James was the son of a German father Jacob Yinger Sr. and Josephine Frederick. Edna was the daughter of Daniel Joseph Brennan and Amelia Emma Frederick. Daniel had Irish parents John Brennan Sr. and Catherine Collins. To conclude Ken Jenkins is German and Irish on his fathers side of his family.
Where did you get it from that this couple are his parents?
I really have to save my references. What about Will Friedle and Lauren Silverman?
Save my references, what does that mean?
I usually delete my ancestry and other website trees with all my record trees after I post additions to ethnic celebs.
I don’t mean this as a criticism @Follers, you know I respect you 100% but why did you stop people on this website from commenting on my last added celebrity?
That page (“Kristin Best”) is going to be deleted soon and is obviously not a celebrity. Stop adding these.
There is a category for actors/actresses?
Married to actres Katharine Houghton, niece of Katharine Hepburn. His son (with Joan Patchen) is Broadway actor Daniel Jenkins.
Full name: John Kendall Jenkins
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