Kimmie Meissner
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Birth Name: Kimberly Claire Meissner
Place of Birth: Towson, Maryland, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 4, 1989
Ethnicity: Spanish/Galician (maternal grandmother), German, possibly other
Kimmie Meissner is an American competitive figure skater. She is the 2006 World champion, the 2007 Four Continents champion, and the 2007 U.S. national champion. She is simultaneously the first American and first woman to hold the World, Four Continents, and national titles.
Kimmie is the daughter of Judy and Paul Meissner. She is married to Josh Heyne.
Kimmie’s maternal grandfather was named Robert F. Roth (the son of Leo A. Roth and Antoinette C.). Robert was born in New York. Leo was the son of Vincent/Vincentium S. Roth and Othellea/Othellam M. Staebel/Stebel.
Kimmie’s maternal grandmother was Amelita Novo (the daughter of Manuel/Emmanuel Novo and Paulina Gao). Manuel was born in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, the son of Perfecto Novo and Emillia Torres. Paulina was born in Campo de Caso, Asturias, Spain, the daughter of José Ramon Gao and Lucia Miguel.
Sources: http://www.baltimoresun.com
Genealogy of Kimmie Meissner (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.genealogy.com
Spanish/Galician (maternal grandfather)
Asturian isn’t important.
What do you mean by ‘not important’? Every single celebrity tagged as “Asturian” in this website also has it written as their ethnicity.
I mean that regions shouldn’t be included in the ethnicity (or as tags). Spanish is enough, to go any further is to me bizarre (with some exceptions, such as Galicia, Catalonia, Sicily, etc.). This isn’t done for most ethnicities, so I don’t see why Spain and Italy are the exceptions. Otherwise we could start using “French (Norman)” and “German (Saxon)” as well. If people want to know exactly where the ancestor is from they can just read the description.
http://ethnicelebs.com/laetitia-casta