Kristen Bell
Bell in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Kristen Anne Bell
Place of Birth: Huntington Woods, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 18, 1980
Ethnicity:
*father – German, as well as English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
*mother – Polish
Kristen Bell is an American actress and singer. Her roles include Veronica Mars, as well as the films Spartan, Couples Retreat, When in Rome, You Again, Scream 4, Frozen, Zootopia, The Boss, Bad Moms, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Queenpins, and The People We Hate at the Wedding, and television’s Heroes, Gossip Girl, House of Lies, The Good Place, and The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.
Kristen’s father has German, as well as English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, ancestry. Kristen’s mother is of Polish descent. Kristen is married to actor Dax Shepard, with whom she has two children.
Kristen’s paternal grandfather is Edwin D. Bell, Jr. (the son of Edwin Doran Vincent Bell and Hazel Deane Fulton). Kirsten’s grandfather Edwin was born in Ohio. Kristen’s great-grandfather Edwin was born in Buffalo, Erie, New York, the son of George Leslie Francis Bell, whose father was Canadian, and of Theresa Loretta “Tessie” Walsh, who was born in Canada, to Irish parents. Hazel was born in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, the daughter of Robert Dalzell Fulton and Hazel Deane Clancy.
Kristen’s paternal grandmother is Catherine Smith (the daughter of Ralph Frederick Smith and Isabell/Isabelle May Schmidt). Catherine was born in Michigan. Ralph was the son of Frederick Haskell Smith and Mary Josephine Schmidt, who was of German origin. Isabell was also of German origin, and was the daughter of John H. Schmidt and Mary Liebher/Liebhur/Liebherr.
Kristen’s maternal grandfather was Bernard “Bernie” Frygier (the son of Frank Frygier and Mary W. Sumeracki). Bernard was born in Ohio, to Polish parents. He received a silver star and a purple heart for his WWII service.
Kristen’s maternal grandmother was Anne P. Pruchnicki (the daughter of John M. Pruchnicki and Victoria Dyszcz). Anne was born in Ohio, to Polish parents. John was born in Jaslo. Victoria was the daughter of Michael Deszcz and Maryanna Rozanska.
Sources: Genealogies of Kristen Bell – https://www.geni.com
https://famouskin.com
Kristen’s paternal great-grandfather, Edwin Doran Vincent Bell, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Kristen’s maternal grandmother, Anne P. Pruchnicki, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Bell is a border clan
Think, Kristen could easily be part Russian & Urkainian & Irish too. But it is so that is part Polish & Scottish! She is very beautiful talented actress.
After look the photos of Kristen, i believe that she has a resemblance to the women of eastern europe.
Also, I have often heard that the women from Poland are the most beautiful in the world.
Kristen confirms that premise
If her Polish and Scottish family joined in the States, then the possibility of German ethnicity is unlikely.
good point maria
A Polish person with Scottish name often is actually of German background. Most if not all of the Scots who settled in Poland settled at Gdańsk (or Danzig in German), since it was a free city at the time, but Gdańsk has a German majority (87%) since the early 1300s, which is why the Polish crown have so much trouble in controlling the city, and ultimately granted free city status. The German majority rules the city with Flemish and Scottish latecomers, and due to the Protestant Reformation, they remain separate and sometimes hostile towards the Polish Catholic minorities, who lived on the countrysides around Gdańsk. The city itself often change hands between the German and Polish crown, but neither side changed the demographics of the city, due to its wealth. Only after WW2 has the German majority moved on from the city to Germany and other countries. Many Germans who emigrated from Gdańsk after the war declared themselves as Polish to allow easy entry, and reduce the disadvantages of been a German so soon after WW2.
interesting Oddity, thanks for the comment. Im going to look into this more deeply.
Some Polish people, (especially ones from the North) have Scottish ancestry and Scottish surnames, as in the 1500s, many Scottish Calvinist fled Scotland to Poland (the area of Gdansk), since Poland, at the time, granted asylum to those persecuted for their religions (hence is why they had a really large Jewish population at one time). The Scots eventually assimilated though, but some of their surnames names prevailed.
I am wondering if Bell comes from a Scottish Calvinist who fled to Poland.
I know some Poles, (from Poland) with surnames like Bricks and Dunbarr, Scottish surnames.