Kristen Stewart
Stewart in 2011, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Kristen Jaymes Stewart
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 9, 1990
Ethnicity:
*father – English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant German and French
*mother – one half Ashkenazi Jewish (most likely matrilineal)
Kristen Stewart is an American actress, model, and director. She is known for starring as Bella in the Twilight films, and for her many roles across both wide and indie releases, including The Messengers, Adventureland, Still Alice, Personal Shopper, Spencer, and Undertow.
Her father, John Stewart, is an American stage manager and television producer. He has English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and distant German and French, ancestry.
Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart (originally Urman), is a script supervisor and director. Kristen’s mother was adopted by Norma Beatrice (Gordezky) and Benny Urman. They were a Jewish couple residing in California, who had married in 1947, and adopted Kristen’s mother in 1953. They also spent time in Maroochydore, Australia during her mother’s teenage years.
Kristen’s mother was raised Jewish. At the time, most Jewish couples in the United States adopted babies who had a Jewish biological mother (and sometimes a Jewish biological father as well).
A 23andMe DNA test taken by Kristen stated that Kristen’s genetic ancestry is:
*24% Ashkenazi Jewish
Given Kristen’s DNA results, it is likely that her biological maternal grandmother was Jewish.
Kristen’s paternal grandfather was Carroll Dale Stewart (the son of Alonzo Milton “Lonnie” Stewart and Euna “Una” Pendery/Pendry). Carroll was born in Missouri. Alonzo was the son of Allen Stewart and Rebecca Ann “Becky” Brewer. Euna was the daughter of James E. Pendry/Pendery and Mary Etta Townsend, whose own maternal grandparents were Irish.
Kristen’s paternal grandmother was Helen Grayce Hayden (the daughter of Benjamin J. “Jack” Hayden and Hazel Hortense Higbee). Helen was born in Missouri. Benjamin was the son of Elijah William “E. W.”/Bud Hayden and Mary Jenkins. Hazel was the daughter of John Lee Higbee and Catherine Eleanor “Kate” Marks.
Kristen’s adoptive grandfather Benny Urman was born in Oklahoma, the son of Polish Jewish parents, Joseph/Joe Urman and Sadie Weintraub.
Kristen’s adoptive grandmother Norma Gordezky was born in Illinois, the daughter of Russian Jewish parents, Sam Gordezky and Sophie/Sophia Goldstein.
Sources: Genealogies of Kristen Stewart (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geneastar.org
https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Kristen’s paternal grandparents, Carroll Dale Stewart and Helen Grayce (Hayden) Stewart – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Kristen’s paternal grandmother, Helen Grayce (Hayden) Stewart – https://www.legacy.com
Kristen’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Mary Etta Townsend, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Mention of Kristen’s mother in B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG) in Van Nuys in 1967 – https://newspaperarchive.com
Marriage record of Kristen’s adoptive maternal grandparents, Benny Urman and Norma Beatrice Gordezky – https://www.familysearch.org
Kristen’s adoptive maternal grandfather, Benny Urman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Benny Urman on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Mann is widespread in Britain not less than in Germany.
This surname may originated from Isle of Man
I’m not her fan but WOW she’s got some beautiful eyes,well atleast in this picture
I love Kristen’s look so much!!!! She can be bonde, her natural brunette color in the picture, black haired, or even have red hair and still look so gorgeous. Unfortunately I’m filipino, spanish, chinese- american and look nothing like her :( make-up helps a little but it can only do so much. I really wish i looked like her….
Actually blonde looks pretty bad on her, it makes her look yellow and tired cause it clashes with her coloring. But this beautiful reddish brown looks good!!!
and by the way “mann” her mums lastname means the word “man” in german, i dont think that someone german gots the lastname “mann” when it means this,mhh and maybe she is too jewish or something cause okay the lastname of her mum is mann so i think that her mums dads lastname mann is, but no one knows what the lastname of kristens mums mum is (her grandma), maybe is it a jewish, a french name or something diffirent, so you dont can say: kristen is just scottish and german, no one of her fans knows the lastname of her mums mum..
My name jaime its irish my middle name is aida its german my last name harkin its scottish im irish,scottish,german i look some what like kristen,i seen her mom and she looks so german however i dont see a english in her,i dont know why you assume english and that she does not look german i would like to see the german people you are talking about they look like kristen.
Jaime is Spanish not irish for your information. It is usually a male given name.
when I saw her for the first time a thought she was German.. xD! I was right!
shes isnt german ! shes scottish and i guess english, the lastname “mann” what her mum has is too english.
It’s common for people to adopt English sounding surnames (and to a lesser extent Lowland Scot and Welsh) within an English speaking country like the USA, Canada Australia and New Zealand. The Africans took them by force, indigenous peoples did as well to an extent, and voluntary immigrants to those countries either had their names changed upon arrival, or even one or more generations later.
In short, she could be any number of ethnicities.
what the hell? the English surname is Man.. and not Mann.. Mann is a German word which means Man..! I would know I’m German!¨