Krysten Ritter
Ritter in 2015, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Krysten Alyce Ritter
Place of Birth: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 16, 1981
Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish
Krysten Ritter is an American actress, director, musician, author, and model. Her roles include the series Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, Breaking Bad, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, superhero Jessica Jones in the series of the same name, and later in The Defenders; and Love & Death, and the films 27 Dresses, What Happens in Vegas, Confessions of a Shopaholic, She’s Out of My League, Life Happens, which she also wrote, Vamps, Listen Up Philip, Big Eyes, The Hero (2017), and Nightbooks.
She is the daughter of Kathi and Gary Ritter. She was raised in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania. Krysten has a son with her partner, musician Adam Granduciel.
Her surname is German.
Krysten’s paternal grandfather was Harry L. Ritter (the son of William McClellan/Mac Ritter and Hellen/Helen Alberta/Elberta Shipman). Harry was born in West Virginia. William was the son of Harry Bertram Ritter and Dora Ethel Williams. Hellen was the daughter of Earnest LaRue Shipman and Mable/Mabel Florence Smith.
Krysten’s paternal grandmother is named Shirley A. Shaffer.
Krysten’s maternal grandfather was Grover James Howard Payne (the son of William Hamilton Payne and Ollie Beatrice Carroll). Grover was born in West Virginia. William was the son of George Waldon Payne and Estelle Martisha Day. Ollie was the daughter of James A. Carroll/Carrell and Martha Washington Pippin.
Krysten’s maternal grandmother was Betty Lou Hill (the daughter of William Moody Hill and Mattie Mae Bailey). Betty was born in West Virginia. Mattie was the daughter of John Wallace Bailey and Vada Gearles or McKinney.
Sources: Krysten’s paternal grandfather, Harry L. Ritter, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary, and genealogy, of Krysten’s paternal grandfather, Harry L. Ritter (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Krysten’s paternal grandfather, Harry L. Ritter – http://www.mcmichaelfuneralhome.com
Krysten’s paternal great-grandmother, Hellen/Helen Alberta Shipman, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Krysten’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Earnest LaRue Shipman, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Krysten’s maternal grandfather, Grover James Howard Payne – http://obituaries.expressionstributes.com
Genealogy of Krysten’s maternal grandmother, Betty Lou (Hill) Payne (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
http://www.mcmichaelfuneralhome.com/notices/Harry-Ritter
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCM-WSG
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=178772676
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG3L-VH3
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3QC-6G5
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ8L-XN4
That’s not the right Shirley A. Shaffer on the census. You’re moving over into roguish territory there, bablah.
I think this is the right Shirley, given the age and birthplace on the marriage record.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQDY-J2C
They’re the same age though? I figured that’s the one because they were from Bloomburg area.
Hey, where did you find the marriage record?
Is it on ancestry.com? I don’t have an account.
Yes, they married in Idaho in 1950. The Shirley A. Shaffer you found married someone else, according to all her trees on Ancestry. The right Shirley A. Shaffer was 21 when she married.
Beauty
She looks french. She looks like Eva Green.
Eva Green is 1/4 French.
Eva Green is Jewish on her mother’s side, but yeah they both look v similar!
https://ethnicelebs.com/eva-green
Did she change her hair
German? lol probably Ashkenazi Jewish, that would explain her dark appearance.
She could have Jewish, but that has nothing to do with her dark hair which looks dyed.
@neiltennant some people need to go out more. There are many Jews with light hair and light eyes.
Some Jews do have light hair and eyes.
Many have a swarthy Middle Eastern appearance, because that’s where more than half of their genes come from.
Probably 10-15% of Jews properly look Middle Eastern. Someone like Ben Bernanke, not the most typical look by any means.
“Probably 10-15% of Jews properly look Middle Eastern. Someone like Ben Bernanke, not the most typical look by any means.”
More like 60-70%, if not higher. and the rest look more or less European.
60-70% look like Ben Bernanke?? Ahaha. I picked someone who is close to what people from Levant look like.
A good % of Jews look exotic (like David Miliband) for Europe but they still do not look Levantine/Middle Eastern. They have their own look.
“60-70% look like Ben Bernanke?? Ahaha. I picked someone who is close to what people from Levant look like. ”
I said 60-70% have a Levantine (or at least broadly Mediterranean) appearance, and they do. But your anti-Semitism is so strong that you will never acknowledge it regardless, even when the evidence is right in front of you.
“A good % of Jews look exotic (like David Miliband) for Europe but they still do not look Levantine/Middle Eastern. They have their own look.”
I’ve seen plenty of Lebanese who look like him.
There are Germans with black hair.. be serious, this is what I mean by Americans not knowing what Europeans look like.
Lol, yeah, maybe they need to get a passport and visit lands, then their illusions will disappear. Till then, stereotypes are the order of the day.
so if someone has dark coloring, they must be Jewish? why not spanish or italian?? germans can be very dark as well
Just because there are dark haired people living in Germany doesn’t make them Germans.
yes there are dark haired Germans in Germany as well.
What are you talking about? I was born and raised in Germany and yes we do have ethnic Germans with very dark hair. Krysten has a very light skin tone that is more typical for her Scottish/English side, but hairwise she can easily pass as any European. Even Swedish
@lelo4 Her dark appearance in that picture comes from tanning.