Leonard Williams
Birth Name: Leonard Austin Williams
Place of Birth: Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 20, 1994
Ethnicity:
*50% African-American
*28.125% Ashkenazi Jewish
*12.5% English/Irish
*9.375% Mexican
Leonard Williams is an American football player. He is a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).
His father is African-American. Leonard’s maternal grandfather is of about three eighths Mexican, one eighth Ashkenazi Jewish, and one half English/Irish, descent. Leonard’s maternal grandmother was Ashkenazi Jewish.
Leonard’s maternal grandfather was David George Russek (the son of Simon Edward Russek and Melva Elizabeth Seeds). David was born in California. Leonard’s great-grandfather Simon was born in Sonora, Mexico, and was a Nazarene Christian, who pastored three churches. He was the son of Simon Russek, whose father was Polish Jewish and whose mother likely was Mexican, and of Rose Marie/Maria Gavvivay/Garibay/Garriby. Leonard’s great-grandmother Melva was born in California, the daughter of Henry Norton Seeds and Ana/Anna J. McEvoy.
Leonard’s maternal grandmother was Heidi Robin Wisotsky (the daughter of Max Wisotsky and Helyn Bernice Levine). Heidi was born in California. Max was the son of Jack Wisotsky and Rissel/Rae Schwartz, who were Ukrainian Jews. Helyn was the daughter of Belarusian Jewish parents, Philip/Phillip Levine and Mollie Epstein.
Sources: Genealogy of Leonard’s maternal grandfather, David George Russek (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Leonard’s maternal great-grandfather, Simon Edward Russek – https://obituaries.desertsun.com
Death record of Leonard’s maternal great-grandmother, Melva Elizabeth (Seeds) Russek – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Leonard’s maternal great-grandmother, Helyn Bernice (Levine) Wisotsky – https://www.dignitymemorial.com
112.5% in total. Quite impressive.
Thank you Madman for informing us of my mathematical mistakes. The Ashkeanzi Jewish and African-American are accurate I think the other two percentages need to be looked at.
12.5% English/Irish I believe.
To add to what Bablah originally said, Leonard Williams is at least 1/4 Ashkenazi Jewish. Hedi Robin Witsotsky (the maternal grandmother) was the daughter of Max and Helyn Bernice Levine. Max was the son of Jack Wisotsky and Rissel Rae Schwartz. Both Jack and Rissel were Ukrainian Jews. Helyn’s parents were Philip Levine and Mollie Epstein. Philip and Mollie were Belarusian Jews.
Maternal grandfather: David George Russek (1948-1989) son of Simon E. Russek and Melva Elizabeth Seeds. Additional information
@Andrew I believe you but even with my fetish’s (mainly with Jewish people) I try to add celebrities to the best accuracy of my capability. But I appreciate and admire you and others clearing up the mistakes I make. sincerely you guys makes this website great!
Don’t worry, the mighty Follers will correct your mistakes.
Is this woman his mother?
Most likely.
Russek is Polish.
You could have just googled ”Leonard Williams mother”. I don’t know why you’d post her arrest record.
Anyway.
Leonard’s maternal grandmother was Heidi Robin Wisotsky (the daughter of Max Wisotsky and Helyn Bernice Levine). Heidi was born in California. Max was the son of Jack Wisotsky and Rae Schwartz Helyn was the daughter of Phillip Levine and Mollie Epstein.
I doubt his mother is anything other than Ashkenazi Jewish.
Because there’s nothing about her, except for the mugshot and her Twitter account.
It seems Russek can be Ashkenazi Jewish too, yes.
I thought his maternal grandmother might be Witosky from my research.
Well, you should have wrote “African-American, other”
How many AA you find named Russek?
I thought it was the wrong grandmother and I couldn’t find the origin of the name Russek. Should of known if was Polish or that region. I assumed regular English surname… sorry
How can Russek be English: do you have an inferiority complex towards the English? Because sometimes you use to overrate the English ancestry when you submit profiles.
1. I am Irish not English, I have no obsession with the English culture. 2. the reason I assumed British and/or Irish is because that’s the type of surnames most African Americans tend to have.3. which profiles? with celebs with mainly English ancestry I usually add the remote German, Irish, Scottish, etc ancestry?
I don’t remember his name, but it was a politician who turned out to have a lot of German ancestry while you submitted him as “English, possibly other” (he also did not look English at all).