Marisol Nichols
Nichols in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 2, 1973
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – Mexican [Spanish, Indigenous]
Marisol Nichols is an American actress. She is known for her roles on 24 and Riverdale, and in the film Vegas Vacation.
Marisol was raised by her mother, Maria, who is a Texan of Mexican descent, and her stepfather Randy. Her biological father, a Flamenco dancer, is Jewish, from a family from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Hungary.
She has a daughter with her husband, cinematographer and director Taron Lexton.
Marisol’s paternal grandfather was Elmer Wallace Falkenhof (the son of Solomon/Salomon/Sol/Saul Falkenhof and Helen/Nellie Rosenberg). Elmer was born in Ohio. Solomon was a Jewish emigrant from Germany, and was the son of Isaac Falkenhof and Rebecca Popert. Helen was born in Michigan, to Jewish parents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Henry Rosenberg and Rose Buchsbaum.
Marisol’s paternal grandmother was Rose Fried (the daughter of Dazio/Daniel/Jack Fried and Irene Israel/Izrael). Rose was born in Ohio, to Jewish emigrant parents. Dazio was born in Hungary, and was the son of Jacob Fried and Rosa Fried. Irene was born in Nagyvarad, later Oradea, in Hungary or Romania, and was the daughter of Franz Israel and Sarah Greenbaum.
Marisol’s maternal grandfather was Isabel Jose Martinez (the son of Isabel Martinez.and Eusebia Lerma). Marisol’s grandfather Isabel was born in Texas. Marisol’s great-grandfather Isabel was the son of Francisco Martinez Trevino and Serviana Villarreal. Eusebia was born in Texas, to parents from Nuevo León, Mexico, Manuel Lerma Hernandez and Felicidad Villareal Martinez.
Marisol’s maternal grandmother was Eliza Aguirre (the daughter of Arnulfo Aguirre and Francisca Martinez). Eliza was born in Texas. Arnulfo was the son Alejandro Aguirre and Martina Ybañez. Francisca was born in Texas, to Mexican parents, Juan Martinez Herrera and Prudenciana Flores Garcia, from Zacatecas and Coahuila, respectively.
Sources: Marisol’s paternal grandfather, Elmer Wallace Falkenhof, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Marisol’s paternal great-grandparents, Solomon/Salomon/Sol/Saul Falkenhof and Helen/Nellie Rosenberg – https://www.familysearch.org
Marisol’s paternal grandmother, Rose Fried, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Marisol’s paternal great-grandparents, Dazio/Daniel/Jack Fried and Irene Israel/Izrael – https://www.familysearch.org
The late Robert Falkenhof was my cousin and we had the same grandparents in Irene and Dazio. Robert was 10 years my senior The Hungarian Romanian ethnicity comes from the fact , prior to 1920 what is now Hungary and most of the area of Romania was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The town our grandmother was born in was named ‘Nagyvarad’ which was later renamed ‘Oradea’ when the national entity of Romania was created after WW1. So while nationality-wise we could be called ‘Romanian’, ethnically, the Izrael family was Hungarian. Yes, i know this an old thread i am commenting on.
A possible cousin…
Appears mixed, her mother looks Spanish/Amerindian to me.
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/d0_WgkADFKw/Marisol+Nichols+Baby+Shower/cQRMPhWFDla/Maria+Patnick
And about her biological father, she said he was Hungarian and Romanian. Did she mean Hungarian/Romanian Jewish?
http://web.archive.org/web/20080312030858/http://www.marisol-nichols.com/interests_questions.html
Most likely. I’ve seen many people of Jewish descent put it that way (including the oft-discussed David Duchovny, by the way). He even did a commercial in Russia about it.
I decided to look up Robert Falkenhof(Ashkenazi Jew) on Facebook. I enlarged his profile picture. Marisol Nichols has an almost identical smile to Falkenhof. She has a very thin top lip and a full bottom lip just like he does, which is a very common trait among Ashkenazi Jews. Not only that, they have the exact same mouth shape.
Robert Falkenhof is Marisol Nichols biological father and was there when she was born……And I am Robert Falkenhof and my background is Austrian Jew on my father’s side and Hungarian Jew on my mother’s side my maternal grandparents were legal Hungarian immigrants in 1903 ……So that makes Marisol Mexican American and Austrian Hungarian Jew ….no Romanian involved at all
Correction.
Where exactly is the information regarding the identity of her father? The only thing I’ve found was her dad’s name is Randy Pachnik.
Randy Pachnik is her stepfather.
I don’t know if I should say more…
Well, unless you have some more concrete information to share, maybe you should strike the identity of her father from this profile. Or not w/e.
Robert Falkenhof often posts on Nichols’ facebook and says he’s her birth father.
Nichols has said that her birth father (who wasn’t involved in her life growing up) is from a family from Hungary and Romania. Given that Falkenhof’s background matches that exactly, I thought it made sense to post it here, but add “likely” as opposed to certainly.
Compared to the quality of traceable lineage posted on other profiles, using the Facebook posts as proof, is pretty shoddy.
I don’t particularly mind myself, but if I were running things, I wouldn’t even mention it.
I don’t think it’s shoddy at all, given that the age and the exact background fit.
What percentage of the U.S. population has both Hungarian- and Romanian-born ancestors? (whether Jewish or not).
Probably well under 1%.
Given that and the lack of other candidates for her birth father, I’d say it’s definitely worth mentioning, at least with the use of “likely”.