Melanie Lynskey
Lynskey in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Melanie Jayne Lynskey
Place of Birth: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 16 May, 1977
Ethnicity: Irish, English, Scottish
Melanie Lynskey is a New Zealand-born actress. Her roles include Heavenly Creatures, Hello I Must Be Going, and Mrs. America.
Her surname is Irish. Based on Melanie’s interview with Marc Maron in 2015, it seems fairly clear that Melanie is of largely or entirely Irish and English ancestry. Melanie is married to actor Jason Ritter, with whom she has a daughter.
Melanie’s paternal grandfather was Desmond Patrick Lynskey (the son of Patrick Edward Lynskey and Mary Anne/Ann Tobin). Desmond was of Irish origin. Melanie’s great-grandfather Patrick was the son of Michael Lynskey and Ellen Moran, who were from County Mayo, Ireland. Mary Anne was the daughter of Margaret Connelly.
Melanie’s paternal grandmother was Shelagh Gold (the daughter of Eric Norman Gold and Kathleen Evelyn Frost). Shelagh was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Eric was the son of James Frederick Gold and Florence Mary Humphrey. Kathleen was the daughter of Fred James Frost and Bessie Bryant.
Melanie’s maternal grandfather was John Hilton Mahoney (the son of Richard Halsey Mahoney and Mary/Molly Devereux). Richard was from Cork, Ireland. Mary was born in Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand, the daughter of Richard Devereux, whose parents were Irish, his father from Wexford and his mother from Galway; and of Mary Jane Dunderdale, who was born in Lancashire, England, and who was likely of Scottish ancestry.
Melanie’s maternal grandmother was Ann/Anne Waghorn (the daughter of Frederick William Waghorn and Olive Katie Jerrim). Ann was born in New Zealand. Frederick was the son of Henry Albert Waghorn, who was English, and of Sarah Ann Burns.
Sources: Marriage record of Melanie’s paternal great-grandparents, Eric Norman Gold and Kathleen Evelyn Frost – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Melanie’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Fred James Frost and Bessie Bryant – https://www.familysearch.org
You should buy the domain realethnicelebs.com. Start your own website. No one will ever adopt and/or implement your ethnic definitions.
What you want is the website to erase nationality as a designation, because in your view people all over the world carry ancient DNA from other regions and are fake/pretenders that call themselves one thing, when they’re actually being deceptive.
This website will never erase nationality as a designation. If someone is English or German or Irish, because that’s what their family has been for centuries, their profiles will never be incorporated with something like “fake Irish actually a Spaniard”.
Think about it, you’d be happier running your owm website.
Agree
Exactly. In an interview she claimed to have a small amount of Jewish heritage and I’m sure Lynsky is NOT a native Irish surname. Sounds Polish to me.
When did she say that?
Lynskey is actually the anglicization of a Gaelic surname from NW Ireland. “Lynch” the most common spelling.
https://www.houseofnames.com/lynskey-family-crest
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=lynskey
do you provide a source for her ancestors? Thanks.
I missed the sources below being on my smartphone atm. Anyway, why aren’t they worth to be included? Do it.
Her grandfather’s ancestry was on a file that had to be dowloaded, if I recall correctly. That’s why I didn’t link it.
Hvala
Melanie’s paternal grandfather was Desmond Patrick Lynskey (son of Patrick Edward Lynskey and Mary Anne Tobin). Patrick was the son of Michael Lynskey and Ellen Moran, both of County Mayo, Ireland. Mary was the daughter of Margaret Connelly.
Melanie’s paternal grandmother was Shelagh Gold.
This is likely her birth record:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3F-6WGQ
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBKkagluJE/
Melanie’s maternal grandfather was John Hilton Mahoney.
Can you actually tell us all how a pasty woman with her features would be “exotic” for a person with British Isles ancestry?
You are a complete moron and mental-case, and sadly the owner of this site never even bothers to call you out.
You make his site look like a joke with your deranged posts.
Stormfront is that way——————->
imperfectly perfect