Michael Brooks
Birth Name: Michael Jamal Brooks
Date of Birth: August 13, 1983
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: July 20, 2020
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – German, Irish, possibly other
Michael Brooks was an American talk show host, writer, political commentator, and comedian.
He was the son of Donna and Glenn Brooks. He was raised in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
Michael’s paternal grandfather was named Burton/Burt Berkowitz/Brooks (the son of Isidore Berkowitz and Rose). Burton was born in New York, to a Romanian Jewish father and a Russian Jewish mother.
Michael’s paternal grandmother was Dorothy Denmark (the daughter of Robert Denmark and Sylvia Lieberman). Dorothy was Jewish. Robert was the son of Henry Denmark, who was from Poland, and of Anna Kestenbaum, who was from Austria.
Michael’s maternal grandfather was William F. Stockey (the son of William Francis Stockey and Emma A. Rose). Michael’s great-grandfather William was the son of Irish parents, Joseph Stockey and Bridget Anne White. Emma was the daughter of German parents, William Rose and Jenny Miers.
Michael’s maternal grandmother was named Eleanor Fischer.
bablah, please can you find out if Eleanor Fischer (Michael Brook’s maternal grandmother) was Jewish or not?
I think it would make more sense for Michael Brook’s ethnicity layout to look like:
50% Ashkenazi Jewish
37.5% German
12.5% Irish
Only a suggestion.
Is he 100% Ashkenazi Jewish? If I remember correctly (could be wrong) he said he had “some” Jewish family on his radio show.
His parents’ marriage record:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFR8-BPM
From this post by his sister:
https://www.instagram.com/p/bkehpTE68l/
I suspect this might be his maternal grandfather:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?n=william-f-stockey&pid=165733756&fhid=14949
Ok, so from what I gather Dorothy Denmark, his paternal grandmother, is the daughter of Robert Denmark and Sylvia Lieberman, both Jewish.
The maternal grandfather William Stockey, was of German and Irish descent.
Eleanor Fischer could be Jewish, could be German, I don’t know.
Thanks. who is Eleanor Fischer in relationship to Michael Brooks?
His maternal grandmother. Did you check out the first link I posted?
Some reason I can’t get on to the family search records. btw I believe Robert Denmark (great-grandfather) was the son of Polish Jewish father Henry Denmark and Austrian Jewish mother Anna Kestenbaum.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71176376/henry-denmark
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98601913/anna-denmark
Paternal grandfather: Burton Berkowitz (1929-2007) New York. the son of Isidore Berkowitz (Romania) and Rose Berkowitz (Russia). source: Burton Berkowitz in the 1940 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com)
Also, if you want to add the maternal grandfathers details, William F. Stockey (1929-2013) was the son of William Francis Stockey and Emma A. Rose. William was the son of Irish parents Joseph Stockey and Bridget Anne White. Emma was the daughter of German parents William Rose and Jenny Miers.