Michelle Trachtenberg
Trachtenberg in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Michelle Christine Trachtenberg
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 11, 1985
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly other
Michelle Trachtenberg is an American actress and model. She has starred on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and in the films Harriet the Spy, Inspector Gadget, EuroTrip, Mysterious Skin, Ice Princess, Beautiful Ohio, Black Christmas (2006), 17 Again, and Take Me Home Tonight, among others.
She is the daughter of Ilana/Lana and Michael Trachtenberg.
Michelle’s mother is from Russia. Many sources state that Michelle’s father is from Germany.
Michelle is of Jewish heritage. It is not clear if both of her parents are Jewish. Her surname, Trachtenberg, is usually Jewish. Michelle has also referred to her “Jewish mother guilt.” She has stated that she celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah, and that her grandparents live in Israel.
Michelle can speak Russian fluently. She stated in an interview that this was the only way she could communicate with her grandparents.
Michelle’s maternal grandfather’s surname is Kotlyar.
Trachtenberg is a German surname.
I am sorry i meant to thumb you up but pressed down by accident so you one up not down.:)
You lived in Germany und think Trachtenberg is a german
name? Schifferbeiner is surely a german name for you,
too.
berg ending and beiner ending names ARE German
The people on this site give such inaccurate information.
makes sense! how can you get someones skin colour and facial characteristics based on the DNA? The DNA of ALL humans is the same, since we’re all siblings and since we’re all humans. Animals got different DNA’s from ours since they’re animals and with that not the same like us and so on..
Why do people make such a big deal about someone being Jewish? Who cares?
Jews are an ethnicity.
according to scientists, Jews would be caucasian and not mongoloid, which is what you said on another page.
Jews don’t have their own category here
Ethnic Jews have a genetic lineage.
your source
trachtenberg is now most common among eastern Ashkenazis.
Ashkenazi Jews live in Europe.
This is a stupid conversation.
You’re right.
I know that.
There are many Jews in Israel.
Jews are an ethnicity and a religion.
I agree.
SHE LOOKS LIKE A WALKING CORPSE.
?
so,Trachtenberg is a fake surname…
trachtenberg is dutch or german name, most common with eastern Ashkenazic peoples