Ryan Merchant

Merchant in 2013, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Ryan Takacs Merchant

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Birth: January 2, 1981

Ethnicity:
*father – Irish, Swiss-German, English, German, remote Scottish
*mother – Hungarian

Ryan Merchant is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. He is one half of indie pop duo Capital Cities, alongside Sebu Simonian.

Ryan is the son of Patricia and John Merchant. His father is of three eighths Irish, one quarter Swiss-German, one quarter English and Scottish, and one eighth German, descent. Ryan has also stated that he has Hungarian ancestry, the latter from his mother’s side.

Ryan’s paternal grandfather was John Wilford Merchant (the son of Wilford E. Merchant and Anna Margaret Langan). Ryan’s great-grandfather Wilford was born in Summit, Minnesota, and had English, and remote Scottish, ancestry. Anna had Irish ancestry.

Ryan’s maternal grandmother was Marguerite Josephine Bauman (the daughter of Emil Fredrick Bauman and Agnes Amelia Gotsch). Emil was Swiss, born in Basel, Switzerland, of Swiss-German descent. Agnes was born in Iowa, the daughter of Charles Frederick Gotsch, who was born in New York, to German parents, and of Ellen Conway, who was born in Ohio, to Irish parents.

Ryan’s maternal grandfather was surnamed Takacs.

Source: Marriage record of Ryan’s parents – https://familysearch.org