Soleil Moon Frye
Frye in 2014, photo by Prphotos
Place of Birth: Glendora, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 6, 1976
Ethnicity:
*father – English, some Irish and Scottish
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Soleil Moon Frye is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer.
She is the daughter of actor and boxing champion Virgil Frye (Virgil Charles Frye) and talent agent and caterer Sandra Peluce (née Londy). She has two half-brothers, actors Sean Frye and Meeno Peluce. Soleil’s father, who was from Estherville, Iowa, had English, and some Irish and Scottish, ancestry. Soleil’s mother is Jewish.
Soleil has four children with her former husband, television producer Jason Goldberg. Jason is also Jewish, and the two wed in a Jewish ceremony.
Soleil’s paternal grandfather was named Virgil C. Frye.
Soleil’s paternal grandmother was Hazel Mildred Frisbey (the daughter of William Frisbey and Minnie May Thompson). William was the son of Edwin Frisbey and Rachel Jane Osborne. Minnie was the daughter of James Frank Thompson and Marian Augusta Crook.
Soleil’s maternal grandfather had the surname Londy.
Soleil’s maternal grandmother had the surname Cohen.
Source: http://www.jweekly.com
Soleil’s father Virgil Charles Frye (1930-2012) was the son of Virgil C. Frye and Hazel Mildred Frisbey, who was the daughter of William Frisbey and Minnie May Thompson. William was born in Illinois in 1862 to parents Edwin Frisbey and Rachel Jane Osborne. Minnie was born in Illinois in 1870 to parents James Frank Thompson and Marian Augusta Crook. Marian was the daughter of Jeremiah Crook and Eunice McKain. To focus on the “McKain” lineage, Eunice was born in 1806 in New York, to Laughton Brunson McKean and Marinda Blakesley. Laughton was the son of James McKean and who was the son of Mary McKean (who was Irish) and Patrick McKean, the son of Scottish parents.
To conclude Soleil’s father is mainly English but had some Irish + Scottish.