Jennifer Connelly — actress with roots in the Russian Empire
Jennifer Connelly. Actress, Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind (2001); her mother's ancestors were Jewish emigrants from Poland and Russia. Her mother, Ilene Schumann (1942–2013), was born in the United States to a Jewish family whose ancestors, according to Wikipedia, emigrated from Poland and Russia. No ancestor, generation or town is named; her father was of Irish and Norwegian descent.
Tracing the roots — Russia and Poland — mother's ancestors (names, generation and towns undocumented)
Her mother, Ilene Schumann (1942–2013), was born in the United States to a Jewish family whose ancestors, according to Wikipedia, emigrated from Poland and Russia. No ancestor, generation or town is named; her father was of Irish and Norwegian descent.
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Russia and Poland — mother's ancestors (names, generation and towns undocumented). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.