Sarah Jessica Parker — actress with roots in the Russian Empire
Sarah Jessica Parker. Actress and producer, born in Nelsonville, Ohio. Her father, Stephen Parker, a journalist born in Brooklyn, is Jewish, from a family from Eastern Europe whose original surname was Bar-Kahn. Published sources do not name the country or town the family came from. Forste is the surname of her stepfather, Paul Forste.
Tracing the roots — Father's family from Eastern Europe (country not documented)
Her father, Stephen Parker, a journalist born in Brooklyn, is Jewish, from a family from Eastern Europe whose original surname was Bar-Kahn. Published sources do not name the country or town the family came from. Forste is the surname of her stepfather, Paul Forste.
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Father's family from Eastern Europe (country not documented). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.