Birth Name: Jade A. Berti
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 8, 1974
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather), Mexican (great-grandfather), English, German, Slovenian
Jade Marx-Berti is an American actress. She is the daughter of actress Melinda Marx (Melinda Marie Marx) and actor and composer Sahn/Sean Berti (Sanh Dehl Berti).
Jade’s half-aunt (father’s paternal half-sister) is actress Derya Arbaş (Derya’s father was also Jade’s paternal grandfather). Jade is married to Dominic V. Ruiz, with whom she has a son; Dominic is the brother of reporter and television news anchor Dina Eastwood.
Jade’s birth surname, Berti, comes from her paternal grandfather’s own stepfather, Thomas H. Bertie. Thomas was born in South America, to American parents, from California.
Jade’s paternal grandfather was actor Dehl Berti (Dehl Franke Berti; the son of John/Juan Edward Carillo and Cecilia Lucille Uhernik/Uhernick). John was born in New Mexico, of Mexican descent, and was the son of Albert/Alberto Gerome Carillo and Elizabeth/Lizzie/Elisa Hidalgo/Heidalgo. Cecilia was likely of Slovenian descent.
Jade’s paternal grandmother was Francis/Frances Cummins Collins/Collyns (the daughter of Albert B. Collyns and Mattie Brotherton). Francis was born in Kentucky.
Jade’s maternal grandfather was Julius Henry Marx (the son of Samuel/Simon Marx and Miene/Minnie Schönberg/Schöenberg). Julius was born in New York, to Jewish parents, his father from Mertzwiller, Alsace, France, and his mother from Dornum, Lower Saxony, Germany. Julius was the brother of entertainer Groucho Marx.
Jade’s maternal grandmother was actor Kay Marvis (born Catherine Marvis Dittig; the daughter of Percy John Dittig and Marguerite F. Hodgson). Percy was the son of John Paul Dittig and Barbara Reinhardt, both of whom were born in New Jersey, to German parents.