LOS ANGELES – MAR 1: Green at the Ghost Whisperer 100th episode celebration in West Hollywood, California on March 1, 2010. photo by Joe Seer/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jennifer Leigh Greenberg
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 22, 1974
Ethnicity:
*68.75% British Isles [English, Irish, Scottish, Northern Irish/Scots-Irish]
*25% Ashkenazi Jewish
*6.25% French-Canadian
Jenna Leigh Green is an American actress and singer. She is known for her work on the sitcom Sabrina The Teenage Witch and the musical Wicked.
Jenna’s paternal grandfather was Harold J. Greenberg/Greenburg (who likely was the son of Morris Greenberg/Greenburg and Rose). Harold was born in Connecticut, to Russian Jewish parents.
Jenna’s paternal grandmother likely was named Helen McGrath (who likely the daughter of John F. McGrath and Margaret C. O’Brien). Helen was born in Connecticut, to parents from Ireland.
Jenna’s maternal grandfather likely was Walter Reid Ruddock (the son of Thomas Ruddock and Susan Pearl Little/Lissle). Walter was born in California. Thomas was born in either England or Ireland, to parents from County Down, Northern Ireland, Andrew Reid Ruddock and Margaret McCracken. Susan was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, the daughter of Walter Little, who was English, from Somerset, and of Lydia Elizabeth Woodley, whose parents were also English.
Jenna’s maternal grandmother likely is Pauline L. West (the daughter of Herbert George West and Marjorie Leticia Hagin/Hobin). Pauline was born in Michigan. Herbert was born in Ontario, Canada, the son of Herbert West, whose father was English and whose mother was the daughter of English parents; and of Harriet Bennett Dalton, whose parents were English. Marjorie was born in either Wisconsin or Ontario, the daughter of James Alfred Hobin/Hoban, who was of Irish and Scottish descent, and of Celena Sturgeon/Turgeon, who was French-Canadian.
Sources: Obituary of Jenna’s father – http://legacy.com
Death record of Jenna’s paternal great-aunt (grandmother’s sister) – http://familysearch.org
Jenna’s maternal grandparents, Walter Ruddock and Pauline L. West, on the 1950 U.S. Census – http://familysearch.org
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