Place of Birth: Trenton, New Jersey
Date of Birth: September 25, 1984
Ethnicity:
*75% Ashkenazi Jewish
*25% German, some French
Zach Woods is an American actor and comedian. His father is from a Jewish family. Zach’s maternal grandfather had German, and some French (non-Jewish), ancestry. Zach’s maternal grandmother was Jewish.
Zach’s maternal grandfather was Raymond Kenneth Maneval (the son of Joseph Cook Maneval and Florence Miller). Joseph was the son of Peter M. Maneval and Anna Catherine Reuter; Peter’s father, Jacques Jeremie Maneval, was of French descent. Florence was the daughter of Joseph H. Miller.
Zach’s maternal grandmother was Harriet Kromberg (the daughter of Harry Kromberg and Minnie Bassine). Harry’s parents, Herman Kromberg and Fannie, were Hungarian Jews. Minnie was born in London, England, to Russian Jewish parents, Solomon Bassine and Kate Goldstein.
Sources: Genealogy of Zach Woods (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Zach’s maternal great-grandparents, Joseph Cook Maneval and Florence Miller, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Zach’s maternal great-grandfather, Joseph Cook Maneval – http://www.findagrave.com
Zach’s maternal grandmother, Harriet Kromberg, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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