Birth Name: Edward James Martin Koppel
Place of Birth: Nelson, Lancashire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: February 8, 1940
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist. Ted was born in Nelson, Lancashire, England, to Alice Dorice (Neu) and Erwin Julius Koppel, German Jews who left Germany once Adolf Hitler came into power. The family moved to the U.S. in 1953.
Ted’s paternal grandparents were Emil Koppel (the son of Jakob Koppel and Karoline Gutmann) and Paulina Metzger. Emil was born in Dehlingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
Sources: http://www.biography.com
Genealogy of Ted Koppel (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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