Discover their roots.

Explore the heritage, family histories, and connections of 18,574 people.

Avril Lavigne

Actor · Musician

Father: French-Canadian, French, Polish, small amounts of Breton and English, remote Irish · Mother: English, Irish, Scottish

Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Axl Rose

Musician

German, Irish, Scottish, English, smaller amounts of Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Cornish, French, Swiss-German, and Welsh

Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.

Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French, small amounts of Belgian Flemish and Walloon, as well as Swiss-German], small amounts of Danish, Indonesian, Indian, Norwegian, African [Angolan, Guinean], remote Chinese

Jamestown, Cape Province, Union of South Africa

Baby Queen

Musician

Scottish, English, one quarter Breton French, 1/16th Italian

Durban, South Africa

Bad Bunny

Actor · Musician · TV Personality

Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, likely Taíno], 1/32 Italian, remote French

Almirante Sur, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Baltasar Breki Samper

Actor

Icelandic, 3/16ths Catalan, 1/16th French

Reykjavik, Iceland

Baltasar Kormákur

Actor

Father: Catalan, one quarter French · Mother: Icelandic

Reykjavik, Iceland

Baptiste Giabiconi

Musician · Model

Corsican Italian

Marignane, France

Barack Obama

Politician

Father: Luo Kenyan · Mother: English, small amounts of Scottish, Irish, German, Welsh, Swiss-German, French Huguenot, possibly remote African

Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

Barbara Bush

Socialite

English, some German, small amounts (to varying degrees) of Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and French, and 1/128th Moravian

New York City, New York, U.S.

Barret Swatek

Actor

Bohemian Czech, French/French-Canadian, German, English, Irish

Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

Barrett Martin

Musician

Scottish, Dutch, English, French, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swiss-German, Welsh, as well as remote Irish

Olympia, Washington, U.S.

Barry Bostwick

Actor · Musician

English, some German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Dutch and French, remote Welsh

San Mateo, California, United States

Bart Johnson

Actor

English, one eighth Swedish, one eighth Irish, one eighth Danish, 1/32 Jersey Channel Islander, more distant German, Dutch, French and Scottish

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

Bart Starr

Athlete

English, Irish, Welsh, distant German, Swiss-German, and French

Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.

Bear McCreary

Musician

Armenian (maternal grandmother), Irish, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English, German, Swedish, Swiss-German, and French-Canadian

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.

Beau Mirchoff

Actor

Irish, English, German, 1/16 Danish, 1/16 Swedish, some Swiss-German and Scottish, more distant Dutch and French

Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Bebel Gilberto

Musician

Brazilian – Portuguese, as well as Indigenous, African, Spanish, Catalan, distant Italian, Basque, Dutch, German, English, French, and Sephardi Jewish

Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

Becca Tobin

Actor · Musician

Ashkenazi Jewish (three eighths), Irish, English, one eighth French-Canadian, one eighth Austrian

Marietta, Georgia, U.S.

Becki Newton

Actor

English, one eighth Bohemian/Czech, one eighth Norwegian, as well as French, German, Irish, Scottish, distant Dutch

New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

Behati Prinsloo

Model

Afrikaner (Dutch, Frisian, as well as French and German, distant Latvian, Finnish, and Kenyan, remote Portuguese, Norwegian, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Swiss-French, Swiss-German, Danish, Swedish, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Malagasy, and other African [including Angolan])

Grootfontein, South-West Africa (now Namibia)