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Gregor Gysi
Politician
German [including Baltic German, and remote Swiss-German], at least one quarter Jewish [Ashkenazi, possibly some Sephardi], Russian, Belgian Flemish, more distant Austrian, Estonian, Romanian, Portuguese, and French
Lichtenberg, East Berlin, Soviet occupation zone of Germany (now Germany)
Illeana Douglas
Actor
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish, English, German, Scottish · Mother: Romanian, Italian
Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
Jillian Bell
Actor · TV Personality
Romanian, Scottish, Irish, Northern Irish, English, distant German
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Johnny Pacar
Actor · Musician
Father: Romanian · Mother: German, Scottish, English, Welsh, Dutch, French, Swiss-German
Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Leonor Varela
Actor · Model
Chilean [including Galician Spanish], one quarter Romanian (or Romanian Jewish)
Santiago, Chile
Maria Schneider
Actor
Father: French, Breton · Mother: Alsatian German, Romanian, Moldovan, one eighth Macedonian Greek
Paris, France
Michael Crețu
Musician
Father: Romanian · Mother: Austrian
Bucharest, Romanian People’s Republic (now Romania)
Oona Chaplin
Actor
Father: Chilean [Mapuche, Spanish, evidently Romanian] · Mother: English, Irish, 1/16th Scottish
Madrid, Spain
