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Heritage: Welsh Clear all

James Fenimore Cooper

English, small amount of Welsh

Burlington, New Jersey, U.S.

James Garner

Actor · Musician

English, Irish, German, remote Welsh and Swiss-German

Denver, Oklahoma, U.S. (now Lake Thunderbird, near Norman, Oklahoma)

James Haskell

MMA · Athlete

English, Welsh, likely some Irish

Windsor & Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, U.K.

James Lastovic

Actor

Father: Cajun/French, English, Swedish, German, Irish, Welsh, Spanish [Canary Islander] · Mother: Croatian, Italian

Sonoma, California, United States

James M. Cox

Politician

German, English, Scottish, Welsh

Jacksonburg, Ohio, U.S.

James Madison

Politician

English, as well as 1/16th Welsh

Port Conway, Virginia

James Monroe

Politician

English, Welsh, Scottish

Monroe Hall, Virginia, British America

James Newman

Actor · Athlete

*75% Ashkenazi Jewish *25% mix of English, Welsh, Belgian

James Norton

Actor

English, Irish, Scottish, Anglo-Irish, Cornish, 1/16th Ashkenazi Jewish [matrilineal], more distant Guernsey Channel Islander, remote Dutch and Welsh

Lambeth, London, England, U.K.

James Paxton

Actor

Father: English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Austrian, German, French, Swiss-French, Dutch, Irish, distant Welsh, remote Norwegian · Mother: English

Ojai, Ventura, California, United States

James S. Sherman

Politician

English, as well as distant Dutch and Welsh

Utica, New York U.S.

James Spader

Actor

English (mostly), with small amounts of Scottish, French, Dutch, German, Swiss-German, Norwegian, Jersey Channel Islander, remote Welsh, Irish, and French Huguenot

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

James Stockdale

Politician

English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, some Scottish, distant Welsh

Abingdon, Illinois, U.S.

James Taylor

Musician

English, small amounts of Scottish and Welsh, 1/64th French

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.

James Vanderbilt

Dutch, Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, French, remote French Huguenot

Jamie Hyneman

TV Personality

English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Irish, Welsh

Marshall, Michigan, U.S.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Actor

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Danish, smaller amounts of English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swiss-German, Welsh, remote French

Los Angeles, California, United States

Jamie Lynn Spears

Actor · Musician

English, as well as Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, 1/16th Maltese, small amounts of Irish, French, and Welsh, remote Italian and Swiss

McComb, Mississippi, U.S.

Jane Campion

Father: English · Mother: Scottish, Irish, small amount of Welsh

Wellington, New Zealand

Jane Wyatt

Actor

English, some Dutch, Scottish, smaller amounts of Irish, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, French Huguenot, German, and Belgian Flemish, distant Cornish

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, U.S.

Jane Wyman

Actor · Musician

English, Scottish, some Irish, distant Welsh and French

Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, U.S.

* paternal grandfather – Icelandic * paternal grandmother – Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, as well as remote Cornish, Powhatan Native American, Swedish, and Swiss-French · Mother: Filipino

San Diego, California, United States