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Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Politician
Swedish, some German (including Baltic German), distant Scottish, as well as remote Finnish, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Danish, Dutch, English, European Royal, and Russian
Tjust, Tuna, Vimmerby, Kalmar County, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (now Sweden)
India Oxenberg
Actor
Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather), German, Irish, European Royal, Serbian, Russian, Scottish, small amounts of Swedish and Finnish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Iris Apatow
Actor
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Irish (three eighths), one quarter Scottish, one quarter Finnish, one eighth German
J. J. Watt
Athlete
Father: Swedish/Finland-Swedish (one half), Scottish, Irish/Northern Irish, Slavic, German · Mother: Polish
Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.
J. M. Coetzee
Afrikaner [Dutch, French, German, Belgian Flemish], Portuguese, one eighth Polish, English, Irish, as well as 1/256th Tamil Indian, 1/1024 Malagasy, remote Danish and Finnish
Cape Town, South Africa
Jaco Pastorius
Musician
Father: German, Irish · Mother: Finnish, Swedish, distant Sami
Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Jasper Pääkkönen
Actor
Finnish, small amounts of Finland-Swedish and Latvian
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Jennette McCurdy
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, one eighth Italian/Sicilian, French-Canadian, Swedish, Finland-Swedish, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, German, Swiss-German
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jeremy Ray Taylor
Actor
Finnish, English, some German/Swiss-German, Irish, distant Welsh, possibly remote Cherokee Native American, other
Bluff City, Tennessee, U.S.
Jim Fouché
Politician
Afrikaner [German, Dutch, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot, Danish, Swiss-German, Portuguese], small amounts of African [Angolan, Khoikhoi, Ethiopian], Indian [Malayali, Bengali], English, remote Timorese, Malagasy, Indonesian, Chinese, Finnish, Swedish, and Swiss-French
Wepener, Orange Free State, South Africa
Joel McHale
Actor · TV Personality
Father: Irish · Mother: Norwegian, Finnish, English
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Joey Pollari
Actor · Musician
Finnish (paternal grandfather), Irish, Scottish, English, German, French-Canadian, 1/16th Swedish
Ramsey, Minnesota, United States