Birth Name: Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth: March 27, 1967
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, some Scottish, German, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish (mother)
Ben Mankiewicz is an American radio and television personality. He is the son of Hollie/Holly Lou (Jolley) Reynolds and Frank Mankiewicz (Frank Fabian Mankiewicz II), a journalist, political advisor, and NPR president. Ben’s father was Jewish (of German Jewish and Russian Jewish descent). Ben’s mother was raised in the LDS (Mormon) church, and is from a family of English, and some Scottish, German, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) ancestry.
Ben’s paternal grandparents were Herman J. Mankiewicz (Herman Jacob Mankiewicz, the son of Franz Mankiewicz and Johanna Blumenau) and Sara Sulamith Aaronson (the daughter of Reuben Aaronson and Olga H.). Herman was a prominent screenwriter. Franz and Johanna were German Jews. Herman’s brother, Ben’s great-uncle, was director, screenwriter, and filmmaker Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Joseph Leo Mankiewicz). Sara’s parents were Russian Jews.
Ben’s maternal grandparents were John Harry Jolley (the son of John Rutledge Jolley and Anna Blackburn Binnington) and Martha Hollie Howell (the daughter of Reuben Nerse/Nurce Howell and Catherine Williams).
Sources: http://www.people.com
Genealogy of Ben’s maternal grandparents, John Harry Jolley and Martha Hollie Howell – http://www.findagrave.com
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