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Carlson Romano – 2016 Fashion Tails Adopt A New Attitude – Arrivals – Lombardi House – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Carla Van Wagoner / PR Photos
Place of Birth: Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 20, 1984
Ethnicity: * father – Italian [including Sicilian] * mother – Swedish/Finland-Swedish (one half), German, one eighth Polish
Christy Carlson Romano is an American actress, voice actress, and singer.
She is the daughter of Sharon (Carlson) and Anthony Romano. Christy is married to writer and producer Brendan Rooney, with whom she has two children.
Christy’s paternal grandfather was Joseph John Romano (the son of Alfredo “Alfred” Romano and Mariannina “Mary Ann” Montalbanno). Joseph was born in Ansonia, Connecticut, to Italian parents, from Caltanissetta, Sicily.
Christy’s paternal grandmother was Florencer Louise Marra (the daughter of Joseph Anthony Marra and Mildred Fernicola). Florence was born in Newark, New Jersey. Joseph was an Italian emigrant, from Sant’Anna, Calabria. Mildred was the daughter of Italian emigrants, likely from Abruzzo.
Christy’s maternal grandfather was William Conrad “Bill” Carlson (the son of Hjalmar Conrad Carlson and Karolina Andersson). William was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hjalmar was born in Houtskär, Finland, of Finland-Swedish descent, the son of Carl Carlsson and Mathilda Gustavsson. Karolina was a Swedish emigrant, from Tanum, Västra Götaland, the daughter of Peter Andersson and Anna Stina Hansdotter.
Christy’s maternal grandmother was Virginia Adrian “Ginny” Maier (the daughter of Louis H. Maier and Elizabeth Freiberg). Virginia was born in Newport, Kentucky. Louis was the son of Joseph Maier, a German emigrant, from Eschach, Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg; and of Ida Hulda Sobotka, whose parents were ethnic Polish emigrants, from Königsberg, then Prussia, German Empire. Christy’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was the daughter of August Freiberg, a German emigrant, from Hannover, Lower Saxony; and of Rebecca Caroline Stitzinger, whose parents were also German, from Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg.
Sources: Genealogy of Christy Carlson Romano – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Christy’s father – http://www.legacy.com