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Donnell in 2015, photo by DFree /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Colin C. Donnell
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 9, 1982
Ethnicity: French (maternal grandmother), English, Irish, one eighth Swedish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, German
Colin Donnell is an American actor.
Colin is the son of Françoise and Ben Donnell. He has Irish roots in County Donegal.
Colin’s paternal grandfather was Ben/Benjamin Philips Donnell (the son of Dr. Newman Ross Donnell and Teressa Stark Williams). Ben was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Newman was born in Hematite, Jefferson, Missouri, the son of Eliel Foster Donnell and Laura Catherine England. Teressa was born in Guthrie, Todd, Kentucky, the daughter of Henry Philips Williams and Martha Ann Haskins.
Colin’s paternal grandmother was Dorothea Joyce Hedges (the daughter of William Huse Hedges and Christine Stapler). Dorothea was born in Webster Groves, St. Louis, Missouri. William was born in Missouri, the son of Isaac Angel Hedges and Ione A. Huse. Christine was born in Georgia, the daughter of Thomas Odell Stapler and Coral Christine Capps.
Colin’s maternal grandfather was Robert Clarke Lyons (the son of Edward Marion Lyons and Mabel Elizabeth Bradley). Robert was born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Edward was born in Funk, Phelps, Nebraska, the son of Swedish parents, Alfred Lyons, from Malmö, Skåne; and Sophia Alida Johnson. Mabel was born in New York City, New York.
Colin’s maternal grandmother was named Christiane Julietta Clavel. Christiane was French.
Sources: http://www.stltoday.com https://www.irishcentral.com https://twitter.com
Obituary record of Colin’s paternal grandfather, Ben/Benjamin Philips Donnell – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Colin’s mother – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Colin’s maternal grandfather, Robert Clarke Lyons – https://www.familysearch.org