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Birth Name: Douglas Darrien Walker
Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy
Date of Birth: 17 November, 1981
Ethnicity: German, Polish, some English, Dutch, Scottish, French, and Irish
Nostalgia Critic, or Doug Walker, is an American comedian, film critic, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber. He has created, directed, co-developed, co-wrote, and stars in, the satirical review web series named after his alter ego, Nostalgia Critic ; the character is known for his mock-anger. He co-created the web site That Guy With The Glasses/Channel Awesome, on which both his and others’ work appears. He also appeared on Cinemassacre .
Nostalgia Critic was born in Naples, Italy, the son of American parents, Sandra, a therapist, and Barney Walker, a musician, who was in the U.S. Navy at the time. He was partly raised in Rhode Island, Washington, Jacksonville in Florida, and finally Chicago, Illinois. He is married to clinical social worker and therapist Robin Poage.
Nostalgia Critic’s patrilineal line can be traced to John Alexander Walker, who was born, c. 1650, in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Nostalgia Critic’s paternal grandfather was Sidney Russell Walker (the son of Frederick Cecil Walker and Elsie Philomena Richert). Frederick was the son of Samuel Walker and Katherine. Elsie was the daughter of Jacob Richert and Salome Mugler, who were of ethnic German heritage, with roots in Imbsheim, Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, Alsace-Lorraine.
Nostalgia Critic’s paternal grandmother was Adeline Antoinette Slamkowski (the daughter of Leon Slamkowski and Antoinette Gerowska). Adeline was of Polish descent.
Nostalgia Critic’s maternal grandfather was Marvin Roy Polkow (the son of William J. Polkow and Martha Warzonek). Marvin was born in Brown, Minnesota, and was a frozen food pioneer. William was born in Maywood, Cook, Illinois, to German parents, Wilhelm Ludwig Christian Polkow and Maria Sophia Elizabeth Schutt, who were from Mecklenburg. Marvin was said to have been descended from German composer Heinrich Schütz. Nostalgia Critic’s great-grandmother Martha was born in Germany, the daughter of Ludwig Warzonek and Johanna Krueger.
Nostalgia Critic’s maternal grandmother was Elaine M. Sipchen (the daughter of John Henry/George Sipchen and Marie Katherine Van Dusen). Elaine was born in Illinois. John was born in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, the son of Peter John Sipchen, whose parents were Dutch; and of Florence Veronica Roemer, whose father was from Alsace-Lorraine, and whose maternal grandparents were also ethnic Germans, from Bavaria and Prussia, respectively. Nostalgia Critic’s great-grandmother Marie was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of George William Vandusen/Van Dusen, whose maternal grandparents were Irish; and of Mabel Josephine Herndon, who was from Maine.
Nostalgia Critic’s matrilineal line can be traced to Ellen Lombard, who was born, c. 1818, in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine.
Sources: Genealogy of Nostalgia Critic – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Nostalgia Critic’s mother – https://www.findagrave.com https://www.familysearch.org