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Arnold in 2018, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Dylan H. Arnold
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 11, 1994
Ethnicity: * father – English, other * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Dylan Arnold is an American actor and producer. His roles include the films Fat Kid Rules the World , Laggies , 4 Minute Mile , 7 Minutes (2014), Mudbound , Halloween (2018), After (2019), Into the Dark: Uncanny Annie , Into the Dark: Good Boy , After We Collided , Halloween Kills , Disfluency (2021), Oppenheimer , and 1992 (2024); and the series S.W.A.T. , Nashville , The Purge , Trish & Scott , You , and Lady in the Lake .
Dylan’s mother is children’s author Laurie B. Arnold. Dylan was raised on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Dylan’s maternal grandfather was Ira Jerome “Jerry” Bauman (the son of Max Bauman and Eva Beyer/Byer). Ira was born in California, to Jewish emigrants, from Poland and Russia, respectively. Max was the son of Isaac Bauman and Hannah Danziger. Dylan’s great-grandmother Eva was the daughter of Morris Beyer and Yetta.
Dylan’s maternal grandmother is Janice Marian Blankfort/Blankford (the daughter of Henry Blankfort/Blankford and Sylvia Rappaport/Rappeport). Janice was born in New York, to a Jewish family. Henry was born in New York, to a father from Russia/Lithuania, Bernard Blankfort, with roots in Shirvint, and a mother from New York, Rose Solomon, whose parents were from Russia. Dylan’s great-grandmother Sylvia was born in New York, to parents from Russia, Jacob Rappaport and Sarah/Sara Grant/Grantt.
A 23andMe DNA test whose results were posted by Dylan’s brother Jordan (2017) stated that Jordan’s genetic ancestry is:
*50.2% Ashkenazi Jewish *47.4% Northwestern European ——–*28.0% British & Irish ——–*15.2% French & German ——–*4.1% Broadly Northwestern European *1.3% Broadly European *0.9% Southern European ——–*0.7% Italian ——–*0.1% Broadly Southern European *0.2% Middle Eastern & North African
*50.2% Ashkenazi Jewish *47.4% Northwestern European ——–*28.0% British & Irish ——–*15.2% French & German ——–*4.1% Broadly Northwestern European *1.3% Broadly European *0.9% Southern European ——–*0.7% Italian ——–*0.1% Broadly Southern European *0.2% Middle Eastern & North African
Sources: Genealogy of Dylan Arnold (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Dylan’s maternal grandparents, Ira Jerome Bauman and Janice Marian Blankfort/Blankford – http://www.familysearch.org