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Penn in 2013, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Dylan Frances Penn
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 13, 1991
Ethnicity: * paternal grandfather – Ashkenazi Jewish * paternal grandmother – Italian, Irish * mother – English, as well as Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, and Welsh, more distant Swiss-German, Cornish, and French
Dylan Penn is an American model and actress. Her roles include the films Condemned (2015), Elvis & Nixon , and Flag Day .
She is the daughter of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright , and the niece of musician Michael Penn and actor Chris Penn . Dylan is the granddaughter of actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan (born Eileen Annucci). Her brother is actor Hopper Penn. She is a cousin of actor and model Charlie Wright .
Dylan’s paternal grandfather was Leo Z. Penn (the son of Moische/Maurice Daniel Penn and Elizabeth Marion Melincoff). Leo was born in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, to Lithuanian Jewish/Russian Jewish parents. Dylan’s great-grandmother Moische was born in Meretz, Merkinė, Varėnay, Lithuania, the son of Heyman Penn and Bebka/Lillian/Lilian Cohen. Elizabeth was the daughter of Maurice/Morris Melincoff/Malinikoff and Sarah Wintrop/Wolftroud.
Dylan’s paternal grandmother was Eileen Annucci (the daughter of Americus William Annucci, born Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci, and of Rose Isabel Ryan). Eileen was born in New York City, New York. Americus was born in New York, the son of Italian emigrants, Federico/Francisco Annucci, who was born in Potenza, Basilicata; and Sofia/Sophia Bettini. Dylan’s great-grandmother Rose was born in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. Her father, Thomas John Ryan, was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Robert Ryan and Catherine O’Brien. Her mother, Dylan’s great-great-grandmother Mary Sheehan, who was born in Keeseville, Essex County, New York, to Irish parents, James Sheehan and Jane Collins.
Dylan’s maternal grandfather was Freddie Wright (the son of Abner Green Wright and Helen Marie Patterson). Freddie was born in Texas. Abner was born in Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, the son of Isaac William Wright and Ethel Rose Massey. Helen was born in Ranger, Eastland County, Texas, the daughter of Ben Earl Patterson and Lena Grace Calvert.
Dylan’s maternal grandmother was Gayle Gaston (the daughter of Henry Leon Gaston and Thelma Pauline Hendrixson/Hendrixon). Gayle was born in Dallas, Texas. Henry was born in Texas, the son of Clyde Lee Gaston and Mary Fadeliah Dooley. Thelma was born in Texas, the daughter of Paul M. Hendrickson/Hendrixson and Thelma Davis.
Sources: Genealogy of Dylan Penn – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Dylan’s father – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com https://www.findagrave.com
Dylan’s paternal grandfather, Leo Z. Penn, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Dylan’s paternal great-grandparents, Moische/Maurice Daniel Penn and Elizabeth Marion Melincoff – https://www.familysearch.org
Social Security record of Dylan’s paternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Marion (Melincoff) Penn – https://www.familysearch.org
Dylan’s paternal grandmother, Eileen Annucci, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Dylan’s paternal great-grandparents, Federico/Francisco Annucci and Sofia/Sophia Bettini – https://familysearch.org
Dylan’s paternal great-grandmother, Rose Isabel Ryan, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Dylan’s maternal great-grandfather, Abner Green Wright (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com