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GIBRALTAR – CIRCA 1995. A postage stamp printed by GIBRALTAR shows Swedish actress Bergman and American actor Humphrey Bogart starring in the film Casablanca circa 1995. photo by gors4730 /Bigstock
Date of Birth: 29 August, 1915
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Date of Death: 29 August, 1982
Place of Death: London, England, U.K.
Ethnicity: Swedish, German
Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress , twice, for Gaslight (1944) and Anastasia (1956), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Murder on the Orient Express (1974). She also starred in the legendary film Casablanca (1942).
Her mother, Frieda/Friedel Henrietta/Henriette Augusta Louise (Adler), was German, from Kiel. Her father, Justus Samuel Bergman, was Swedish, from Bäckarslöv, Hössjö Bryggaregård, Slätthög, Kronobergs län. She had a daughter with her former husband, doctor Petter Aron Lindström; and three children, including actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini , with her former husband, Italian director Roberto Rossellini.
Ingrid had no recent shared Bergman ancestors with director Ingmar Bergman.
Ingrid’s paternal grandfather was Johan Peter/Petter Bergman (the son of Jonas Månsson and Marta/Martha Jönsdotter/Jönasdotter). Johan was born in Öja, Kronoberg, Sweden. Jonas was born in Öja Socken, the son of Måns Jöhasson and Ingeborg Jönsdotter. Marta was born in Öja Socken, the daughter of Jöns Johansson and Brita Stina Månsdotter.
Ingrid’s paternal grandmother was Britta/Brita Sofia/Sophia Samuelsdotter (the daughter of Samuel Justus Lorentz Bengtsson and Maria Andersdotter). Brita was born in Väranås, Hjälmseryd, Jonkoping County, Sweden. Samuel was born in Bo, Hjälmseryd, the son of Bengt Christoffer Samuelsson, an innkeeper; and of Brita Sophia Runquist/Rundqvist/Hielmberg. Ingrid’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Elofstorp, Kvenneberga socken, the daughter of Anders Svensson and Lisbeth Amundsdotter.
Ingrid’s maternal grandfather was named Christian Freidrich Ludwig Adler. Christian was born in Lütjenburg, Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Ingrid’s maternal grandmother was named Marie Auguste Adele Schneider. Marie was born in Brandenburg, Prussia.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2019) stated that Ingrid’s daughter Isabella’s genetic ancestry is:
*99.6% European ——–*36.8% French and German ——–*22.8% Italian ——–*17.3% Broadly Northern European ——–*11.2% Scandinavian ——–*3.7% Broadly European ——–*3.5% Broadly Southern European ——–*2.7% British and Irish ——–*0.8% Greek and Balkan ——–*0.4% Eastern European ——–*0.3% Spanish and Portuguese ——–*0.1% Ashkenazi Jewish *0.3% North African/Arabian *0.1% Sub-Saharan African
*99.6% European ——–*36.8% French and German ——–*22.8% Italian ——–*17.3% Broadly Northern European ——–*11.2% Scandinavian ——–*3.7% Broadly European ——–*3.5% Broadly Southern European ——–*2.7% British and Irish ——–*0.8% Greek and Balkan ——–*0.4% Eastern European ——–*0.3% Spanish and Portuguese ——–*0.1% Ashkenazi Jewish *0.3% North African/Arabian *0.1% Sub-Saharan African
According to the book, Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography (2007), by Charlotte Chandler, Ingrid was told by her mother’s sister, Elsa Adler, that her family had Jewish ancestry. Given her daughter Isabella’s DNA test, Ingrid having had significant Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry is unlikely.
Sources: Genealogies of Ingrid Bergman (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com http://www.wikitree.com