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Place of Birth: Prattville, Alabama, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 7, 1992
Ethnicity: English, as well as Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, and Scottish
Kaitlan Collins is an American journalist and news anchor. She has hosted the show The Source with Kaitlan Collins on CNN since 2023. She was the White House correspondent for the website The Daily Caller from 2014 to 2017, and for CNN from 2017 to 2022, and has also co-hosted CNN This Morning .
Her father, Jeff Collins, is a mortgage banker.
Kaitlan’s paternal grandfather was Albert Fred Collins (the son of Albert Ray Collins and Mary Alice Snead). Kaitlan’s grandfather Albert was born in Eufaula, Barbour, Alabama. Kaitlan’s great-grandfather Albert was born in Barbour County, the son of Warren Clark Collins and Maggie Bell Warr. Kaitlan’s great-grandmother Mary Alice was born in Abbeville, Alabama, the daughter of Clarence Edwin Snead and Theresa Kate Baker.
Kaitlan’s paternal grandmother was Craddie Clair Vinson (the daughter of Walter Craddock Vinson and Clara Dee Miniard). Craddie was born in Andalusia, Covington, Alabama. Walter was born in Alabama, the son of Joseph G. Vinson and Maggie Melinda Jernigan. Clara was born in McKenzie, Butler, Alabama, the daughter of George Washington Miniard and Iola Prudence Weaver.
Kaitlan’s maternal grandfather was Stephen/Steve Lynn Taylor (the son of Bryce Loraine Taylor and Lenora Mildred “Billie” Hawk). Stephen was born in Alabama. Bryce was born in Eddyville, Dawson, Nebraska, the son of Raymond Charles Taylor and Sarah Fannie Gome, whose own parents were English. Kaitlan’s great-grandmother Lenora was born in Elmore, Elmore County, Alabama, the daughter of James Lamar Hawk and Nona Pearl Sanders.
Kaitlan’s maternal grandmother was Engenia Genie Gillespie (the daughter of George Albert Gillespie and Eugenia Rawlinson). George was born in Prattville, Autauga, Alabama, the son of Lewis Newton Gillespie and Jessie Martin. Eugenia was born in Autauga, the daughter of Percy Bill Rawlinson and Sadie Irene Smith.
Sources: https://www.irishexaminer.com
Genealogy of Kaitlan Collins – https://gw.geneanet.org
Re-marriage record of Kaitlan’s paternal grandfather, Albert Fred Collins – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Kaitlan’s paternal grandfather, Albert Fred Collins – https://www.legacy.com
Marriage record of Kaitlan’s maternal grandparents, Stephen/Steve Lynn Taylor and Engenia Genie Gillespie – https://www.familysearch.org
Kaitlan’s maternal grandfather, Stephen/Steve Lynn Taylor, on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Kaitlan’s maternal great-grandparents, Bryce Loraine Taylor and Lenora Mildred “Billie” (Hawk) Taylor – https://www.findagrave.com