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Johnson – TheWrap’s 2nd Annual Emmy Party, 2015 – Arrivals – The London Hotel – West Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com
Place of Birth: the foothills of the Colorado Rockies, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 25, 1996
Ethnicity: English, three eighths Latino [Mexican, Chilean]
Keean Johnson is an American actor and dancer. His roles include the films Heritage Falls , Alita: Battle Angel , Low Tide , We Summon the Darkness , Midway (2019), Emperor (2020), Cut Throat City , and The Ultimate Playlist of Noise ; and the series Spooksville Freak Files , Spooksville , Nashville , The Fosters , Guidance , Euphoria , Joe Pickett , and Waco: The Aftermath .
His father is British. His mother is American. His mother is of three quarters Latino descent. Through her, Keean is of one eighth Mexican and one quarter Chilean ancestry. Keean was raised in Boulder, Colorado.
Keean’s maternal grandfather was Manuel Federico Alonso (the son of Manuel Federico Alonso and Sylvia O’Dell Case). Keean’s grandfather Manuel was born in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina. Keean’s great-grandfather Manuel was Mexican, and was born in Monterrey. Keean’s great-grandmother Sylvia was born in North Carolina, the daughter of Grover Franklin Case and Metta Fairchild.
Keean’s maternal grandmother is Kena Avendano (the daughter of Claudio Hernan Avendaño Gómez and Rebeca Carmen Lucero). Claudio was born in Santiago, Santiago, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile, the son of Francisco Javier Avendaño Álvarez and Julia Gómez Villanueva. Rebeca was also born in Santiago, the daughter of Arredondo Raul and Laura Salazar Torres.
Sources: Obituary of Keean’s maternal grandfather, Manuel Federico Alonso – https://www.legacy.com
Death record of Keean’s maternal great-grandmother, Sylvia O’Dell (Case) Stephanofsky – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Keean’s maternal great-grandfather, Claudio Hernan Avendaño Gómez – https://www.familysearch.org