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Delaney in 2017, photo by kathclick /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 29, 1961
Ethnicity: *62.5% Irish *18.75% German *12.5% Austrian *6.25% Swiss-German
Kim Delaney is an American actress.
Kim is the daughter of Joan and John Delaney. She has a son with her former husband, actor Joseph Cortese.
Kim’s paternal grandfather was Paul Delaney (the son of John Delaney and Mary E. Kelly). Paul was born in Pennsylvania. John was born in Pennsylvania, to parents from Ireland, Michael Delaney and Ann Delaney. Mary was also born in Pennsylvania, to parents from Ireland, John Kelly and Mary Delaney.
Kim’s paternal grandmother was Wilhelmina Louise Ketzinger (the daughter of Frank George Ernest Ketzinger and Wilhelmina J. Kerth). Kim’s grandmother Wilhelmina was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Frank was a German emigrant, from Nürnberg, Bavaria, the son of Stefan Ketzinger and Auguste Sophie Treusch. Kim’s great-grandmother Wilhelmina was an Austrian immigrant from Vienna.
Kim’s maternal grandfather was Joseph Jacob Stenz (the son of Jacob Dominick Stenz and Margaret “Maggie” Bagnell). Joseph was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kim’s great-grandfather Jacob was the son of Jacob Stenz, a Swiss-German immigrant, and of Reine/Regina Von Hatten, who was an Alsatian emgrant, from Soufflenheim, Bas-Rhin. Kim’s great-grandmother Margaret was Irish, the daughter of Thomas Bagnell and Margaret Welsh.
Kim’s maternal grandmother was Hanna/Hannah/Johanna/Johana O’Brien (the daughter of Michael O’Brien and Mary Ann McGuire). Hanna was born in Pennsylvania, to Irish parents.
Sources: Genealogy of Kim Delaney – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Kim’s brother – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Kim’s father – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Kim’s aunt (mother’s sister) – http://www.whiteluttrell.com