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Birth Name: Kirk Daniel Cousins
Place of Birth: Barrington, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 19, 1988
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Scotch-Irish/Northern Irish
Kirk Cousins is an American professional football player. A quarterback, he plays for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously with the Washington Redskins and the Minnesota Vikings.
Kirk is the son of Mary Ann and Donald Cousins. His cousin is professional baseball player Jake Cousins. He is married to Julie Hampton, with whom he has two children. He is an Evangelical Christian.
Kirk’s paternal grandfather was Donald Jack Cousins (the son of Edward Jack Cousins and Gertrude Alma Abraham). Edward was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of an Irish father named John McLennon Cousins and a German mother named Anna Marie Mary Schwerin. Gertrude was born in Illinois, the daughter of German parents Charles Abraham and Bertha Chertin.
Kirk’s paternal grandmother was Emma Jean Kirkwood (the daughter of William Scotty Kirkwood and Mary Jane Hamilton). William was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to William Kirkwood and Ellen Millikin. Mary was born in Belfast, the daughter of William Henry Hamilton and Emma Whittle.
Kirk’s maternal grandfather was Ralph Earl Woodward (the son of Ernest George Woodward and Josephine Lulu Fank). Ralph was born in Iowa. Ernest was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa, the son of George William Woodward and Minnie Alma Gentz. Josephine was born in Iowa Falls, the daughter of John Fank and Lulu/Lula Mae Brown.
Kirk’s maternal grandmother was Martha Jo Pray (the daughter of Thomas Carl William Pray and Velma Mae Keith). Martha was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Thomas was born in Iowa, the son of Louis Clark Pray and Margaret McMahon. Velma was born in Iowa, the daughter of Manly Vernon Keith and Carrie Mabel Fuller.
Sources: https://heavy.com
Genealogies of Kirk’s maternal grandparents, Ralph Earl Woodward and Martha Jo (Pray) Woodward – https://www.findagrave.com