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Eastwood in 2009, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Kyle C. Eastwood
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: May 19, 1968
Ethnicity: * father – English, Scottish, Irish, smaller amounts of German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Dutch, and Welsh * mother – one half Swedish, one half Irish
Kyle Eastwood is an American jazz bass musician and actor.
He is the son of Maggie Johnson (Margaret Neville Johnson) and actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood (Clinton Eastwood). His sister is actress and filmmaker Alison Eastwood , and his half-siblings include actress and makeup artist Kimber Eastwood ; actor and model Scott Eastwood , actress, model, and television personality Francesca Eastwood ; and actress Morgan Eastwood . He starred in the film Honkytonk Man (1982), alongside his father Clint.
Kyle’s Eastwood line apppears to trace to Richard Eastwood, who was born, c. 1620, in England. Richard moved to Virginia, U.S.
Kyle’s paternal grandfather was Clinton Eastwood (the son of Burr Eastwood and Jesse Mabel Anderson). Clinton was born in San Francisco, California. Burr was born in Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York, the son of Asa Bedesco/Bodisco Eastwood, whose maternal grandparents were Irish, from Limerick and Thomastown, respectively; and of Emma “Mabel” Young. Kyle’s great-grandmother Jesse was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Matthew Anderson, who was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland; and of Lois/Louise Sabra/Helen A. Gaskill, who was from Vermont.
Kyle’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Ruth “Betty” Runner (the daughter of Waldo Errol Runner and Virginia May McClanahan). Margaret was born in Alameda County, California. Waldo was born in Buena Vista, Chaffee, Colorado, the son of Charles Claude “C.C.” Runner and Sophia Aurelia Bartholomew, who was of Colonial American ancestry, with deep roots in Connecticut. Kyle’s great-grandmother Virginia was born in Missouri, the daughter of James William McClanahan and Matilda Belle “Mattie Bell” Boyle.
Kyle’s maternal grandfather was named Gilbert F. Johnson (the son of John A. Johnson and Anna). Gilbert was born in Idaho, to Swedish parents.
Kyle’s maternal grandmother was Margaret/Marguerite Edith Neville (the daughter of Robert George Neville and Maggie McCurdy). Kyle’s grandmother Margaret was born in Illinois. Robert was born in Illniois, the son of Irish parents, George Neville and Catherine Moorehead or Megan Leod. Kyle’s great-grandmother Maggie was born in Pennsylvania, to Irish parents, Alexander McCurdy and Catherine Coneghy.
Sources: Genealogies of Kyle Eastwood (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com http://gw.geneanet.org
Marriage record of Kyle’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Genealogies of Kyle’s father – http://www.wikitree.com http://famouskin.com http://sethwarddescendants.org http://freepages.rootsweb.com
Genealogy of Kyle’s paternal grandmother, Margaret Ruth Runner – https://www.findagrave.com
Marriage record of Kyle’s maternal grandparents, Gilbert F. Johnson and Margaret/Marguerite Edith Neville – https://familysearch.org
Kyle’s maternal grandparents, Gilbert F. Johnson and Margaret/Marguerite Edith Neville, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Kyle’s maternal grandfather, Gilbert F. Johnson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Kyle’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert George Neville – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Kyle’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert George Neville – http://www.findagrave.com