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Conrad in 2010, photo by Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Lauren Katherine Conrad
Place of Birth: Laguna Beach, Orange, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 1, 1986
Ethnicity: German, English, along with French/French-Canadian, Swiss-German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish, more distant Welsh and Dutch
Lauren Conrad is an American television personality, fashion designer, and author. She starred on reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and the spin-off The Hills . She is also a fashion designer, and appeared as a judge on Cycle 13 of America’s Next Top Model .
Lauren is the daughter of Kathy and Jim Conrad, an architect. Her sister is television personality Breanna Conrad. She is married to rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist William Tell, of piano-rock band Something Corporate, with whom she has two children.
Lauren’s paternal grandfather was James Edward Conrad (the son of Robert Alvah Conrad and Carrie Castle Swink). James was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and had deep roots in the U.S. Robert was the son of Robert Edward Conrad and Elizabeth B. Kidd. Carrie was the daughter of George Thomas Swink and Jennette Ethel Allen.
Lauren’s paternal grandmother was Gladys Eugene Miller (the daughter of Buford William Miller and Ruby Mae Brown). Gladys was born in Chester, South Carolina, and had deep American roots. Buford was the son of William Clifton Miller and Mary Fincannon. Ruby was the daughter of Realis Lonzo Brown and Bertha Shallotta Wilson.
Lauren’s maternal grandfather was Donald Joseph Lawrence (the son of Joseph George Lawrence and Katherine Housler). Donald was born in Manhattan, New York. Lauren’s great-grandfather Joseph was the son of Dominick San Lorenzo/St. Lawrence, whose father, and maternal grandparents, were Italian; and of Felicie Paret, whose parents were French. Lauren’s great-grandmother Katherine was the daughter of Charles Michael Housler, whose parents were German; and of Winifred “Minnie” Cleary, whose parents were Irish.
Lauren’s maternal grandmother likely is Mary Ann Huey (the daughter of Earl Theodore Huey and Mary Estelle Favre). Mary Ann was born in Minnesota. Earl was the son of Carl Anton Huey, who had deep lines in the U.S.; and of Caroline Anna Mertz, who was a German emigrant, from Schweinberg, Bezirksamt Buchen, Baden. Mary Estelle was the daughter of Edward George Favre, whose father was a Swiss-German immigrant, and whose mother was French-Canadian; and of Margaret Belle Freideger, whose paternal grandparents were Swiss-German immigrants, and whose mother had deep American roots.
Source: Genealogy of Lauren Conrad – https://www.familysearch.org