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Keys – 2017 WTA Pre-Wimbledon Party – Arrivals – Kensington Roof Gardens, 99 Kensington High Street – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Place of Birth: Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 17, 1995
Ethnicity: * father – African-American * mother – German, Irish, possibly some English
Madison Keys is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She is 5′10″.
She is the daughter of Christine and Rick Keys, who are attorneys. Her father was a collge basketball player. Madison is married to professional tennis player and coach Bjorn Fratangelo.
Madison’s paternal grandmother was Bertha Marie Davis (the daughter of Russell Davis and Gladys O. Thornton). Bertha was born in Rock Island, Illinois.
Madison’s maternal grandfather is Chuck Hunter (the son of Joseph Robert Hunter and Mary Leone/Ellen “Nellie” Burke). Joseph was the son of Charles Fremont Hunter, whose father was from Ontario, Canada; and of Lillian J. Reed, whose father was Irish. Mary was the daughter of William Martin Burke, whose parents were Irish, from Tipperary; and of Elizabeth Ann Hanrahan, whose father was Irish and whose mother was born in Canada, to Irish parents.
Madison’s maternal grandmother is Carolyn Waack (the daughter of Robert Henry Waack and Bernadine L. Pinter). Robert had German and Irish ancestry, and was the son of Henry Waack and Catherine Flynn. Bernadine was of German descent, and was the daughter of James L. Pinter and Mary Witt.
Sources: Genealogy of Madison Keys – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Madison’s paternal grandmother, Bertha Marie (Davis) Keys – http://www.turrentinejacksonmorrow.com
Obituary of Madison’s maternal great-grandmother, Mary Leone (Burke) Hunter – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Madison’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert Henry Waack – http://www.clintonherald.com
Obituary of Madison’s maternal great-grandmother, Bernadine L. (Pinter) Waack – http://www.clintonherald.com