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Birth Name: Tarik Daniel Skubal
Place of Birth: Hayward, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 20, 1996
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Czech, German, Swedish, possibly other
Tarik Skubal is an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, he plays for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Tarik is the son of Laura and Gary Skubal, who is an elementary school teacher, and coach.
His first name Tarik is Arabic for “strike.” The surname Skubal is Czech.
Tarik’s paternal grandfather may be named Gary Russell Skubal.
Tarik’s paternal grandmother was surnamed Turner.
Tarik’s maternal grandfather was Charles Michael “Mike” Chambers (the son of Bert Chambers, Jr. and Charolette Marie O’Brien). Charles was born in Albany, Alameda County, California. Bert was born in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of Bert S. Chambers and Nancy Emaline “Lina” Hensley. Tarik’s great-grandmother Charolette was born in San Francisco County, California, the daughter of Charles William O’Brien and Charolette Marie Kraus.
Tarik’s maternal grandmother is H. Patrice Young (the daughter of Thomas L. Young and Harriette Tilton Cottle). Thomas was born in Alaska, the son of Thomas L. Young and Virginia Matilda Erickson. Harriette was the daughter of Walter Gordon Cottle and Mable Esther Nowlan.
Source: Genealogy of Tarik’s maternal grandfather, Charles Michael Chambers – https://www.findagrave.com