Birth Name: Christopher Scott Murphy
Place of Birth: White Plains, New York
Date of Birth: August 3, 1973
Ethnicity:
*Irish, English (father)
*Polish (mother)
Chris Murphy is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013. He is the son of Catherine A. (Lewczyk) and Scott L. Murphy.
Chris’s father is of Irish and English descent. Chris’s mother is of Polish ancestry.
Chris’s paternal grandparents were Valentine Lawrence Murphy (the son of Valentine Murphy and Mary Anne Delaney) and Suzanne M. Griswold (the daughter of Myron Adams Griswold and Gladys Elizabeth Rider).
Chris’s maternal grandparents were John A. Lewczyk (the son of Alexander Lewczyk and Anna) and Jean/Genevieve T. Rydel (the daughter of Boleslaw Rydel and Teofila “Phylis” Prusacik/Prusaczick). Boleslaw was born in Gruma, Poland. Teofila was born in Gurowalka, Trzasenic, Poland.
Sources: Genealogy of Chris Murphy (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Chris’s paternal grandfather, Valentine Lawrence Murphy – http://www.legacy.com