Paulson in 2019, Photo by DFree/www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Joseph Andrew Hughes Paulson
Place of Birth: New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 29, 1978
Ethnicity: Scandinavian, Irish, some English
Jay Paulson is an American actor. He is the son of Jane Hughes and Timothy A. Paulson.
Jay’s maternal grandfather was Paul Joseph Hughes (the son of Edward Francis Hughes and Mary Gertrude Waters). Edward and Mary were born in Pennsylvania, both of them to Irish parents.
Jay’s maternal grandmother was Glena Mae Capen (the daughter of Lester Edwin Capen and Mae Catherine Draney). Lester was the son of Orlando Edwin Capen, who was of English descent, and of Nellie Marie O’Connor, whose parents were Irish. Mae was the daughter of Michael William Draney, who was born in Canada, to Irish parents; and of Elizabeth Moriarty, whose parents were Irish.