Place of Birth: Saginaw, Michigan
Date of Birth: June 29, 1968
Ethnicity:
*English, Irish (father)
*Irish (mother)
Brian d’Arcy James is an American actor and musician. His uncle (mother’s brother) was actor Brian Kelly.
Brian’s paternal grandparents were John William James (the son of William Henry James and Mary Ellen Mann) and Helen Loraine Collaton (the daughter of Joseph Patrick Collaton and Ellen/Helen Crowley). Brian’s grandparents John was born and Helen were born in York, Canada.
Brian’s maternal grandparents were Harry Kelly (Harry Francis Kelly, the son of Henry Michael Kelly and Mary Agnes Morrissey) and Anne Veronica O’Brien (the daughter of Michael E. O’Brien and Nellie V. Harrington). Brian’s grandfather Harry was Governor of Michigan from 1943 to 1947.
Sources: Genealogy of Brian d’Arcy James (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Brian’s maternal grandmother, Anne Veronica O’Brien, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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