Birth Name: Ian Luke Ousley
Place of Birth: College Station, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 28, 2002
Ethnicity: English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, German, distant French Huguenot, Dutch, and Welsh, remote Cherokee Native American and Irish
Ian Ousley is an American actor. He is set to play Sokka on the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series.
Ian has said that he has Cherokee Native American ancestry, from an unrecognized tribe called the Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky. He does have remote Cherokee ancestry through his ninth great-grandparents, through the line of his great-great grandfather Andrew Jackson Moore. The vast majority of his ancestry is European, with deep colonial roots in the United States. All of his great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents are listed as “White” on U.S. Censuses.
Ian’s paternal grandfather was Richard Eugene “Dick” Ousley (the son of Grover Ousley and Alice Moore). Dick was born in Hippo, Kentucky. Grover was born in Floyd County, Kentucky, the son of Thomas “Tommy” Ousley and Lucy Eleanor Allen. Alice was born in Hippo, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Moore and Jemima “Mima” Hicks.
Ian’s paternal grandmother is the daughter of Clyde Warrix and Sylvania Crager. Clyde was born in Floyd County, Kentucky, the son of William Kenas/Keenis Warrix/Worrix and Arizona Howard. Slyvania was born in Floyd County, the daughter of Kendall Crager and Dovie Shepherd.
Ian’s maternal grandfather was Ted Neal Wyatt (the son of Clarence Newton Wyatt and Cornelia Mae “Neely Mae” Moore). Ted was born in Bryan, Texas. Clarence was born in Comanche County, Texas, the son of Joseph Luther “Luther” Wyatt, who was from White River, Arkansas, and of Willie Mae Hutson. Neely was born in Gustine, Texas, the daughter of William Oscar Moore, who was from Lineville, Alabama, and of Luella McCurdy, who was born in Comanche County.
Ian’s maternal grandmother is the daughter of Julian Guy Houston and Mary Lou Flanagan. Julian was born in Burleson County, Texas, the son of John Shelton Malcar Houston, from Caroline County, Virginia, and of Mary Sophia Haddox, from Wilcox County, Alabama. Ian’s great-gradmother Mary was born in Somerville, Texas, the daughter of William Harrison “Will” Flanagan and Acenith Sexton.
Ian’s matrilineal line can be traced to his ninth great-grandmother, Brigette Byrell, a Huguenot, who was born, c. 1673, in France.
Sources: https://www.cherokeephoenix.org
https://www.dailydot.com
Genealogy of Ian’s paternal grandfather, Richard Eugene “Dick” Ousley – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Ian’s paternal grandfather, Richard Eugene “Dick” Ousley – https://www.fellerandclark.com
Genealogy of Ian’s paternal grandmother – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Ian’s maternal grandfather, Ted Neal Wyatt – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Ian’s maternal grandfather, Ted Neal Wyatt – https://www.dignitymemorial.com
Genealogy of Ian’s maternal grandmother – https://www.familysearch.org
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