Birth Name: Stella Nina McCartney
Place of Birth: Lambeth, London, England
Date of Birth: 13 September, 1971
Ethnicity:
*Irish, English, Manx/Isle of Man, 1/32 Welsh (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Stella McCartney is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney, and American musician, photographer, and animal rights activist Linda McCartney (born Linda Louise Eastman).
Stella’s father is of Irish, English, Manx (Isle of Man), and 1/32 Welsh, ancestry. Stella’s mother was Jewish (of Polish Jewish, Russian Jewish, and German Jewish descent).
Stella’s paternal grandparents were James McCartney (the son of Joseph McCartney and Florence Clegg) and Mary Patricia Mohin (the daughter of Owen Mohin and Mary Therasa Danher).
Stella’s maternal grandparents were Leopold Vail Epstein/Eastman (the son of Louis Epstein and Stella Freyer) and Louise Sara Linder (the daughter of Max Joseph Lindner and Stella Dryfoos). Louis was born in New York, of Polish Jewish ancestry. Stella’s great-grandmother Stella Freyer was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Max was born in Ohio, of Polish Jewish descent. Stella’s great-grandmother Stella Dryfoos was the daughter of Isaac Dryfoos and Sarah Schwartzenberg, who were German Jews, her father from Marienthal and her mother from Graywaler.
Sources: http://forward.com
Genealogies of Stella McCartney – http://www.geni.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Notes on Stella’s father’s ancestry – https://hergestgenealogy.wordpress.com
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