Birth Name: Andrea Joy Cook
Place of Birth: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: July 22, 1978
Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)
A. J. Cook is a Canadian actress. She was born in Oshawa, Ontario, the daughter of Sandra (Sayers) and Michael “Mike” L. Cook. Her siblings are Angela, Nathan, and Paul. They were raised in Whitby, Ontario.
A. J.’s paternal grandparents were John “Jack” Ellwood Cook (the son of Ellwood Cook and Mable Trott) and Hilda “Jean” Holland.
A. J.’s maternal grandfather was Robert Earl Sayers (the son of Henry Sayers and Isabel Jane Waldie). Henry was the son of James Sayers and Naomi Trotter, whose father was born in New Jersey, U.S., to parents from Armagh, Northern Ireland.
A. J.’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Catherine Roberta Wilson (the daughter of James Keith Wilson and Margaret Thornton).
Sources: Birth announcement of A. J.’s sister, Angela Cook – http://news.ourontario.ca
Obituary of A. J.’s paternal grandfather, John Cook – http://armstrongfuneralhome.net
Obituary of A. J.’s paternal grandmother, Hilda “Jean” (Holland) Cook – http://obittree.com
Genealogy of A. J.’s maternal grandfather, Robert Earl Sayers – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of A. J.’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy Catherine Roberta Wilson – https://www.geni.com
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