Alex Kingston

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Birth Name: Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston

Place of Birth: Surrey North Eastern, Surrey, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 11 March, 1963

Ethnicity:
*father – English, as well as likely around 1/16th Jewish
*mother – German

Alex Kingston is a British actress. Alex is the daughter of Margaretha (Renneisen), who is German, and Anthony Kingston, an English butcher. Her uncle is actor Walter Renneisen.

Alex is married to television producer Jonathan Stamp. She has a daughter with her former husband, German writer and journalist Florian Haertel.

Alex’s paternal grandfather was Charles William Kingston (the son of Edward Kingston and Winifred May/Mary Sawyer). Edward was the son of Charles Kingston and Helen/Ellen Bosworth. Winifred was the daughter of Isaac Sawyer and Harriet Hook.

Alex’s paternal grandmother was Helen Jeanett Keevil (the daughter of William Henry Keevil, a soldier, and of Helen Edith Fleming). William was the son of Walter Keevil and Helen/Ellen Law. Alex’s great-grandmother Helen was the daughter of Robert Woodman Fleming and Helen/Ellen Sophia Morey.

Alex’s great-great-grandmother Helen Morey was the daughter of Alfred James Morey and Sophia Braham. Alex’s great-great-great-grandmother Sophia was the daughter of Michael Braham and Elizabeth Harriott/Harriet Aldred.

On an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, 2012, Alex traced her ancestry back to the Braham family, a surname said to be derived from the surname Abraham. Alex’s great-great-great-grandfather Michael Braham is said to be Jewish. Alex’s great-great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Harriott Aldred was the daughter of John Aldred and Harrott/Harriott Powell, and does not appear to have been of Jewish ancestry, although she may have converted to Judaism.

Sources: Episode of Alex’s appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? (2012) – 

Genealogy of Alex Kingston (focusing on her father’s side) –