Corin Nemec
Nemec in 2017, photo by Joe Seer/www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Joseph Charles Nemec, IV
Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 5, 1971
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, 1/16th Czech [Bohemian, Moravian], possibly other
Corin Nemec is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter.
Corin is the son of Janis and Joseph Charles Nemec III. He has stated that he has “Austro-Hungarian Gypsy” roots. It is not clear whether this Romani ancestry has been verified/documented.
Corin’s paternal grandfather was Joseph Charles Nemec, Jr. (the son of Joseph Charles Nemec, Sr. and Martha Ann Scroggin). Corin’s grandfather Joseph was born in Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas. Corin’s great-grandfather Joseph was born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, the son of Joseph John Nemec, who was Czech, with Bohemi and Moravian roots; and of Alvina Maria Catherina Sir/Sit/Zit, who was from Essen, Germany. Corin’s great-grandmother Martha was born in Morrilton, the daughter of John Jonas Scroggin and Elizabeth Ann “Bettie” Braudaway.
Corin’s maternal grandfather’s surname likely was Collier.
Sources: Corin’s paternal grandfather, Joseph Charles Nemec, Jr., on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Corin’s paternal great-grandfather, Joseph Charles Nemec, Sr. – http://www.findagrave.com
Corin’s patrilineal line can be traced back to Josef Němec, who was born about 1753 in Křeschťowitz, Písek, Bohemia, Austria and was of Czech/Bohemian descent.
You should tag Czech/Bohemian.
Sorry for the previous response, that was not the correct ancestor as I confused him with another Joseph; I have now found the correct one. Alvina’s husband, Joseph John Nemec, is also of Czech ancestry and is the son of Joseph John Nemec and Barbara Wostol, the grandson of Josefa Nemec and Frantiska Leifer on his father’s side, and the grandson of Jiri George Vostol and Magdalena Sedlacek on his mother’s side.
Records of Joseph John Nemec —https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N77S-8TB?treeref=27FP-58M&lang=en
Corin may have German ancestry through his ancestor, Františka Leifer. Although she was born in Brno (now in the Czech Republic), Brno had a large ethnic German population at the time, and the surname Leifer is generally considered to be of German or Ashkenazi origin.
Her mother’s full name is Janis Lynne Collier.