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McGraw in 2019, photo by kathclick<\/a>\/www.bigstockphoto.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Birth name: Violet Elizabeth McGraw<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: California, U.S.<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: April 22, 2011<\/p>\n

Ethnicity:
\n*father<\/em> – Italian [including Sicilian], three eighths Irish, one eighth Polish
\n*mother<\/em> – possibly Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian, and other<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violet McGraw is an American actress. Her roles include the films Our Friend<\/em>, Doctor Sleep<\/em>, Separation<\/em>, Black Widow<\/em> (2021), M3GAN<\/em>, and its sequel, M3GAN 2.0<\/em>; The Life of Chuck<\/em>, and Thunderbolts*<\/em>; and the shows The Haunting of Hill House<\/em>, Love<\/em>, and Jett<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She is the sister of actors Jack McGraw, Aidan McGraw, and Madeleine McGraw, the latter of The Black Phone<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Violet’s paternal grandfather is Dennis Michael Mcgraw (the son of William H. McGraw and Jeanne P. Bunny). William was the son of Edward Joseph McGraw and Emma Caroline McGill, and was likely of mostly Irish descent. Jeanne was the daughter of Edwin J. Bunny, whose grandparents were all Irish, and of Camille\/Camilla\/Karmila P. Mack\/Miller\/MacMkiewicz\/Mazikiawicz, whose parents were Polish.<\/p>\n

Violet’s paternal grandmother is Merilla Rizza (the daughter of Salvo\/Salvio\/Solvo Rizza and Evelyn Callie Lotito). Merilla was born in Berlin, Germany, to American parents. Salvo was the son of Italian parents, Paul Rizza, who was born in Syracuse, Sicily, and Concetta Patula. Evelyn was the daughter of Anthony H. Lotito, who was Italian, the son of parents from Teano, Caserta, Campania; and of Angela\/Angelina Sylvester, whose parents were also Italian.<\/p>\n

Violet’s maternal grandparents or great-grandparents were likely Jack Silverstein and Violet Louise Caruso. Jack was born in Michigan, the son of Russian Jewish parents, Nathan Silverstein and Celia Kravitz. Violet was born in California, the daughter of Italian parents, John\/Giovanni Pasquale Caruso and Clorinda Molino.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Obituary of Violet’s paternal great-grandmother, Jeanne P. (Bunny) McGraw – https:\/\/www.legacy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Violet’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Camille P. Mack\/Miller\/MacMkiewicz, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a>
\nCamille P. Mack\/Miller\/MacMkiewicz on the 1930 U.S. Census – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Marriage record of Violet’s paternal great-grandparents, Salvo\/Salvio\/Solvo Rizza and Evelyn Callie Lotito – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Genealogy of Violet Louise Caruso – https:\/\/www.findagrave.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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