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Birth Name: Derek Alexander Muller<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: Traralgon, Victoria, Australia<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: 9 November, 1982<\/p>\n

Ethnicity: British Isles [English, Scottish, Irish], Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Belgian, Danish, remote Austrian, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Polish, Luxembourgish, Bengali Indian, Indonesian, Timorese, Tamil, Khoisan, Malagasy, Angolan, Ethiopian, Beninese, Czech, Mauritian, Kenyan, other African]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Derek Muller is a Canadian-Australian science communicator and media personality. He is known for his YouTube channel Veritasium, which has had over 20 million subscribers and 4.1 billion.<\/p>\n

His parents married in South Africa. Derek was born in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, and moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when he was an infant. He also spent time in Kingston, Ontario. His father worked at a pulp and paper mill. He is married to Raquel Nuno, with whom he has four children.<\/p>\n

Derek’s paternal grandfather was Derek Alexander Muller (the son of John Frederick Muller and Marie\/Maisie Josephine Mary Thomson). Derek was born in Cape Town, South Africa. John was born in Swellendam, South Africa, to an Afrikaner family, the son of Prof. Christoffel Frederik Jacobus Muller and Johanna Hendrina Louw. Derek’s great-grandmother Marie was born in Stonehaven, Scotland, the daughter of John Joseph Thomson and Sarah Shearer.<\/p>\n

Derek’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Daubenton (the daughter of Francois Daubenton and Kniera Catherine van Vloten). Elizabeth was born in Heidelberg, South Africa. Francois was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the son of Jean David Daubanton and Adelgunde Christine Thomassen \u00e0 Thuessink van der Hoop. Derek’s great-grandmother Kniera was born in Pati, Indonesia, the daughter of Thomas Frederik van Vloten and Suzette Marie Catherine Carolina van Deventer. She had Dutch, English, Scottish, and distant Bengali Indian, ancestry.<\/p>\n

Derek’s maternal grandfather was Johan Gustav Aspeling Du Toit (the son of Michael Nicolaas Du Toit and Catharina Elizabeth De Beer). Johan was born in Cape Town, South Africa, to an Afrikaner family. Michael was the son of Johan G\u00fastaaf Aspeling D\u00fa Toit and Johanna Francina Hough. Catharina was the daughter of Ernest Lodew\u00ffk de Beer and Johanna Adriana Jacobs.<\/p>\n

Derek’s maternal grandmother was Edith Millicent Wilkinson (the daughter of Lorenzo Samuel Henry Wilkinson and Ella May Dold). Edith was born in Durban, South Africa. Samuel was born in Plymouth, England. Ella was born in Kimberley, South Africa, to parents of English and Scottish descent, Reuben Dold and Annie Lawrence.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> Genealogy of Derek Muller – https:\/\/www.myheritage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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