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Behr in 2004, photo by Prphotos<\/p><\/div>\n

Birth Name: Jason Nathaniel Behr<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: December 30, 1973<\/p>\n

Ethnicity: Swiss-German, German, Austrian, Irish, English, Danish, Scottish, 1\/64th Spanish, distant Dutch and French<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason Behr is an American actor. His roles include the shows Step by Step<\/em>, Sherman Oaks<\/em>, Push<\/em>, Dawson’s Creek<\/em>, Roswell<\/em>, Breakout Kings<\/em>, Roswell, New Mexico<\/em>; and Supergirl<\/em>; the films Rites of Passage<\/em> (1999), The Shipping News<\/em>, The Grudge<\/em> (2004), Shooting Livien<\/em>, Skinwalkers<\/em>, Dragon Wars: D-War<\/em>, The Tattooist<\/em>, The Last International Playboy<\/em>, and Senseless<\/em> (2008); and the made-for-tv movie Alien Nation: Millennium<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He is married to actress KaDee Strickland<\/a>, with whom he has a son.<\/p>\n

Jason’s paternal grandfather was Emil Alphonse Behr (the son of Thomas Joseph Behr and Bertha Louisa\/Luisa Wiesendanger). Emil was born in Minnesota, to Swiss parents, who were of Swiss-German descent. Thomas was born in Sedrun, the son of Stephan Fidel Beer and Maria Liberata Jacomet. Bertha was the daughter of John Jakob Wiesendanger and A. Maria Zingg.<\/p>\n

Jason’s paternal grandmother was Joyce Beverly Lee (the daughter of Ivo Jacob Lee and Lillian Christine Marie Hansen). Joyce was born in Minnesota. Ivo was the son of Jacob Warren Lee and Margurett\/Margaret\/Maggie Lyma Meirer\/Meurer, and had German, English, one eighth Spanish, and distant Dutch and French, ancestry; Ivo’s great-grandfather, Joseph Emmanual\/Emanual\/Emanuel Dela Santas\/Della Santis\/Delessantas\/Dellasanntis\/Delasondra\/Delasandro, was from C\u00f3rdoba, Andalucia, Spain, and married Jason’s great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Morris, who was from Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland. Jason’s great-grandmother Lillian was the daughter of Danish parents, George Peter Hansen, from Ensted, and Sarah Lorene Hansen, from Sonderjylland.<\/p>\n

Jason’s maternal grandfather was Michael Joseph Steiner (the son of Mathias Joseph Steiner and Elizabeth Strantz). Michael was born in Minnesota. Mathias was Austrian. Elizabeth was born in Minnesota, to an Austrian father, Mathias Strantz, and a German mother, Elizabeth Tschida.<\/p>\n

Jason’s maternal grandmother was Lorraine Frances Murray (the daughter of George Henry Murray and Ida Henrietta Monsinger). Lorraine was born in Minnesota. George was born in New York, to Irish parents, Bernard Murray and Marquertie McCarrie. Ida was German, born in Berlin, to John Monsinger and Veronica Marie Schilts.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Genealogy of Jason Behr – http:\/\/familypedia.wikia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Jason’s paternal grandfather, Emil Alphonse Behr, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Obituary of Jason’s paternal grandfather, Emil Alphonse Behr – http:\/\/www.legacy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Jason’s paternal grandmother, Joyce Beverly Lee, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Jason’s maternal grandfather, Michael Joseph Steiner, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Jason’s maternal grandmother, Lorraine Frances Murray, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Obituary of Jason’s maternal grandmother, Lorraine Frances (Murray) Steiner – http:\/\/obituaries.desertsun.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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