Birth Name: Christopher John Matthews
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: December 17, 1945
Ethnicity:
*English, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) (father)
*Irish (mother)
Chris Matthews is an American political commentator. He hosts the show “Hardball with Chris Matthews” on MSNBC.
Chris’s paternal grandparents were Robert Bruce Matthews (the son of Edward Matthews and Alice Henderson) and Matilda Jane Gardner (the daughter of John Gilmore and Jane Gardner). Robert was born in Devonshire, England, of English and Scottish ancestry. Matilda was born in Balleymoney, Antrim, North Ireland.
Chris’s maternal grandparents were Charles Patrick Shields and Mary Veronica Conroy (the daughter of Daniel Conroy and Mary Quinlan). Charles was born in Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. Chris’s grandmother Mary was born in Pennsylvania, to Irish parents.
Sources: Genealogy of Chris Matthews (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Chris’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org