Birth Name: Christian Stephen Yelich
Place of Birth: Thousand Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 5, 1991
Ethnicity:
*likely Croatian (father)
*Japanese, German, English, Danish, Scottish, remote Dutch (mother)
Christian Yelich is an American professional baseball left fielder.
Christian’s maternal grandfather is Mineo Dan Oda. Mineo is Japanese.
Christian’s maternal grandmother is Bonnie Lynn Gehrke (the daughter of Clarence Fred Gehrke and Marilyn Palmer). Clarence was an American football player, and was the son of Fred Richard Gehrke and Augusta Tichelmann, who were born in Königsberg, Germany, then in Russia. Marilyn was the daughter of Bart/Bert Conrad Palmer and Vera Mariger.
Sources: Birth record of Christian’s maternal grandfather, Mineo Dan Oda – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Christian’s maternal great-grandparents, Clarence Fred Gehrke and Marilyn Palmer – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Christian’s maternal great-grandfather, Clarence Fred Gehrke – https://www.findagrave.com
Christian’s maternal great-grandfather, Clarence Fred Gherke, on the 1930 U.S. census – https://familysearch.org
Christian’s maternal great-grandmother, Marilyn Palmer, on the 1930 U.S. census – https://familysearch.org
Christian’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Bart/Bert Conrad Palmer, on the 1900 U.S. census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Christian’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Vera Mariger – https://www.findagrave.com