Humphries in 2011
Birth Name: Kristopher Nathan Humphries
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Date of Birth: February 6, 1985
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American, small amount of Irish
*mother – German
Kris Humphries is an American professional basketball player. He played for the Utah Jazz, the Toronto Raptors, the Dallas Mavericks, the New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets, the Boston Celtics, the Washington Wizards, the Phoenix Suns, and the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is 6′9″.
Kris is the son of Debra Jean (Lemke) and William Duane Humphries. His father is African-American. Kris also stated on an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians that his father’s grandmother was of Irish descent. Kris’s mother, who is white, is of German descent.
Kris’s maternal grandfather was Donald John “Don” Lemke (the son of Herbert August Wilhelm Lemke and Wilhelmina A. “Minnie” Weise). Donald was born in Minnesota. Herbert was the son of August Ferdinand Franz Lemke and Minna Bertha Rosalina Radtke. Wilhelmina was the daughter of Paul George August Weise and Augusta Kuhlmann.
Kris’s maternal grandmother is Darlene A. “Donna” Willemsen (the daughter of Otto W. Willemsen and Magdalena A. “Lena” Feltmann). Darlene was born in Minnesota. Otto was born in Minnesota, the son of German parents, Jacob Hubert Willemsen/Willmsen/Wilmsen/Willmschen, from Vynen, Rhineland, and Hermina/Hermine “Minnie” Meinhart/Maynard. Magdalena was the daughter of Arnold Feltmann and Anna Heimkes.
Humphries in 2009, photo by Keith Allison
Source: Obituary of Kris’s maternal grandfather, Donald John “Don” Lemke – http://obit.millercarlin.com
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