Read the stories and try to match them with the photos of these famous people:

1) This person's adoptive parents were Paul Reinhold ______ and Clara, the daughter
of Armenian immigrants. After a series of moves, Paul and Clara settled in San Francisco. This
person's biological father, Abdulfattah "John" Jandali was born into a Muslim household and grew up
in Homs, Syria. While an undergraduate at the American University of Beirut, he was a student activist
and spent time in jail for his political activities. He pursued a PhD in the latter subject at the University
of Wisconsin, where he met Joanne Carole Schieble, a Catholic of Swiss and German descent, who
grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. Mona Simpson (this person's biological sister), notes that this
person's maternal grandparents were not happy that their daughter was dating Jandali: "It wasn't that
he was Middle-Eastern so much as that he was a Muslim. But there are a lot of Arabs in Michigan and
Wisconsin. So it's not that unusual.'

2) This person is the only child of Nidia Ripoll and William Mebarak Chadid. This person's paternal
grandparents emigrated from Lebanon to New York City, where this person's father was born. This
person's father then emigrated to Colombia at age 5. This person's name in Arabic means "grateful".
From this person's mother, Nidia Ripoll has Spanish (Catalan and Castilian) and Italian ancestry. This
person was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools. This person has eight older half-
siblings from this person's father's previous marriage.

3) This person was born in New York City, the elder hild of Frank, a hairdresser and beautician, and
Jackie (née Labofish), an astrologer, former dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling. This person's
father was born in Gioia del Colle, Apulia, Italy, and immigrated to the United States. This person's
mother is of half French (from Brittany) and half Ukrainian (from Odessa) descent. This person's
younger brother is actor and music Frank.

4) This person was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This person was the fourth child of
Ondrej and Julia whose first child was born in their homeland (in Ukraine) and died before their move
to the U.S. This person had two older brothers, Paul and John. This person's parents were working-
class Lemko emigrants from Mikó (now called Miková), located in today's northeastern Slovakia, part
of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. This person's parents immigrated to the United States. This
person's father worked in a coal mine. The family was Byzantine Catholic and attended St. John
Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church.
5) This person was born in Huntington, New York. This person's father, Alfred Roy, was of African
American and Venezuelan (including Afro-Venezuelan) descent, while this person's mother, Patricia
(Hickey), is of White Irish descent. The last name ________ was adopted by this person's Venezuelan
grandfather, Francisco Núñez, after emigrating to New York.
6) This person was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the child of Patricia Bond , a costume designer/performer,
and Samuel Nowlin, Jr. This person's mother is English, from Essex, England. This person's is
American from Hawaii, has Native Hawaiian, Chinese, English, and Portuguese ancestry, this person
has said: "My grandmother is Chinese and Hawaiian, so I was around Chinese art, furniture and
cuisine when I was growing up". This person has also spoken of this person's English ancestry via this
person's mother. This person's mother gave this person English manners that this person maintained
into adulthood.
a)

Shakira

Keanu Reeves

b)

S. Stallone

Mariah Carey

c)

Steve Jobs

Andy Warhol Steve Jobs

Find these words in the text:

a) a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:

b) one's native land.
c) line of descent; lineage
d) tending to adopt.
e) a brother or sister.
f) Eastern Catholic Church
g) To be present at
h) a college-level student who has not received a first, esp. a bachelor's, degree.
i) a style or manner of cooking
j) the people of a house taken as a group

FOR HOMEWORK TRY TO GUESS THE ORIGIN OF THESE PEOPLE:

Answers: a) emigrant b) homeland c) ancestry d) adoptive e)siblings f) Byzantine g) attend
h) undergraduate i) cuisine j) household