Jordan Klepper

Birth Name: Jordan Peter Klepper

Place of Birth: Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.

Date of Birth: March 9, 1979

Ethnicity: German, Scottish, English, Irish, possibly other

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Jordan Klepper is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He was the host of the show The Opposition with Jordan Klepper from 2017 to 2018, and has been a correspondent on The Daily Show.

Jordan is a first cousin, once removed, of actor and comedian Tim Allen. Jordan’s maternal great-grandparents, George H. Fox and Katherine McComb, were also Tim’s maternal grandparents. Jordan has said that Tim introduced his parents.

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Jordan is married to Laura Grey, with whom he has made short films. The couple has one child.

Jordan’s maternal grandfather was Carl Blauman, Jr. (the son of Carl T. Blauman, Sr. and Luella Ruhl). Jordan’s grandfather Carl was born in Michigan. Jordan’s great-grandfather Carl was born in Michigan, the son of Otto F. Blauman, who was German, and of Victoria Pettie, who was born in Michigan, to parents from Scotland and England, respectively. Luella was the daughter of Edward Ruhl, who was born in Michigan, to parents from Germany, and of Josephine Schulte.

Jordan’s maternal grandmother was Barbara Fox (the daughter of George H. Fox and Katherine McCombe). Barbara was born in Michigan. George was born in New York, the son of Arthur Linke Fox, who was of German descent, with roots in Darmstadt, Hessen; and of Adeline Marguerite Knabe, whose parents were German. Katherine was born in Michigan, to a father from Ireland, Samuel Lewis McCombe, and a mother, Olive Harriet Blunden, who was born in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.

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Genealogy of Jordan Klepper (focusing on his mother’s side) –

Marriage record of Jordan’s maternal great-grandparents, Carl T. Blauman, Sr., and Luella Ruhl –

Jordan’s maternal great-grandfather, Carl T. Blauman, Sr., on the 1910 U.S. Census –

Jordan’s maternal grandmother, Barbara Fox, on the 1930 U.S. Census –

Obituary of Jordan’s maternal grandmother, Barbara (Fox) Blauman-Campbell –

Marriage record of Jordan’s maternal great-grandparents, George H. Fox and Katherine McCombe –

Jordan’s maternal great-grandfather, George H. Fox, on the 1920 U.S. Census –

Marriage record of Jordan’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, Theodore Benjamin Fox and Georgiana/Georgianna V. Linke –

Jordan’s maternal great-grandmother, Katherine McCombe, on the 1920 U.S. Census –

Marriage records of Jordan’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Samuel Lewis McCombe and Olive Harriet Blunden –

Birth record of Jordan’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Olive Harriet Blunden –