Crowley was born in New York City, the son of an Irish-American father and an immigrant Catholic mother from County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

He was raised in the small, rural town of Aibonito, where his parents met while his Irish-American father was scouting for nonunion sites for a women's underwear factory.

He was born on July 30, 1958, in Jacksonville, Texas, to a Filipina American mother and Irish-American father.

Donna was born outside of Warroad, Minnesota, to an Irish-American father and an Italian-American mother.

His Cuban mother died when he was 5, and his Irish-American father returned to the United States.

Ms. Jackson is the daughter of a Filipino mother and an Irish-American father whose job teaching at a Japanese-American internment camp left a profound impression on her.

Buckley was born in Morristown, New Jersey on March 13, 1974, to his Korean mother Soon Ja Kim, and his Irish-American father Dennis Buckley.

Cooke was born in San Francisco, California, to an Irish-American father, John J. Cooke, a flight instructor, and Hope Noyes, an amateur pilot.

Catherwood was born in Los Angeles to an Irish-American father (Dwight) and Mexican-American mother (Rachel).

Mr. Farrell's father, Herman Daniel Farrell, the son of an Irish-American father and a Jamaican mother, attributed his son's forthrightness to his lineage.