Birth Name: Dylan A. Bruno
Place of Birth: Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 6, 1972
Ethnicity:
*50% Italian (including Sicilian)
*25% Lithuanian
*25% mix of English and Welsh
Dylan Bruno is an American actor and model.
Dylan is the son of Nancy and Scott Bruno, an actor. His brother is actor, director, and producer Chris Bruno (Christopher Malcolm Bruno).
Dylan’s paternal grandfather is James Francis Bruno (the son of Rosario Bruno and Maria/Mary Pantina/Pantine). James was born in New York. Rosario and Maria were from Sicily, with Rosario being from Palermo.
Dylan’s paternal grandmother is Eva Anna Ambrose/Ambroza (the daughter of Alek/Alexander Ambrose/Ambroza and Alinna). Eva was born in Massachusetts, to Lithuanian parents.
Dylan’s maternal grandfather was John Carleton Mendillo (the son of Giacomo/Gracoma/James Anthony Mendillo and Pellegrina Biondi). Giacomo was born in Cerreto Sannita, Province of Benevento, Campania, Italy, the son of Vincenzo Mendillo and Maria Tommasina. Pellegrina was also Italian, from Modena, Emilia Romagna.
Dylan’s maternal grandmother was Emily Wilhemina Wetmore (the daughter of Stephen Smith Percy Wetmore and Mabel Alca Comly). Stephen was born in Canada, the son of James Peters Wetmore and Emily Eliza Louisa Griffith. Mabel was born in Eston, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joseph Reading Comly and Anna Linton Smith.
Sources: Dylan’s paternal grandparents, James Francis Bruno and Eva Anna Ambrose/Ambroza, on the 1940 U.S. Census –
Dylan’s paternal grandfather, James Francis Bruno, on the 1920 U.S. Census –
Dylan’s paternal grandmother, Eva Anna Ambrose/Ambroza, on the 1920 U.S. Census –
Obituary of Dylan’s mother –
Dylan’s maternal grandfather, John Carleton Mendillo, on the 1930 U.S. Census –
Obituary of Dylan’s maternal grandfather, John Carleton Mendillo –
Dylan’s maternal great-grandfather, Giacomo/Gracoma/James Anthony Mendillo, on the 1910 U.S. Census –
Dylan’s maternal grandmother, Emily Wilhemina Wetmore, on the 1930 U.S. Census –
Obituary of Dylan’s maternal grandmother, Emily Wilhemina (Wetmore) Mendillo –
Genealogy of Dylan’s maternal great-grandfather, Stephen Smith Percy Wetmore (focusing on his own father’s side) –
Genealogy of Dylan’s maternal great-grandmother, Mabel Alca Comly (focusing on her father’s side) –
History of the Wetmore family –
Genealogy of Dylan’s Wetmore line –
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