Birth Name: Marisa Lee Bertetta
Place of Birth: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 6, 1978
Ethnicity: Italian (one eighth), Norwegian (one eighth), Luxembourgish, German, English, Scottish
Marisa Miller is an American model and actress.
She is the daughter of Krista and Marc Bertetta. Her parents are pictured here.
Marisa is married to music producer and talent manager Griffin Guess, with whom she has two children. Her surname is from her ex-husband, Jim Miller.
Marisa’s paternal grandfather is John Richard Bertetta (the son of Aurelio Bertetta and Kathleen Hurst). Aurelio was Italian, likely from Genoa, Liguria, and was the son of Antonio L. Bertetta and Blanche/Bianchina/Bianca Chiappari. Kathleen was the daughter of John Richard Hurst and Mary Evelina Irvine.
Marisa’s paternal grandmother is named Barbara Jeanne Ross.
Marisa’s maternal grandfather was Ronald Eugene Useldinger (the son of John Jackson Useldinger and Ellen Josephine Wickum). John was born in Minnesota, the son of Paul Useldinger, who was Luxembourgian, from Remich, Canton de Remich, Grevenmacher, and of Frances Weiland/Weil, who was German. Ellen was the daughter of Hans Wickum and Mary Bestul, who were born in Minnesota, both of them to Norwegian parents.
Marisa’s maternal grandmother is named Donna Lee Bowman.
Sources: Marriage record of Marisa’s parents –
Birth record of Marisa’s paternal grandfather, John Richard Bertetta –
Marisa’s paternal grandfather, John Richard Bertetta, on the 1940 U.S. Census –
Marisa’s paternal great-grandfather, Aurelio Bertetta, on the 1920 U.S. Census –
Obituary of Marisa’s maternal grandfather, Ronald Eugene Useldinger –
Marisa’s maternal great-grandfather, John Jackson Useldinger, on the 1910 U.S. Census –
Genealogies of Marisa’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Paul Useldinger and Frances Weiland/Weil –
Marisa’s maternal great-grandmother, Ellen Josephine Wickum, on the 1910 U.S. Census –
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