Debby Ryan
Ryan in 2011, image via s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Deborah Ann Popp
Place of Birth: Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 13, 1993
Ethnicity: English, Czech, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, 1/16th Italian
Debby Ryan, full name Deborah Ann Ryan, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Her roles include the series Barney & Friends, The Suite Life on Deck, R. L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series, Jessie, which she also directed episodes of; The Mysteries of Laura, Sing It!, Daytime Divas, Insatiable, The Resort, Velma, and American Horror Stories; the films The Longshots, What If… (2010), Secret of the Wings, Rip Tide, Every Day, Life of the Party, Grace (2018), Horse Girl, The Opening Act, Night Teeth, Spin Me Round, Shortcomings, and The Sun Never Sets (2026); and the made-for-tv movies 16 Wishes, The Suite Life Movie, Radio Rebel, and Kristin’s Christmas Past. She was a founding member of indie folk band The Never Ending.
She was raised partly in Germany because of her father’s military career. Debby is married to musician Josh Dun, with whom she has a daughter. She has also been credited as Debby Dun.
Debby has stated that a DNA test has shown her genetic ancestry to be:
*7% Irish
Debby’s patrilineal line can be traced to Martin Popp, who was born, c. 1735, in Verovice, Jicin okres, Moravosilesian Rebion, Czechia, the son of Mathais Pop and Rozina Kocian.
Debby’s paternal grandfather was Calvin Raymond Popp (the son of Henry H. Popp and Lois Podsednik). Calvin was born in West, Texas. Henry was the son of Frank Popp and Frances Kapavik, who was born in Czechia. Debby’s great-grandmother Lois’ father, Joseph Frank Podsednik, was born in Texas, to Czech parents, Frantisek “Franz/Frank” Podsednik and Antonia Mondrej. Lois’ mother, Mary Elizabeth Schneider, was born in Tours, Texas, the daughter of George Andrew Schneider and Anna Marie “Annie” Uptmor, who were of German descent.
Debby’s paternal grandmother was Selah Rose Shieldes (the daughter of Robert Shieldes and Myra Payne). Robert was the son of Robert Edward Lee Shields and Ida Rickett. Myra was the daughter of Howard Payne and Myrtle Starnes.
Debby’s maternal grandfather was Elwood Lynn “Skip” Carr (the son of Lynn Luther Carr and Roene Wealthy Belcher). Elwood was born in Lenoxville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, and had deep roots in the U.S. Lynn was born in Lenox, Susquehanna County, the son of Nelson Byron Carr and Frances Emma Dunn. Roene was born in Carbondale Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Randell Tilden Belcher and Aletha Adeline Rankin.
Debby’s maternal grandmother was Patricia Leona Carden (the daughter of Francis De Sailes Carden Jr. and Beatrice Fortuner). Patricia was born in Pennsylvania. Francis was the son of Francis De Sailes Carden, whose parents were Irish; and of Mary Elizabeth Lee, whose father had deep roots in the U.S., and whose maternal grandparents were Irish. Debby’s great-grandmother Beatrice was the daughter of Michael Fortuner/Fortunato, an Italian immigrant; and of Anna Wagner, whose father, and maternal grandparents, were German immigrants.
Sources: Obituary of Debby’s paternal grandfather, Calvin Raymond Popp – https://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Debby’s mother (focusing on her own father’s side) (through her own brother) – https://www.findagrave.com
The other is Southern Asian, never seen a Irish from Ireland like this thing
But in the other pics looks Slav, these races have in common the Mongoloid features.
She’s from an old stock southern white family, she has a lot of english ancestry as well, time for an update.
So, this is interesting. Apparently Debby and her older brother named Chase use their mother Sandy Ryan’s last name. (wether this was from birth or when they began their careers is unknown). Their father’s name is Chris Popp.
Debby’s paternal grandfather’s name was Calvin Raymond Popp son of Henry H. Popp and Lois Podsednik. Calvin was born in West, Texas. Calvin’s obituary; https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sanantonio/name/calvin-popp-obituary?id=7748377
Henry was the son of Frank Popp Sr. and Frances Kapavik (Frances was born in Czechia)
Lois was the daughter of Joseph Frank Podsednik and Mary Elizabeth Schneider. Joseph was born in Texas to Czech parents, Frantisek “Franz/Frank” Podsednik and Antonia Mondrej. Mary was born in Tours, Texas to George Andrew Schneider who was of German descent and Anna Marie “Annie” Uptmor also of German descent.
Debby’s paternal grandmother’s name was Selah Rose Shieldes the daughter of Robert Shieldes and Myra Payne. Robert was the son of Robert Edward Lee Shields and Ida Rickett.
Robert Edward Lee Shields was the son of George Shieldes and Isabella Kirkpatrick
Ida Rickett was the daughter of Ephraim Rickett/Ricketts and Margaret Robinson.
Robert Edward Lee was of English descent and Ida was of English an Irish descent.
Myra Payne was the daughter of Howard Payne and Myrtle Starnes.
Howard was the son of William Payne and Henrietta Turner.
Myrtle was the daughter of Charley Starnes and Mary White.
Howard was of English descent and Myrtle was of German and English descent
Yes! Actually I found this information months ago. I think debby was born “Deborah Ann Popp”; I don’t know why she and her family use the surname “Ryan”, as his mother’s surname is actually “Carr”.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/PS6Q-9NK
Debby’s maternal grandfather was Elwood Lynn “Skip” Carr (the son of Lynn Luther Carr and Roene Belcher). Elwood was born in Lenoxville, Pennsylvania, and had deep lines in America. Lynn was the son of Nelson Byron Carr and Frances Emma Dunn. Roene was the daughter of Randell Tilden Belcher and Aletha Rankin.
Debby’s maternal grandmother is Patricia Leona Carden (the daughter of Francis De Sailes Carden Jr. and Beatrice Fortuner). Patricia was born in Pennsylvania. Francis was the son of Francis De Sailes Carden, whose parents were Irish, and Mary Elizabeth Lee, whose maternal grandparents were Irish and father had deep lines in America. Beatrice was the daughter of Michael Fortuner/Fortunato, an Italian immigrant, and Anna Wagner, whose father and maternal grandparents were German immigrants.
my bad not born there but definitely of English roots
“CORRECTION’ partially English, http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Ryan-Family-Tree-551 Thomas Moore 1847- 1912 is the son of John Moore who I believe is the son of Luke Moore and Susan Ann Bowers who according to ancestry.com records Susan Ann Bowers was born in England
That’s not a family tree of actress Debby Ryan. The parents’ names and siblings’ names don’t match.
wow so many unreliable sources on the internet. Probably should of assumed being a wiki reference
That could be a reliable source, you just got the wrong Debby Ryan. That’s not even how she spells her name.