Zac Posen

Posen in 2015, photo by DFree/bigstockphoto.com

Birth Name: Zachary E. Posen

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 24, 1980

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Zac Posen is an American fashion designer.

He is the son of Susan and Stephen Arnold Posen. Both of his parents are Jewish, and he was raised in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan.

A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2021) stated that Zac’s genetic ancestry is:

*100% European Jewish

Zac’s paternal grandfather was Eliezer Aaron/Edward Aaron/Aron Pozin/Posen (the son of Meir/Meyer Pozin/Posen and Chaye Rachael Pollikoff). Eliezer was born in the Russian Empire. The family was from Shklow, now Belarus.

Zac’s paternal grandmother was Sylvia R. Zepin (the daughter of Samuel Zepin and Pauline Klein). Sylvia was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Zac’s maternal grandfather was Everett David Orzack (the son of Morris Orzechowicz/Orzack and Jeanne “Jennie” Hirsch). Everett was born in New York. Morris was born in Poland, the son of Juklew/Jacob Orzechowicz/Orzack and Surel Tyla “Sarah Tillie” Loncka. The family was from Żychlin. Jennie was born in New York, to parents from Germany, Louis Hirsch and Eva Roesh.

Zac’s maternal grandmother was Mildred M. Levin (the daughter of Samuel Levin and Beatrice Smith). Mildred was born in New York. Samuel was born in Russia, the son of Moses Levin and Becka Schneer. Beatrice was born in Maryland, to parents from Russia, Israel Smith and Esther.

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