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My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago.

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Alexis Denisof
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: February 25
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