Ethnicity: German/Black Sea German, English, smaller amounts of Scottish, Irish, French, as well as 1/64th African [from Madagascar] Ty Burrell is an American actor and comedian.

He is mostly of English and German descent, though he discovered via Finding Your Roots that he is also of 1/16th African American ancestry through his great-great-grandmother, a formerly enslaved girl from Tennessee who became a homesteader in Oregon.

Multiracial (White and Black) Ty has German and English ancestry. He also has smaller amounts of Scottish, Irish, French, as well as 1/64th African roots.

He is the son of Sheri Rose (Hauck), a teacher, and Gary Gerald Burrell, a family therapist, and is primarily of English and German ancestry.

Tyler Gerald Burrell was born on August 22, 1967 in Grants Pass, Oregon, where his family owned a business. He is the son of Sheri Rose (Hauck), a teacher, and Gary Gerald Burrell, a family therapist, and is primarily of English and German ancestry.