Kyle Eastwood

Eastwood in 2009, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Kyle C. Eastwood

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: May 19, 1968

Ethnicity:
*father – English, Scottish, Irish, smaller amounts of German and Dutch, remote Welsh
*mother – Swedish, Irish

Kyle Eastwood is an American jazz bass musician and actor.

He is the son of Maggie Johnson (Margaret Neville Johnson) and actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood (Clinton Eastwood). His sister is actress and filmmaker Alison Eastwood, and his half-siblings include actress and makeup artist Kimber Eastwood; actor and model Scott Eastwood, actress, model, and television personality Francesca Eastwood; and actress Morgan Eastwood.

Kyle starred in the 1982 movie Honkytonk Man, alongside his father Clint.

Kyle’s father has English, Scottish, Irish, smaller amounts of German and Dutch, and remote Welsh, ancestry. Kyle’s mother is of half Swedish and half Irish descent.

Kyle’s Eastwood line seems to trace to Richard Eastwood, who was born, c. 1620, in England. Richard moved to Virginia, United States.

Kyle’s paternal grandfather was Clinton Eastwood (the son of Burr Eastwood and Jesse Mabel Anderson). Clinton was born in San Francisco, California. Burr was the son of Asa Bedesco/Bodisco Eastwood and Emily/Emma “Mabel” Young. Jesse was the daughter of Matthew Anderson, who was Scottish, and of Lois/Louise Sabra/Helen A. Gaskill.

Kyle’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Ruth “Betty” Runner (the daughter of Waldo Errol Runner and Virginia May McClanahan). Margaret was born in Alameda County, California. Waldo was born in Buena Vista, Chaffee, Colorado, the son of Charles Claude “C.C.” Runner and Sophia Aurelia Bartholomew. Virginia was the daughter of James William McClanahan and Matilda Belle “Mattie Bell” Boyle; Matilda’s parents were John Pearis Boyle and Eliza D. Patterson.

Kyle’s maternal grandfather was named Gilbert F. Johnson (the son of John A. Johnson and Anna). Gilbert was born in Idaho, to Swedish parents.

Kyle’s maternal grandmother was Margaret/Marguerite Edith Neville (the daughter of Robert George Neville and Maggie McCurdy). Kyle’s grandmother Margaret was born in Illinois. Robert was born in Illniois, the son of Irish parents, George Neville and Catherine Moorehead or Megan Leod. Kyle’s great-grandmother Maggie was born in Pennsylvania, to Irish parents, Alexander McCurdy and Catherine Coneghy.

Sources: Genealogies of Kyle Eastwood (focusing on his father’s side) –

Marriage record of Kyle’s parents –

Genealogies of Kyle’s father –

Genealogy of Kyle’s paternal grandmother, Margaret Ruth Runner –

Marriage record of Kyle’s maternal grandparents, Gilbert F. Johnson and Margaret/Marguerite Edith Neville –

Kyle’s maternal grandparents, Gilbert F. Johnson and Margaret/Marguerite Edith Neville, on the 1930 U.S. Census –

Kyle’s maternal grandfather, Gilbert F. Johnson, on the 1920 U.S. Census –

Death record of Kyle’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert George Neville –

Obituary of Kyle’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert George Neville –