Birth Name: Shantel Yvonne VanSanten
Place of Birth: Luverne, Minnesota
Date of Birth: July 25, 1985
Ethnicity:
*75% Dutch
*25% Norwegian
Shantel VanSanten is an American model and actress. As a model, she has been featured in the magazines Teen Vogue and Seventeen. It was stated in an interview on Young Hollywood that Shantel is “75% Dutch and 25% Norwegian and grew up on a farm in Minnesota”. She has also said that she has many relatives in Holland.
Shantel’s paternal grandparents are Pieter/Peter Van Santen (the son of Adrianus Van Santen and Maartje Maria Drop) and Nellie Van Hemert. Pieter was born in Schipluiden, the Netherlands. Nellie was also born in the Netherlands.
Shantel’s maternal grandparents are Dewey Dooyema and Doris Evon Henrietta Sundem (the daughter of Henry M. Sundem and Elise J. Lien). Henry was born in Minnesota, of Norwegian descent. Elise was also born in Minnesota, to Norwegian parents.
Sources: http://www.younghollywood.com
http://www.self.com
Genealogy of Shantel’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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