 Fey 's father had English , German , and Northern Irish ancestry ; one of Fey 's paternal great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ grandfathers was John Hewson ( 1744 – 1821 ) , a textile manufacturer who immigrated to America with the support of Benjamin Franklin , enabling Hewson to quickly open a quilting factory in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . According to a genealogical DNA test arranged by the television series Finding Your Roots , Fey 's ancestry is 94 % European , 3 % Middle Eastern , and 3 % from the Caucasus . 
 Fey <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>father had English , German , and Northern Irish ancestry ; one of Fey <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>paternal great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ grandfathers was John Hewson ( 1744 – 1821 ) , a textile manufacturer <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>immigrated to America with the support of Benjamin Franklin , enabling Hewson to quickly open a quilting factory in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . According to a genealogical DNA test arranged by the television series Finding Your Roots , Fey <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>ancestry <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>94 % European , 3 % Middle Eastern , and 3 % from the Caucasus . 
Fey  father had English , German , and Northern Irish ancestry ; one of Fey  paternal great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ great @-@ grandfathers was John Hewson ( 1744 – 1821 ) , a textile manufacturer immigrated to America with the support of Benjamin Franklin , enabling Hewson to quickly open a quilting factory in da Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . According to a genealogical DNA test arranged by tdatelevision series Finding Your Roots , Fey  ancestry 94 % European , 3 % Middle Eastern , and 3 % from the Caucasus .