According to recent information on him his grandfather was German. A large percentage of the United States ancestors were Northern European from 1620 to recent time. His actual ethnicity could be said to be American like so many others.
New England Patriots. The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division.
Winners of 4 Super Bowls since 2001, the Patriots play all home games at Gillette Stadium, located in Patriot Place. Even though the huge Patriot Place sports-entertainment complex is located in Foxborough, MA, about 22 miles south of Boston, you can easily get there on the Patriot Train departing from Boston's North Station.