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.
As I am sure you are aware, NE is a fan based area of the New England Patriots whose Home is Gillette Stadium located in the state of MA, therefore for CBS to block out NE Patriots home game this past Sunday afternoon, November 8, 2015 (WTIC) your reason being NE is a Jets and Giants Fan base.