After Sarah Jessica Parker's parents divorce, her mother married Paul Forste, a truck driver and account executive who was a part of Parker's life from an early age. Parker's mother was of English and German descent; through her mother, Sarah Jessica Parker is descended from Esther Elwell, one of the accused during the Salem witch trials. Parker's father, a native of Brooklyn, was of Eastern European Jewish background; his family's original surname was "Bar-Kahn" ("son of Kohen"). Parker has identified culturally and ethnically with her father's religion, Judaism, although she had no religious training. She has said that even while her family lived in Cincinnati, her mother emulated a New York lifestyle.

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