Spiro Agnew was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Theodore Spiros Agnew, a Greek immigrant who shortened his name from Anagnostopoulos (Αναγνωστόπουλος) (originally from Gargaliani, Messinia) when he moved to the US,[6][7] and Margaret Marian (Akers) Pollard Agnew, a native of Virginia.[8] Spiro had a half brother, Roy Pollard, from his mother's first marriage (she was widowed at the time she met Spiro's father).[8] Agnew was raised in his father's Greek Orthodox religion. His Greek family has direct lineage from the island of Chios.[9][10]
Could be associated with Bernays.
