Meet Malki Rosen, Shia Saide

Posted by Lorie Orum on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Shayna (Saide) and Jeffrey LaBeouf’s son are named Shia. Shia’s father is a Christian who is part of Cajun [French] and half British Isles [English, Northern Irish] ancestor. Shia’s mother was Jewish and was of Polish and Russian ancestry.

Shia’s first name means “a gift from God” in Hebrew. The French equivalent of Shia’s last name is “the beef.” Shia raised a Jew and was both baptized and had his Bar Mitzvah. He had frequently identified as Jewish. While practicing his role as the Catholic saint Padre Pio in 2022, he claimed to have converted to Catholicism.

Shia and his English-Brazilian model and actress partner have a single child.

Shia LaBeouf grandparents: Meet Malki Rosen, Shia Saide

Szaja Yeshayhu “Sam”/Shia Saide was Shia’s maternal grandfather. He was the son of Chana “Anna” Slowa/Starynsky and Nochim/Nochum Mendel “Max” Zajac/Zajenc/Saide. Szaja was a Polish Jew who was born in Bialystok in 1913. In 1930, he relocated to America. He was an artist, performer, and comic. Max was Benjamin’s son.

Mary Ann “Malki” Rosen was Shia’s matriarch (the daughter of Abraham Aaron Rosen and Bessie Cohen). Russian Jewish parents gave birth to Mary Ann in New York.

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