Though Judge Gorsuch’s maternal side of the family is Irish Catholic, he is an Episcopalian. But there already are 5 Catholic Justices, so we can use a token Protestant. : )
But seriously, I think that this was an excellent choice by President Trump. Judge Gorsuch will be confirmed without much of a filibuster attempt, and SCOTUS will return to being Justice Kennedy’s personal plaything ... until either Ginsburg, Kennedy or Breyer leave an opening ....
Neil’s paternal grandmother is German
Freda Henrietta Munz
Birth 3 AUG 1905 • Petersburg, Arapahoe, Colorado
Death 2 SEP 1985 • Aurora, Arapahoe, Colorado
The Gorsuch family is Virginian colonialists.
and a Mrs. Gorsuch was a Johnson of western Pennsylvania.
gr-gr-gr-great grandfather of Neil is Liet Johnson of Revolutionary War
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Johnson&GSiman=1&GScid=43803&GRid=29312960&;
Judge Gorsuch is a direct descendant of
Charles Gorsuch
Birth 1687 Baltimore Co MD
Death 1747
whose children were baptized at St Paul Episcopal Church in Baltimore.
and
Rev. John Gorsuch
Birth 1609 Hertfordshire England
Death 1647 Hertfordshire England
and
Adam de Scarisbrick, Lord of Gorsuch
Birth 1460 • England