Complex sentence: Coburn was born on August 31,1928 in Laurel, Nebraska, the son of James Harrison Coburn, Jr. and Mylet Coburn; his father was of Scots-Irish ancestry and his mother was an immigrant from Sweden.
Split into simpler sentences: Coburn was born on August 31,1928 in Laurel, Nebraska, the son of James Harrison Coburn, Jr. and Mylet Coburn. His father was of Scottish-Irish ancestry and his mother was an immigrant from Sweden.