Complex sentence: Peter Yarrow was born in Manhattan to Bernard Yarrow and Vera Yarrow Wisebrode, (née Vira Burtakoff) both immigrants of educated Jewish-Ukrainian background whose families had settled in Providence, Rhode Island.
Split into simpler sentences: Peter Yarrow was born in Manhattan, the son of Vera Yarrow Wisebrode (née Vira Burtakoff) and Bernard Yarrow. His parents were both immigrants of educated Ukrainian Jewish background, whose families had settled in Providence, Rhode Island.