Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn New York where his father , Sam Sagan , was a Jewish clothes maker and his mother , Rachel Molly Gruber , was a housewife .
Simplified: Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn , New York , to a Russian Jewish family . His father , Sam Sagan , was a Russian immigrant garment worker ; his mother , Rachel Molly Gruber , a housewife .