Adele
Adele in 2011, kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
Place of Birth: Enfield, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 5 May, 1988
Ethnicity: English, Welsh
Adele is an English singer and songwriter. She is known for her soulful voice and her hit singles “Someone Like You,” “Rolling in the Deep,” and “Set Fire to the Rain,” among others.
Her mother, Penny Susan Adkins, is English. Her father, Mark Evans, is Welsh. A picture of Adele with her father can be seen here. Adele has a son with her former husband, charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki.
She has stated that as a young child, she was a fan of the Spice Girls, and later became influenced by R&B artists such as Mary J. Blige and Destiny’s Child.
Adele’s paternal grandfather is named John Charles Evans.
Adele’s paternal grandmother is named Rose Davies.
Adele’s maternal grandfather is named John R. Adkins.
Adele’s maternal grandmother is named Doreen M. Brooks.
Sources: http://www.walesonline.co.uk
Genealogy of Adele – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Adele’s maternal grandparents, John R. Adkins and Doreen M. Brooks – https://familysearch.org
I am a black Zimbabwean guy. I first heard adele’s music on our local radio channel this year.what surprised me was that she sang that song in our local shona language and she was very fluent! The dj just mentioned after the song that adele was the artist. Since i had enjoyed that song i googled to find out who adele was and that was when i learnt that she was british, when i thought she was one of our black local musicians!
adele have you been to zimbabwe?
i love you adele. i listen to all of your songs. i really like ROLLING IN THE DEEP, SOMEONE LIKE YOU , HOMETOWN GLORY ,and TURNING TABLES.
oh you can tell its just English…. UGLY hahaha
NOt true.. she is a beauty :)
english people are quite beatiful. and im Puerto rican
She definitely has some welsh in her. I watched an episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks where she said her gran was deeply disappointed that no one knew she was welsh and thought Duffy was hogging all the welsh limelight or something like that.
LMAO they are the same shit!
http://perezhilton.com/2011-03-16-adeles-father-talks-about-his-alcoholism-and-strained-relationship-with-his-daughter
Her father’s surname is Evans, which is Welsh, and he lives in Wales, so I assume he’s Welsh. That would make her of Welsh descent too?
thats an interesting theory Paul. Ill have to keep an eye out for some more supporting evidence.
ethnic
Im a lil confused with thee above,stating that Adele’s ethnicity is ‘English’. ‘English’ is ‘not’ an ethnic group, it’s a nationality which can include many different races. there’re blacks and asians and whites all residing in England which makes them all ‘English’. I strongly suggest that somebody do the research and correct this mistake, for there is no race none as ‘English’.
Native English they mean..
Not pre British Empire Commonwealth English.. :)
English is an ethnicity.
english is an ethnicity why do you think they have their own nation and language separate from the scotish and welsh. the asians and africans are descendents from inmigrants so they are properly not full english they are afroenglish or asian english or do you think there was blacks and asians founding the nation in the middle ages i dont think so