Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen

Jepsen in 2012, photo by Joe Seer/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Mission, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Birth: November 21, 1985

Ethnicity: Danish, English, German, Scottish, Ukrainian, Dutch

Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her songs “Call Me Maybe,” “This Kiss,” and “I Really Like You,” among others.

Carly Rae’s paternal grandfather is Arnie Jepsen (the son of Axel Jepsen and Lydia Elvera/Elvira Christensen). Arnie’s parents were Danish. Axel was born in Arhus, the son of Hans Jepsen and Karen Sørine Møller. Lydia was the daughter of Christian Christensen and Mette Nielsen.

Carly Rae’s paternal grandmother is Evelyn Allen (the daughter of Kenneth/Ken H. Allen and Rose Dziadyk). Kenneth was an immigrant, and was the son of English parents, Henry Sinden Allen and Amy Bradley. Rose was the daughter of emigrant parents, Theodore Fred Dziadyk and Annie Rusmavich, from Galicia.

Carly Rae’s maternal grandfather is named Roy Hobson.

Carly Rae’s maternal grandmother was Edith Ann Cameron (the daughter of James D. Cameron and Edith Laura Vandergrift). Carly Rae’s grandmother Edith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. James was the son of James B. Cameron, whose parents were Scottish, and of Mary Broomhead, whose father was English and whose mother was German. Carly Rae’s great-grandmother Edith was the daughter of Francis Riley “Frank” Vandegrift, who had partly deep roots in the U.S., and of Minnie W. Gruninger, whose own paternal grandparents were German, and whose mother was likely also of German descent.

Sources: Obituary of Carly’s paternal great-grandfather, Kenneth/Ken H. Allen – http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com

Obituaries of Carly’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Henry Sinden Allen – https://newspaperarchive.com

Obituary of Carly’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Amy (Bradley) Allen – https://newspaperarchive.com

30 Responses

  1. bablah says:

    Theodore was from Hushtyn, Ukraine. His kids have Ukrainian names like Dmytro. I’m pretty sure they were Ukrainian (like everybody in Canada with the last name Dziadyk).

  2. jackson9 says:

    Carly Rae Jepsen is Polish (Catholic I believe). Evelyn Allen, her paternal grandmother was the daughter of Ken Allen and Rose Dziadyk (1915-1987). Rose was the daughter of Theodore Fred Dziadyk and Annie Rusmavich. Theodore (1863-1945) was born in Poland and died in Canada. Annie was born in Galicia. Carly is at least 1/16th Polish. I think Annie was also of ethnic Polish ancestry, if that’s the case Carly is 1/8th. Sincerely bearboy/jackson9

    • bablah says:

      I don’t know. I have a feeling they might be Ukrainian.

      • jackson9 says:

        Strangely enough it looks like Theodore Fred Dziadyk, the ancestor I was talking about born in Poland who could have been ethnically Ukrainian was most likely the son of David Dziadyk and Mary Malenka Oglenskii. David at least was born in Austria.

  3. luckystar says:

    She clearly does have Eskimo Canadian genes.

  4. Manila says:

    I am not sure if Arnie was the son of Axel Jepsen and Elvera Christensen: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL1V-Q39

    The informant is seemed to be him (A. Jepsen).

    But, I have a clue that Arnie was probably born in Carlisle, Saskatchewan through his brother, Carl Axel: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=carl-axel-jepsen&pid=14730524&fhid=5856

    Let’s figure it out.

    • follers says:

      I can’t find anything more than that. Have you found Fergie’s Mexican ancestry yet? (kidding).

      • jackson9 says:

        Manila is right…. Axel Jepsen 1898 (Arhus, Denmark) and Lydia Elvira Christensen (1911-1995) born also in Denmark were in fact Arnie Jepsen’s parents. Axel was the son of Hans Jepsen and Karen Sorine Moller. Lydia was the daughter of Christian Christensen and Mette Nielsen.

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