Daya
Daya in 2015, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Grace Martine Tandon
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 24, 1998
Ethnicity: Punjabi Indian (paternal grandfather), German, English, Irish, possibly other
Daya is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her stage name, Daya, means “grace” in Hindi.
Daya’s paternal grandfather is Jagdish Singh “Jag” Tandon (the son of Mool C. Tandon and Vidya V. Somra). Jagdish was born in New Dehli, India.
Daya’s paternal grandmother is named Monika Dettmers. Monika was born in Poznań, Germany, in present-day Poland.
Daya’s maternal grandfather is Eugene G. Illig (the son of Cyril Augustine Illig and Cecelia Loretta Sharp). Cyril was the son of Henry Augustine Illig, who was of German descent, and of Anne/Anna Elizabeth Crouse. Cecelia was the daughter of Joseph Sharp and Elizabeth Fogle.
Daya’s maternal grandmother is named Bernice L.
Sources: http://www.post-gazette.com
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Genealogies of Daya’s maternal great-grandparents, Cyril Augustine Illig and Cecelia Loretta Sharp – https://www.findagrave.com
Change “Indian” to “Punjabi.” Tandon is a Punjabi name.
She is the daughter of Christine Ann (Illig) and Hans-Peter Tandon.
Daya’s paternal grandparents are Jagdish Singh “Jag” Tandon (the son of Mool C. Tandon and Vidya V. Somra) and Monika Dettmers. Jagdish was born in New Dehli, India. Monika was born in Poznań, Germany, in present-day Poland.
Daya’s maternal grandfather is Eugene G. Illig (the son of Cyril Augustine Illig and Cecelia Loretta Sharp). Cyril was the son of Henry Augustine Illig and Anne/Anna Elizabeth Crouse. Cecelia was the daughter of Joseph Sharp and Elizabeth Fogle.
Daya’s maternal grandmother is Bernice L.
https://prabook.com/web/jagdish_singh.tandon/834806
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91995926
If anyone is interested, here is a lecture from Daya’s grandmother about her life as a German war refugee. Truly an amazing story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NR158Ud7Yk
She reminds me of Nasim Pedrad.
On Spotify if you read the “behind the lyrics” of Don’t Let Me Down it says at 1:04 “She told Kiss 95: ‘My heritage is Indian and German.'”
Where does German and Irish come from?
I’m not sure. On the Spotify app, it said on he behind the lyrics section of Don’t Let Me Down, it’s states that she told Kiss 95 that she had Indian and German ancestry.