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Birth Name:
Alfred Matthew Yankovic
Birth Place:
California, USA
Ethnicity:
Serbian, English and Italian.
the American Musician was born in DowneyCalifornia. His father was an American of Serbian descent and his mother was of Italian and English descent. Despite what some may believe, he is not of Jewish heritage.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic
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Yeaa,he’s Serbian. His last name written in Serbian is Janković.
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Some people may think he’s Jewish because he has a parody song “Pretty Fly for a Rabbi”, plus a lot of his jokes and songs have sort of a “Jewish feel” to them. I understand that his band’s drummer is Jewish, though.
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why does everyone think that all celebrities are Jewish!?! FCOL
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knew he was serb because of his surname :-D
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‘ilovemyethan’ you’re an idiot. Did you go to school past grade 5?
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Afraid not
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i thought he was jewish
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Serbia in europe
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where the hell is serbian from
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