Blanche

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Birth Name: Ellie Delvaux

Place of Birth: Brussels, Belgium

Date of Birth: 10 June, 1999

Ethnicity:
*Belgian [Walloon] (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Blanche is a Belgian singer and songwriter. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Her father, whose surname is Delvaux, is Walloon. Her mother, Carine Parady Langbord, is Jewish.

Blanche’s maternal grandfather was Abraham “Meme” Langbord (the son of Moshe Langbord and Yocheved Bernstein). Abraham was born in Nazareth, Israel. Moshe was the son of Zvi Langbord. Yocheved was the daughter of Naphtali Bernstein.

Blanche’s maternal grandmother is Monique Faynsztein (the daughter of André Faynsztein and Irene Izraelita). André was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Benjamin Faynsztein and Chana/Hava Wachenberg/Wichenberg, who were both killed during the Holocaust. Irene was also a Polish Jew, and was born in Charleroi, Wallonia, the daughter of Benjamin Leib Izraelita and Basia Gutreiman, who were also both killed during the Holocaust.

Source: Genealogy of Blanche (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com