Douwe Bob

Birth Name: Douwe Bob Posthuma

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date of Birth: 12 December, 1992

Ethnicity: Dutch, Frisian

Douwe Bob is a Dutch singer and songwriter. He won Dutch talent show De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland. He represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and placed 11th.

He is the son of Ellen Benard and Simon Douwe Posthuma, a painter. He has three children.

Douwe’s paternal grandfather was Douwe Posthuma (the son of Symon Posthuma and Wypkje Kramer). Douwe was born in Makkum, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands. Symon was the son of Siete Posthuma and Teetske Westerbaan.

Douwe’s paternal grandmother was surnamed de Witte.

Sources: http://muziek-en-film.infonu.nl

Genealogy of Douwe Bob (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com