Edsel Dope

Birth Name: Brian Charles Ebejer

Place of Birth: West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

Date of Birth: March 21, 1974

Ethnicity: Maltese (paternal grandfather), English, Swiss-German, German, French, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, possibly other

Edsel Dope is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. He is the lead singer of the rock band Dope.

Edsel is the son of Bonnie (Castleberry) Lilly and Thomas William Ebejer. His brother is musician Simon Dope, who originally was the keyboardist of Dope. Edsel’s parents divorced when he was five years old, and he and his brother grew up apart, with one sibling living with one parent at different times.

Edsel’s paternal grandfather was Charles William Ebejer (the son of Emanuel Ebejer and Mary Lopez). Charles was born in England. Emanuel was born in Malta. Mary was born in England, to Maltese parents.

Edsel’s paternal grandmother was Dorothy Irene Smith (the daughter of Merlyn Lyle Smith and Flossie Ruth Kutzli). Merlyn was the son of Clement Earl Smith and Gladys Avora Kigar, and had English, and some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish and German, ancestry. Flossie was the daughter of Meno Kutzli, whose parents were Swiss-German, and of Ida M. Otto, whose father was German, and whose mother was born in Ohio, to French parents.

Sources: Edsel’s maternal grandfather, Charles William Ebejer, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Edsel’s maternal great-grandparents, Emanuel Ebejer and Mary Lopez, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Edsel’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy Irene Smith – https://wc.rootsweb.com