Flea

Flea in 2007, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Michael Peter Balzary

Place of Birth: Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Date of Birth: October 16, 1962

Ethnicity: English, smaller amount of Irish, 1/16th Hungarian

Flea is an Australian-born American musician and actor. He is the bassist of rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. He was also a member of supergroup Rocket Juice & the Moon. Other members of Red Hot Chili Peppers include/have included John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Josh Klinghoffer, Dave Navarro, and Chad Smith. Damon Albarn was also a member of Rocket Juice. He is also known as Mike B and the Flea.

Flea was born in Burwood, Victoria, Australia, the son of Patricia and Michael Balzary. When Flea was five, his family relocated to Larchmont, New York. In 1971, his parents divorced and his father returned to Australia. Flea and his siblings stayed in the U.S., where they grew up.

Flea is married to fashion designer Melody Ehsani. He has a daughter with his former wife Loesha Zeviar; a daughter with his former fiancée, model Frankie Rayder; and one child with Melody.

Flea’s paternal grandfather was Clifford Vincent Balzary (the son of Edwin Albert Balzary and Emma Jane Osborne). Edwin was the son of Albert Vincent Balzary, who was Hungarian, and of Honoretta/Henrietta/Honora/Honoria Anna Henrietta Leonoran Bentley, who was Irish, from Dublin. Emma was the daughter of English parents, Richard Osborne, from Norfolk, and Eliza Hickmott, from Hackney, Middlesex.

Flea’s paternal grandmother was named Sylvia Eileen Mitchell.

Flea’s maternal grandfather was Jack Dracup (the son of Albert Dracup and Lily Midgely). Jack was born in Yorkshire, England. Albert was the son of Nathaniel Dracup and Emma Cooper.

Flea’s maternal grandmother was Muriel Florence Goddard (the daughter of George Thomas Goddard and Susannah Prior). Muriel was born in London, England.

Flea is sometimes said to have Aboriginal ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.

Source: Genealogy of Flea – https://gw.geneanet.org