Jack Savoretti
Savoretti in 2008, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Giovanni Edgar C. Galletto Savoretti
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 10 October, 1983
Ethnicity:
*father – Italian
*maternal grandfather – Ashkenazi Jewish
*maternal grandmother – German
Jack Savoretti is a British acoustic singer, songwriter, and musician.
He is the son of Ingrid and Guido Galletto-Savoretti. He was raised in London, before moving to Lugano, Switzerland, where he attended an American school. Jack speaks fluent Italian. He is married to actress Jemma Powell, with whom he has three children.
Jack’s paternal grandfather was named Giovanni Savoretti. Giovanni was from Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He led the partisan movement against German occupation in Genoa during WWII.
Jack’s maternal grandfather was named Edgar Hepner.
Jack’s maternal grandmother was named Charlotte R. L. Budig.
Jack has stated:
My father is Italian, my mother was born in England but her parents were “German-Polish,” her father was Polish Jewish, her mother was German. At the beginning of the ’30s this relationship wasn’t “trendy” so they escaped to Paris and London, where my mother was born.
Sources: http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk
https://roundandabout.co.uk
Birth record of Jack Savoretti – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Jack’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Jack’s mother – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Jack’s maternal grandparents, Edgar Hepner and Charlotte R. L. Budig – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s paternal grandfather was Giovanni Savoretti. He was from Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
So Jack says in the interview that his grandfather was a Polish Jew and his grandmother was a German non-Jew?
he said: “my father is Italian, my mother was born in England but his parents were “German-Polish”, her father was Polish Jewish, her mother was German. At the beginning of the 30s this relationship wasn’t “trendy” so they escaped to Paris and London, where my mother was born”
*her parents