Ke$ha
Ke$ha in 2012, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Kesha Rose Sebert
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 1, 1987
Ethnicity:
*biological father – possibly English
*mother – German, Hungarian
Ke$ha, also known as Kesha, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and actress. She performs pop and electronic music. Her songs include “Tik Tok,” “Blah Blah Blah,” “Your Love Is My Drug,” “Take It Off,” “Blow,” “Die Young,” “My First Kiss,” “We R Who We R,” “Right Round,” and “Timber.”
Her mother, Pebe Sebert (Rosemary Patricia Sebert), is a singer and songwriter.
Ke$ha’s maternal grandfather was of German descent and Ke$ha’s maternal grandmother was of Hungarian ancestry. Ke$ha was raised by her mother, and the identity of Ke$ha’s biological father has not been publicly verified. A man named Bob Chamberlain has stated that he is Ke$ha’s biological father; it is not clear if this statement has been verified. Chamberlain is an English surname.
Ke$ha has said, “did you guys know that i am a gypsy? mom just told me that we are a bunch of thieving hungarian gypsies. ALL MAKES SENSE NOW.” It is not clear if Ke$ha actually has verified/documented Romani ancestry.
In a Polish interview, she stated:
Once my mom someday told me the story exactly where my family came from. My great-great-grandmother lived on some Polish land, which was then ruled by Russia … I admit that now I do not remember exactly.
It is likely that Ke$ha was referring to one of her ethnic German ancestors, as ethnic Germans often lived on land that is territorially now part of Poland. It does not appear that Ke$ha has ethnic Polish ancestry, on her mother’s side.
Ke$ha’s maternal grandfather was Wilmer Louis Siebert (the son of Paul Peter Siebert and Mary Eva Pahs). Wilmer was born in Indiana, to parents who were born in Indiana; all of their own parents were German, from Prussia. Paul was the son of Johann Albert “John” Siebert/Sebert and Henrietta Gertrude Grott. Mary Eva was the daughter of Josef Gustave “Joseph” Pahs/Pass and Appolonia Matilda Wegener/Wegoner/Wagner.
Ke$ha’s maternal grandmother was Rose Marie Kecse (the daughter of Sándor “Alexander” Kecse Nagy and Lídia “Ellen”/”Ella Lydia” Tóth). Rose was born in Illinois, to Hungarian parents. Sándor was from Gádoros, Békés, the son of Bálius Kecse Nagy and Mária Bese. Lídia was born in Szentes, Csongrad, the daughter of János Tóth and Lídia Kis.
Sources: Genealogies of Ke$ha (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
https://gw.geneanet.org
Ke$ha’s maternal grandfather, Wilmer Louis Siebert, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Ke$ha’s maternal grandmother, Rose Marie Kecse, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Ke$ha’s maternal great-grandparents, Sándor Kecse Nagy and Lídia Tóth – https://www.familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Ke$ha’s maternal great-grandmother, Lídia Tóth – https://www.familysearch.org
I think me and Kesha might be related, I also have ancestors who were Germans from Poland. My paternal grandfather’s dad Charles “Carl” Schrull was born on January 5, 1893 in Lonke, Russia (now Lakie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland) to Wilhelm “William” Schrull and Amelia Metz/Mitz. Carl came to the US on June 20, 1912 and lived in Waterbury, Connecticut. He married Florentina “Florence” S. Wahl (who was born on August 15, 1897 in Brest, Russia to Michael Wahl and Caroline Crom, and her parents and sisters were all born in Radomyshl, Zhytomyr, Ukraine and Kiev, Kyiv, Ukraine). My paternal grandfather is German so that’d make me 1/4 German.
Dustin Schrull
Kesha stated she has remote Romani (Gypsy) ancestry from her mother’s side according to her official verified Facebook.
https://facebook.com/kesha/posts/10150358299259459
She’s so ugly….I personally think she looks like she could be of barbarian descent cause she acts like one no offence
LMAOOOOO
Bro what are you on about
There is a good chance that Ke$ha’s grandfather is polish. why?
1. Siewert is a true polish last name.
2. Before 1918 Poland was not a recognized country, because it was divided between Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Therefore all polish emigrants which came before this date (Ke$ha’s ancestors) were not labeled as Poles but as Germans, Austrians, or Russians.
3. La Porte, Indiana was a heavily populated with Poles.
4. I believe they were Catholics (Almost all Poles are Catholics, and Germans are Protestants.)
As you can see there is a very high possibility that Ke$ha’s ancestor’s were from Poland.
(ancestory.com often makes mistakes about European immigrant background.)
“Siebert” isn’t an ethnic Polish surname. There were ethnic Germans with that surname who lived in Poland, though. The other names on Ke$ha’s maternal grandfather’s lines were “Grott”, “Zahrt”, “Tauw”, “Pahs”, and “Wegoner”.
http://records.ancestry.com/Wilmer_Siebert_records.ashx?pid=126634293
Does the picture work for people? It doesn’t work on one server I’m on, but does on another.
Seems to work for me in Firefox and internet explorer at least
The picture works on my firefox but not on my internet explorer.
unfortunately it works with Chrome. That look is a joke
thats strange, if anyone else is having that problem let me know.
BTW, ethnic, I think the Meryl Streep and Zoe Kravitz pictures should be cropped, because their faces don’t fully show up on featured pictures.
Oh, and the Jon Bon Jovi picture, too, please.
Done
Thank you.