KT Tunstall

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Tunstall in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Kate Victoria Tunstall

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland

Date of Birth: 23 June, 1975

Ethnicity:
*father – Northern Irish/Irish
*mother – Scottish, Chinese

KT Tunstall is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician. She is known for the hit single “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree.”

Her biological mother, Carol-Ann (McDougall), was from Hong Kong, of Chinese and Scottish descent. Her biological father, John Gabriel Joseph Corrigan, was from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her parents met while her mother was a dancer in Penthouse bar in Edinburgh, where her father was a bartender. KT has never met her biological father. At eighteen days old, her mother gave her up for adoption. KT was adopted by Rosemarie (Bebbington), a Welsh teacher, and David Prestwich Tunstall, an English physics lecturer; they lived in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

KT’s biological maternal grandfather was James “Sonny” McDougall (the son of Robert McDougall and Annie Sandie). James was Scottish, and was born in Edinburgh. Robert was the son of James McDougall and Ann Dean Stewart. KT’s great-grandmother Annie was the daughter of Andrew Sandie and Dorothea Thornburn.

KT’s biological maternal grandmother had the surname Wong. She is Chinese.

Sources: https://bamni.co.uk

Genealogy of KT Tunstall (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com

3 Responses

  1. Manila says:

    Her biological mother’s given name should be hyphened as indicated on her marriage index, so her name should be Carol-Ann (McDougall) Orr. Her biological father was John Gabriel Joseph Corrigan, and he was from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

    KT’s biological maternal grandfather was James “Sonny” McDougall (the son of Robert McDougall and Annie Sandie). James was Scottish, and was born in Edinburgh. Robert was the son of James McDougall and Ann Dean Stewart. Annie was the daughter of Andrew Sandie and Dorothea Thornburn.

    KT’s biological maternal grandmother had the surname Wong. She is Chinese.

    https://bamni.co.uk/2019/07/15/scottish-singer-kt-tunstall-reveals-dream-to-tour-ireland-in-a-camper-van/

    Genealogy of KT Tunstall (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com/person-1000251_813392471_813392471/private-tunstall

  2. andrew says:

    KT Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She is mostly known for the hit single “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree”.

    KT was born to a half-Chinese, half-Scottish mother Carol Ann, who was from Hong Kong, and an Irish man. Her mother met her father while working as dancer in Penthouse bar in Edinburgh, where her father was a bartender. She never met her biological father. At 18 days old her mother gave her for adoption to Rosemary and David Tunstall in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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