Natalie Jane
Birth Name: Natalie Janowski
Place of Birth: Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 25, 2004
Ethnicity: Polish-Ashkenazi Jewish
Natalie Jane is an American singer and songwriter. She made it to the top 40 of the eighteenth season of American Idol.
Natalie’s maternal grandfather was Richard William Selmonsky (the son of Joseph “Joe” Selmonsky and Miriam Seff). Richard was born in New York. Joseph was born in England, to a Polish Jewish family, the son of Philip/Eliezer Selmonsky and Pauline/Poli/Pese/Pessa Leya Knyper, who were from Warsaw. Miriam was born in New York, the daughter of Marx/Mordechai Seff, a Russian Jewish immigrant, and of Pauline/Paulina Wiplich, who was an Austrian Jew.
Natalie’s maternal grandmother was Joyce S. Mann (the daughter of Carol Julius Silverman/Mann and Flora Bluma Lifschitz). Joyce was born in New York. Carol was a Romanian Jewish immigrant. Flora was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Samuel Lifschitz, a Russian Jewish immigrant, and of Mary Kaplan, who was born in San Francisco, California, to Lithuanian Jewish/Polish Jewish parents.
her father was born in london to likely polish-jewish parents
maternal grandfather – Richard Selmonsky (born to Joseph Selmonsky and Miriam Seff). Joseph Selmonsky was born in England to a Polish-Jewish family. Miriam Seff was born in New York to Jewish parents – Marx Seff, born in Russia, and Pauline Wiplich, born in Austria.
maternal grandmother – Judy Pakulsky (born to Sam Pakulsky and Frieda Feldman). Sam was born in Minsk, Belarus to Jewish parents, while Frieda was born in New York to Russian-Jewish parents.
marriage record of natalie’s maternal grandparents: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10540-2285393/richard-selmonsky-and-judy-pakulsky-in-new-york-city-marriages?s=1572007352
marriage record of judy’s parents: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-20807-2973453-S/sam-pakulsky-and-frieda-feldman-in-new-york-new-york-city-marriages