Phil Collins
Collins in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Philip David Charles Collins
Place of Birth: Ealing, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 30 January, 1951
Ethnicity: English
Phil Collins is an English singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author. He was the lead singer and drummer of rock band Genesis. The band’s members also included Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford.
Phil is the son of Winifred (Strange), a prominent theatrical agent, and Greville Philip Austin Collins, an insurance agent. His brother is cartoonist and illustrator Clive Collins. He has five children; two with his former wife, Andrea Bertorelli; a daughter, actress and model Lily Collins, with his former wife, American-born Jill Tavelman; and two with his former wife, Swiss-born Orianne Cevey.
Phil’s paternal grandfather was Austin George Percy Collins (the son of Arthur James Collins and Ellen Piper). Austin was born in Fulham, London, England. Arthur was the son of William Collins and Emily Suggate. Ellen was the daughter of George Piper and Elizabeth Mary Cornell.
Phil’s paternal grandmother was Phillis/Phyllis Mary Piper (the daughter of George Henry Piper and Eliza Hall). Phillis was born in Swaffham, Norfolk, England. George was the son of George Piper and Elizabeth Mary Cornell.
Phil’s maternal grandfather was named Charles Ronald Strange.
Phil’s maternal grandmother was Lillie/Lilian/Lilly/Lily Maud Tozer (the daughter of Alfred Tozer and Sarah Ann Whall). Lillie was born in Wandsworth, London, England. Alfred was the son of Thomas Tozer and Charlotte Burgess. Sarah was the daughter of Robert John Whall and Emma Scarfe.
Sources: Genealogy of Phil Collins – https://www.geni.com
His patrilineal 3 times great grand mother was Elizabeth Jacques. Jacques is a name of French origin, and became popular in England after the French [Norman] conquest. So I would change his ethnicity to
Ethnicity: English, distant French [Norman]
Norman? What is the exact fraction of that? Almost certainly it’s less than 1/1024.
The Normans in England were absorbed into the English ethnicity. (Its roughly 30 – 40 generations ago) So it is entirely possible to be English with a Norman surname these days.
His brother: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Collins
The surname Collins can be Irish (anglicization of some Gaelic ones), however Phil has never claimed Irish roots, so that is not the case.
Btw why her daughter is listed as having some German ancestry on the father’s side but there’s nothin’ about it in Phil’s profile??
Don’t mind it’s on her mother’s side.