Pink
Pink in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Alecia Beth Moore
Place of Birth: Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 8, 1979
Ethnicity:
*father – Irish, German, English, small amount of French
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Pink, also known as P!nk, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress.
Pink is the daughter of Judy (Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam War veteran. Pink’s father has Irish, German, English, and a small amount of French, ancestry. Pink’s mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Bohemia, Russia, and Lithuania). Pink was raised in a secular household. She has referred to herself as Jewish.
Pink grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She is married to professional motocross racer Carey Hart, with whom she has two children. Pink is a vegetarian and an animal rights activist. She is also involved in other charities and organizations.
Pink’s paternal grandfather was James Ira Moore (the son of James Michael Moore and Anna Wilhelmina Sokol/Sokoll). Pink’s grandfather James was born in Pennsylvania. Pink’s great-grandfather James was born in Connecticut, to Irish parents, Patrick Moore, from Ennis, Clare, and Ellen Roche. Anna was German, born in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, the daughter of Friedrich Julius Wilhelm Sokoll and Johanna L.
Pink’s paternal grandmother was Florence Mary McSorley (the daughter of James Aloysius McSorley and Florence Brion). Pink’s grandmother Florence was born in Pennsylvania, and had Irish, English, German, and French ancestry. James was the son of William McSorley and Mary Mulgrew. Pink’s great-grandmother Florence was the daughter of John William Brion and Alice Haworth, who was born in England.
Pink’s maternal grandfather was Louis/Lewis Kugel (the son of Samuel Kugel and Ida Bloomberg/Blumberg). Louis was born in New Jersey. Samuel was a Jewish emigrant from Bohemia. Ida was born in Pennsylvania, to Russian Jewish parents, Lewis/Louis Bloomberg/Blumberg and Rebecca.
Pink’s maternal grandmother was Henrietta Max (the daughter of Lewis Max, Jr. and Jennie Harris). Henrietta was born in New Jersey. Lewis was born in New York, to parents of Russian Jewish origin. Jennie was born in New Jersey, to Russian Jewish parents, Theodore Harris and Jennie Beck.
Sources: A discussion of the ancestry of Pink, and of her husband, Carey Hart, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, at The Huffington Post – http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Genealogy of Pink – https://www.geni.com
Pink’s paternal grandfather, James Ira Moore, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Pink’s paternal grandmother, Florence Mary McSorley, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Pink’s paternal grandmother, Florence Mary (McSorley) Moore – http://www.stretchfuneralhome.com
Pink’s maternal grandfather, Louis/Lewis Kugel, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Pink’s maternal grandmother, Henrietta Max, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
some Jews aren’t allowed to drink
Thats why shes ‘sober’ ;)
Pink rules. NO Pink rocks!!
Moore is apparently one of the most common surnames in Ireland,even though it was probably given to people of the Yorkshire moores originally.
Uh-Oh
whoever said pinks a man and that her fans are idiot children
1)seriously listen to urself u sound like an idiot child
2)i dont understand the reasoning in saying her music isnt real music. its heartfelt and meaningful. and ur a moron.
3)ur opnion dont mean squat shes still rich & famous
4)man HAHAHA yea right she is sexy as hell and if ur a man ur jus mad u would never get a chance and if ur a woman ur jus mad u can never look like her
she says we r all pink on the inside but idiots like u make me beg to differ