Vanessa Carlton

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Birth Name: Vanessa Lee Carlton

Place of Birth: Milford, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Date of Birth: August 16, 1980

Ethnicity:
*father – Norwegian, Swedish
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish

Vanessa Carlton is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is known for her single “A Thousand Miles.”

Her father is a pilot and her mother is a pianist and music teacher. Her father has Norwegian and Swedish ancestry. Her mother is Jewish, of Russian Jewish descent. Vanessa is married to musician John McCauley, of alternative rock-folk Deer Tick. The couple has one child.

Vanessa’s paternal grandfather was named Edward “Ed” Carlton.

Vanessa’s paternal grandmother was Shirley Adele Anderson (the daughter of Lester Everett Anderson and Pearl Beatrice Thompson). Shirley was born in Illinois.

Vanessa’s maternal grandfather was Alan Jay Liberman (later Lee, the son of Moe Liberman and Tessie Horowitz). Alan was born in Maryland.

Vanessa’s maternal grandmother was named Elizabeth B.

Sources: Birth record of Vanessa’s paternal grandmother, Shirley Adele Anderson – https://familysearch.org

Vanessa’s maternal grandfather, Alan Jay Liberman, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org