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
Either Vanessa’s fooling everyone or the ones who interviewed her had iPods in because I could’ve sworn so many other sites, actually every other site, stated she is also Indonesian. I can definitely see Indonesian in this chick.
You’re thinking of Michelle Branch. It’s understandable to get them mixed up. They sort of resemble each other.
Her mother is Russian Jewish, but her father is Scandinavian and Native American. That is why her features are dark. It was said somewhere in an interview.
Lily,
do you have a link to that interview?
Vanessa Lee Carlton is just beautiful, I like her for who she is, and I Love her music and her voice…I fall into the sky when I hear her sing and play. <3
Vanessa Is Totally Awesome……………….[Period]
Carlton is of Scandinavian and —-Irish Catholic—- descent on her father’s side, and Russian Jewish descent on her mother’s.[1]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Carlton
http://www.teenmusic.com/2002/04/29/vanessa-carlton-a-thousand-miles-to-here
Hey Adriana, thanks for the links but it doesnt mention irish in that interview, despite being on Wiki.
I thought she was Chinese American.