Birth Name: Willow Katherine Kayne
Place of Birth: Bristol, England
Date of Birth: August 24, 2001
Ethnicity: English, quarter Jewish [Ashkenazi, Sephardi], Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, distant French
Willow Kayne is a British singer. She won an Ivor Novello Rising Star Award in 2021. She is a member of Loud LDN.
Ancestry/Genealogy: Willow’s paternal grandfather is Laurence M Kayne (born to Dennis Benjamin Kayne and Pamela Rosella Cohen). Laurence was born in London. His parents were both Jewish; his father’s parents were from Poland, while his mother’s family had been living in England for generations, originally being from Algeria, Italy, and Spain. The Kayne surname was originally spelled Kyanski.
Willow’s paternal grandmother is Catherine M Croal.
Willow’s maternal grandfather was Timothy Francis Tothill Davis (born to Francis Gregory Tothill Davis and Mary McNaught Lockie). Timothy was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. His grandparents were born in England, Australia, and Myanmar. His great-great-grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Statham, from the Statham family of Saint Helena, which was descended from English and French colonists.
Willow’s maternal grandmother is Susan Mary Adams (born to Alexander Francis Lucas Adams and Margaret Tibbits). Susan was born in Milton Keynes. Alexander was mostly English, with some Scottish, Northern Irish, and Irish descent. He also descended from European Royalty, namely that of Wales, Luxembourg and Italy.
Source: Willow Kayne in ThePeerage.com, a website listing British people of royal descent
Marriage record of Willow’s paternal grandparents
Genealogies:
*Dennis Benjamin Kayne
*Timothy Francis Tothill Davis
*Alexander Francis Lucas Adams
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