Birth Name: Michelle Chongmi Zauner
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Date of Birth: March 29, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – Jewish [Ashkenazi, Sephardic], English, Scottish
*mother – Korean
Michelle Zauner is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is best known for fronting the band Japanese Breakfast.
Her mother, Chongmi Zauner, died in 2014.
Ancestry/Genealogy: Michelle’s paternal grandfather was John William Zauner (born to John Zauner and Louise Elizabeth Erb). John was born in Brooklyn, New York. Both of his parents were born in New York to parents from Germany.
Michelle’s paternal grandmother was Barbara Ann Bair (born to Leigh Joseph Bair and Jeanette Lillian Lesser). Barbara was born in New York City. Leigh was born in New York City to Leopold Simon Bair, who was a child of German parents, and Caroline Maude DePinna, who was born in England and was of English, Scottish, and Sephardi Jewish (from Denmark, Netherlands, Italy, France, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Gibraltar, and Morocco) descent. Jeanette was born in Pennsylvania to Jewish parents from Canada and the United States of English, German and Lebanese descent.
Source: Michelle’s paternal genealogy: familysearch.org
Obituary of Chong Zauner: legacy.com
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