Birth Name: Ellie Delvaux
Place of Birth: Brussels, Belgium
Date of Birth: 19 February 2000
Ethnicity:
* Belgian (Walloon) (father)
* Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)
Blanche is a Belgian singer-songwriter. She will represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Her father, whose surname is “Delvaux”, is Walloon. Her mother, Carine Parady Langbord, is Jewish.
Blanche’s maternal grandfather was Abraham “Meme” Langbord (the son of Moshe Langbord and Yocheved Bernstein). Moshe was the son of Zvi Langbord. Yocheved was the daughter of Naphtali Bernstein.
Blanche’s maternal grandmother is Monique Faynsztein (the daughter of André Faynsztein and Irene Izraelita). André was born in Warsaw, Poland, to Benjamin Faynsztein and Chana Wachenberg, who were both killed during the Holocaust. Irene was also a Polish Jew, and was born in Charleroi, Wallonia, to Benjamin Leib Izraelita and Basia Gutreiman, who were also both killed during the Holocast.
Source: Genealogy of Blanche (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com/people/private/6000000023965882283