Courtney Love — singer with roots in the Russian Empire
Courtney Love. Singer, guitarist and songwriter of Hole, born in San Francisco. No documented connection to the Russian Empire. Her father's family was of Welsh, Irish, German and English descent; her mother, adopted as a baby, was the daughter of the novelist Paula Fox, of English and Cuban descent. Her mother's biological father is unknown; a DNA test showed Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry on that line, with no place of origin.
Tracing the roots — San Francisco; ancestry Cuban, English, Welsh, Irish, German and Ashkenazi Jewish (no Russian Empire link documented)
No documented connection to the Russian Empire. Her father's family was of Welsh, Irish, German and English descent; her mother, adopted as a baby, was the daughter of the novelist Paula Fox, of English and Cuban descent. Her mother's biological father is unknown; a DNA test showed Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry on that line, with no place of origin.
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San Francisco; ancestry Cuban, English, Welsh, Irish, German and Ashkenazi Jewish (no Russian Empire link documented). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.