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Kiedis in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 1, 1962
Ethnicity: Lithuanian (paternal grandfather), Dutch, French-Canadian, English, Irish, Scottish, German, distant French Huguenot, Swiss-German, and Welsh
Anthony Kiedis is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead singer of rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Other members of the band include/have included Flea , John Frusciante , Josh Klinghoffer , Dave Navarro , and Chad Smith .
Anthony is the son of Margaret Elizabeth and Blackie Dammett (born John/Jack Michael Kiedis), who was an actor and author. Anthony has a son with his former partner, model Heather Christie.
His paternal grandfather’s parents were Lithuanian. His other ancestry includes Dutch, French-Canadian, English, Irish, Scottish, German, and distant French Huguenot, Swiss-German, and Welsh. In his autobiography, Scar Tissue , 2004, Anthony wrote that his paternal grandmother Molly Vanderveen’s ancestry was “a pastiche of English, Irish, French and Dutch (and, as we’ve recently discovered, some Mohican blood, which explains my interest in Native American culture and identification with Mother Earth).” In his autobiography, Lords of the Sunset Strip: An Autobiography (2013), Anthony’s father Blackie Dammett wrote that Anthony’s grandmother “was a Duchess in the Dutch city of Grand Rapids, a symphony of French-Canadian, English, Irish, Algonquian Native American and her Netherlandic origins that traced all the way back to 1066. In the 17th century, some of our more radical Vander Veens risked the whole kit and caboodle when they embarked on a treacherous voyage to find their own new land of opportunity. After first settling in New Amsterdam, my direct descendents migrated to upstate New York and intermarried with Mohican Indians.”
It is not clear if this Mohican Native American and/or Algonquian Native American ancestry has been verified/documented.
Anthony is also said to have Spanish ancestry. It is not clear if this Spanish ancestry has been verified/documented.
Anthony’s paternal grandfather was John Alden Kiedis (the son of Anthony/Anton/Antanas Kiedis and Julija Victoria “Julia” Rammanauskas/Ramanauskaitė/Kiedienė). John was born in Lake County, Michigan, to Lithuanian parents, from Tauragė. Julija was the daughter of Augustas “August” Ramanauskas and Anna Strumbras.
Anthony’s paternal grandmother was Mollie/Molly Rosella Vander Veen/Vanderveen (the daughter of Richard B. Vander Veen and Catharine A. Lauzon). Mollie was born in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Richard was born in Holland, Michigan, to a Dutch father, Christian Vander Veen; and to an American-born mother, Maria Louisa Taylor, who was from New Jersey. Anthony’s great-grandmother Catharine was Canadian, the daughter of August H. Lauzon, who was French-Canadian, from Québec; and of Louise M. Alyea, who had English, Irish, Dutch, and distant French Huguenot, ancestry.
Anthony’s maternal grandfather was William A. Franklin Noble (the son of William James Noble and Edith/Elizabeth/Ida Mae Burmaster). Anthony’s grandfather William was born in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. Anthony’s great-grandfather William was born in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, the son of Thomas A. Noble, who was from Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada; and of Elizabeth Baxter/Bixton, who was Irish. Edith was born in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, the daughter of Charles Burmaster and Dorothy/Dora Ann Griffin, who were from Mecklenburg, Germany.
Anthony’s maternal grandmother was Mary Gertrude McCully (the daughter of Hiland Emmett McCully and Dessie E. Skidmore). Mary was born in Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan. Highland was born in Michigan, the son of Philip J. McCully and Hannah Maria Smith. Dessie was born in Deerfield Township, Isabella, the daughter of Nathan Skidmore and Mary A. Smitley.
Sources: Mention of Anthony’s Lithuanian ancestry – http://www.baltic-course.com
Genealogy of Anthony Kiedis – https://famouskin.com
Death record of Anthony’s paternal grandfather, John Alden Kiedis – https://www.familysearch.org
Anthony’s paternal great-grandparents, Anthony/Anton/Antanas Kiedis and Julija Victoria “Julia” Rammanauskas/Ramanauskaitė/Kiedienė, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Anthony’s paternal great-grandfather, Anthony/Anton/Antanas Kiedis – https://www.findagrave.com
Anthony’s paternal grandmother, Mollie/Molly Rosella Vander Veen/Vanderveen, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Anthony’s paternal great-grandparents, Richard B. Vander Veen and Catharine A. Lauzon, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Anthony’s paternal great-grandfather, Richard B. Vander Veen – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Anthony’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Louise M. Alyea – https://www.geni.com
Anthony’s maternal grandfather, William A. Franklin Noble, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Anthony’s maternal great-grandparents, William James Noble and Edith/Elizabeth/Ida Mae Burmaster – https://www.familysearch.org
Anthony’s maternal grandmother, Mary Gertrude McCully, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org