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Birth Name: Jaira R. Burns
Place of Birth: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 14, 1997
Ethnicity: German, English, along with Scottish, Irish, Welsh, French, Belgian Walloon and Polish, more distant Swiss-German
Jaira Burns is an American singer and songwriter.
Jaira’s paternal grandfather was William LeRoy Burns (the son of William Edward John Burns and Ruth Marie Klingensmith). Jaira’s grandfather William was born in Bagdad, Pennsylvania. Jaira’s great-grandfather William was the son of Samuel Elmer Burns, whose mother was Irish; and of Katherine Eva Bobberts, who was of at least mostly German descent. Jaira’s great-grandmother Ruth was the daughter of Dewey Daniel Klingensmith, who was of German descent; and of Mathilda Anna Wess, whose parents were also German.
Jaira’s paternal grandmother was Rebecca Ann Lewis (the daughter of Carl Lewis and Faletta Elizabeth Clark). Rebecca was born in Cabot, Pennsylvania. Carl was the son of William W. Lewis, a Welsh emigrant, from Cardiff; and of Catherine Adams Bibby, a Scottish emigrant, from Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Jaira’s great-grandmother Faletta was the daughter of John Ball Clark, whose parents were English, from Durham; and of Charlotte Mary Roberts, whose father was Welsh, and whose mother was English.
Jaira’s maternal grandfather is Michael Dennis Wood (the son of Russell Harrison Wood and Sarah Therese Baer). Michael was born in Pennsylvania, and has deep roots in the U.S. Russell was the son of Thomas Ellsworth Wood and Sarah Philamina Kelly. Jaira’s great-grantmother Sarah was the daughter of Vincent Keagy Baer and Agnes Ernestine Hoffman.
Jaira’s maternal grandmother is Cindy Lee Cornuet (the daughter of Joseph William Cornuet and Martha L. Elder). Joseph was the son of Joseph Leon Cornuet, whose father was a Belgian Walloon, and whose mother was French; and of Clara Kalinowsky, who was of Polish and German descent. Jaira’s great-grandmother Martha was the daughter of Carl Phares Elder and Mildred Genine Lobaugh, and had deep American roots.
Source: Obituary of Jaira’s paternal grandmother, Rebecca Ann (Lewis) Burns Wood – https://www.legacy.com