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Birth Name: Jordan Shulman
Place of Birth: Northbrook, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 11, 1995
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Jordy, also stylized JORDY, or known by his full name Jordy Shulman, is an American singer and songwriter. He has made appearances on The Kelly Clarkson Show and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon .
Jordy’s paternal grandfather was Lee S. Shulman (the son of Albert Shulman and Sonia Shulman). Lee was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Jewish emigrants. He was a prominent educational psychologist and reformer. Albert was born in Łodź, Poland. His parents moved to Israel in the 1940s. Jordy’s great-grandmother Sonia was born in Jurbarkas, Lithuania.
Jordy’s paternal grandmother was Judith/Judy Horwitz (the daughter of Joseph “Joe” Horwitz and Ethel Levy). Judith was born in Chicago, to a Jewish family. Joseph was born in Pryluky, Ukraine. Ethel was born in Chicago, to parents from Nowogród and Sokoły, respectively, both in Poland.
Jordy’s maternal grandfather was Charles Dresner (the son of Leonard Julius Dresner and Phyllis Leona Silverman). Charles was born in Chicago, to a Jewish family. Leonard was born in Chicago, the son of Samuel Dresner and Celia Kahn, who were from Kraków, Poland and Liepāja, Latvia, respectively. Jordy’s great-grandmother Phyllis was born in Chicago, the daughter of Maurice Bernard Silverman, who was from Gießen, Germany; and of Etta Goodman Jacobs, whose father was from Posen/Poznań, and whose mother’s parents were from Germany.
Jordy’s maternal grandmother was Linda Light (the daughter of Leonard Robert Light and Jane Cohen). Linda was born in Chicago, to a Jewish family. Leonard was born in Latvia, to a Latvian-born father, Max Nathan Light; and a Lithuanian-born mother, Sophia Kaplan, from Shavli. Jordy’s great-grandmother Jane was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to parents from Riga, Latvia.
Sources: Genealogy of Jordy’s paternal grandfather, Lee S. Shulman – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogy of Jody’s paternal grandmother, Judith/Judy Horwitz – https://www.myheritage.com
Obituary of Jody’s paternal grandmother, Judith/Judy (Horwitz) Shulman – https://obituaries.paloaltoonline.com
Genealogy of maternal great-grandmother, Jane Cohen – https://www.myheritage.com