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Birth Name: Zoe Allaire Reynolds
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 24, 1995
Ethnicity: German, Irish, English, Slovak, Swedish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, French, distant Czech, Polish, and Belgian
Zoe Allaire Reynolds, known for her solo pop and indie folk music project Kississippi, is an American singer and songwriter. She is also known as Kissy.
Kississippi’s paternal grandfather was Roger W. Reynolds (the son of Roger K. Reynolds and Margaret A. Allaire). Kississippi’s great-grandfather Roger was of predominantly English heritage, with some Scottish and French. He was the son of Reginald Reynolds and Imogene Montgomery. Kississippi’s grandfather Roger was descended from Mary Sage, whose ancestors, the royal family of de Bourgognes, had a lineage primarily composed of French, German, Czech, Polish, and Belgian royals.
Kississippi’s paternal grandmother was Mary Ann Marczely (the daughter of William Henry Marczely and Lillian Cotterill). Mary Ann was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William was born in Philadelphia, the son of Aurel John Marczely and Emma Zsuzsanna Husz/Huss, who were Slovak, and likely ethnic German, emigrants from Durand, Szepes, Hungary. Kississippi’s great-grandmother Lillian was of half English and half Northern Irish descent.
Kississippi’s maternal grandfather was Richard Harry Gibson (the son of Harry W. Gibson and Louise Patricia Murphy). Richard was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harry was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Howard Cloyd Gibson and Agnes Morrison Weir, who was from Glasgow, Scotland, and also had roots in Ireland and England. Kississippi’s great-grandmother Louise was from Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of George M. Murphy and Margaret M. Bunch, and had Irish ancestry.
Kississippi’s maternal grandmother was Mary Ellen Hughes (the daughter of George Joseph Hughes and Eleanor/Elinore R. Anderson). Mary Ellen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George was born in Philadelphia, the son of John J. Hughes, whose parents were Irish; and of Edith Catherine Mehlman, whose paternal grandparents were German. Kississippi’s great-grandmother Eleanor was Swedish.
Sources: Obituary of Kississippi’s paternal grandmother, Mary Ann (Marczely) Reynolds – https://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Kississippi’s paternal great-grandmother, Lillian Cotterill – https://www.myheritage.pl
Obituary of Kississippi’s maternal grandfather, Richard Harry Gibson – https://www.wetzelandson.com
Obituary of Kississippi’s maternal grandmother, Mary Ellen (Hughes) Gibson – https://www.wetzelandson.com
Genealogy of Kississippi’s maternal great-grandmother, Eleanor/Elinore R. Anderson – https://www.myheritage.pl