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Birth Name: Gustav Elijah Åhr
Date of Birth: November 1, 1996
Place of Birth: Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Death: November 15, 2017
Place of Death: Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother), Swedish, German, Irish, English
Lil Peep, also stylized as LiL PEEP, was an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and model.
Lil had stated that he was a Swedish citizen.
Lil’s maternal grandfather is John Womack. John was born in Norman, Oklahoma, and is a historian of Latin America, including specifically of Mexico, the Mexican Revolution, and Emiliano Zapata. John’s father, John Womack, was also a historian.
Lil’s maternal grandmother is Jennifer Jacobs (the daughters of Anthony Rodwell Jacobs and Katharine Blake, born Ilionne Inglestone). Jennifer’s parents were actors. They were both Jewish. Jennifer later re-married to Canadian Jewish actor Peter Kastner. Lil’s great-grandfather Anthony Jacobs was born in London, England, the son of Emanuel/Emmanuel Julien/Julian Jacobs and Dorothea Jacobs, who was from Adelaide, Australia. He had Jewish roots in England going back to the 1700s. Lil’s great-grandmother Katharine Blake was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the daughter of Saul Inglestone, who was from London, and of Rachel/Rae Fanny Freeman, who was born in Harare, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. Her family was from Germany, Poland, and Russia, and also lived in Wales.
Sources: http://www.thesun.co.uk http://vmagazine.com
Genealogy of Lil’s maternal grandmother, Jennifer Jacobs (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com