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Birth Name: Megan Meiyok Skiendiel
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 10, 2006
Ethnicity: * father – Lithuanian, Swedish, Irish, German, Scottish, English * mother – Singaporean-Chinese
Megan Skiendiel, also known as Megan, is an American singer, dancer, and actress. She is a member of global girl group Katseye, formed by reality show The Debut: Dream Academy in 2023; Katseye officially debuted in June 2024. The other members of the group are Daniela , Lara , Manon , Sophia , and Yoonchae .
She was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Sylvia Lee and William Skiendiel. Her father has Lithuanian, Swedish, Irish, German, Scottish, and English ancestry. Her mother is Chinese-Singaporean. Her Chinese name, Meiyok (美玉), means “beautiful jade.”
Megan’s paternal grandfather was Algrid/Algred William Skiendiel (the son of Algrid/Algerd William Skiendiel and Dorothy May Emberg). Megan’s grandfather Algrid was born in Brockton, Plymouth, Massachussetts. Megan’s great-grandfather Algrid was born in Massachusetts, to Lithuanian parents, Joseph W. Skiendiel and Domicella Makauskas. Dorothy was born in Massachusetts, the daughter of Swedish parents, John/Jack C. Emberg and Anna Vesterlund.
Megan’s paternal grandmother was Judith E. Grant (the daughter of James Gordon Grant and Rita M. Engel/Peters). Judith was born in Brockton, Massachussetts. James was born in Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, the son of John Gordon Grant, who was Scottish; and of Annie Amelia Garvie, who was from Nova Scotia, Canada. Megan’s great-grandmother Rita was born in North Easton, Bristol County, the daughter of Bernard Hugo Engel and Mary Ann Clonan, whose own grandparents were all Irish, with at least partial roots in Aghabullogue, County Cork. Megan’s great-grandmother Rita was raised by Andrew Peters and Bridget Agnes Michan.
Sources: https://kpop.fandom.com
Genealogy of Megan’s paternal grandfather, Algrid/Algred William Skiendiel – https://www.ancestry.co.uk
Megan’s paternal great-grandfather, Algrid/Algerd William Skiendiel, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Megan’s paternal great-grandmother, Dorothy May Emberg, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Megan’s paternal grandmother, Judith E. (Grant) Skiendiel – https://fr.findagrave.com