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Birth Name: Nina Lindberg Nesbitt
Place of Birth: Livingston, Scotland
Date of Birth: 11 July, 1994
Ethnicity: * father – Irish, Scottish * mother – Finnish, Swedish
Nina Nesbitt is a Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and musician.
Her father, Michael John Nesbitt, is a Scottish defence industry manager, also from Edinburgh, who has Irish ancestry. Her mother, Caty Patricia (Lindberg), is a social worker. She spent her teen years in the suburb Balerno, Edinburgh.
Nina has said :
my DNA results came back and I’m literally a jigsaw puzzle of Europe. British, Irish, French, German, Finnish, Swedish, Icelandic, Russian, Ukrainian… my ancestors GOT ABOUT.
my DNA results came back and I’m literally a jigsaw puzzle of Europe. British, Irish, French, German, Finnish, Swedish, Icelandic, Russian, Ukrainian… my ancestors GOT ABOUT.
Nina’s paternal grandfather was Francis Nesbitt (the son of Henry Nesbitt and Mary Leahy). Henry was the son of Thomas Francis Nesbitt and Grace Anne Sherwood.
Nina’s paternal grandmother was named Bridget Keane (whose mother’s maiden surname is O’Donnell). Bridget was born in Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland.
Nina’s maternal grandfather is the son of Harry Gustaf Adolf Lindberg and Aili Elisabeth Kallio. Harry was from Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland, and was the son of Fridolf Alexander Lindberg and Matilda Katarina. Aili was Finnish, and was the daughter of Klas Kallio and Olga.
Nina’s maternal grandmother is named Saara Anneli Suominen. Saara is Finnish.
Source: Genealogy of Nina Nesbitt (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com
Marriage record of Nina’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Thomas Francis Nesbitt and Grace Anne Sherwood – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Birth record of Nina’s paternal grandmother, Bridget Keane – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Nina Nesbitt (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com