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Birth Name: Porter Weston Robinson
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 15, 1992
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, one eighth Finnish, German, Irish, Dutch, French, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, Swiss-German, remote Italian, Manx, Channel Islander [Guernsey]
Peter Robinson is an American DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is also known as Virtual Self, DJ Not Porter Robinson, Ekowraith, Antigon Moore, Bloodsphere, Audiomission, and Air2Earth.
His paternal grandparents raised their children in Japan, Spain, El Salvador, and the U.S. Porter was partly raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Porter is married to Rika Mikuriya.
Porter’s paternal grandfather was Arthur Robert Robinson (the son of Arthur Robert Robinson and Isabel Colyer). Porter’s grandfather Arthur was born in Mendham, Morris, New Jersey. Porter’s great-grandfather Arthur was born in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, to English parents, Thomas Arthur Robinson, from Haggerston, London; and Sarah Elizabeth Aldridge, from Hackney, London. Porter’s great-grandmother Isabel was born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, the daughter of Morrison Crosby Colyer and Jessie A. Jones.
Porter’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth M. Parrish (the daughter of Edward Mortimer Parrish and Virginia Lamar Robinson). Elizabeth was born in Richmond, Virginia. Edward was born in Richmond, the son of William Joseph Parrish and Virginia Mortimer Martin. Porter’s great-grandmother Virginia was born in Clay Village, Shelby, Kentucky, the daughter of Lee Lamar Robinson and Ruby Dedrick Work. Edward Parrish was a descendant of Robert FitzGerald, 19th Earl of Kildare (1675-1743).
Porter’s maternal grandfather was Norman James Jardine (the son of Joseph Jardine and Jessie Porter). Norman was born in Massachusetts, to Scottish parents. Joseph was the son of James Jardine and Mary Rose. Jessie was born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, the daughter of George Porter and Jessie Mitchell Cruickshank.
Porter’s maternal grandmother was Betty Ann Alcock (the daughter of George Wesley Alcock and Emmy Wilhelmina Lillus). Betty was born in Massachusetts. George was born in Bennington, Vermont, to English parents, Joseph Alcock, who was from Butterton, Staffordshire; and Hannah Thompson, who was from Warslow, Staffordshire. Porter’s great-grandmother Emmy was born in Tampere, Finland, the daughter of Alexandre Lilius and Wilhelmina Henrickson.
Sources: Porter’s paternal great-grandparents, Arthur Robert Robinson and Isabel Colyer, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.myheritage.com
Obituary of Porter’s paternal grandmother, Elizabeth M. (Parrish) Robinson – https://www.legacy.com