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Harmon in 2016, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Trenton William Harmon
Place of Birth: Amory, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 8, 1990
Ethnicity: English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, remote French
Trent Harmon is an American country music singer. He won the fifteenth season of the show American Idol (in 2016). See other American Idol winners here .
Trent is the son of Cindy and Randy Harmon.
Trent’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his eleventh great-grandfather, Johann Hermann, who was German.
Trent’s paternal grandfather was Carrol “Dude” Harmon (the son of Leonard Harmon and Madie Lou Moore). Leonard was the son of Marcus Lafayette “Bud” Harmon and Alma Viola Price. Madie was the daughter of William Jesse “Billy” Moore and Lida Pearl Sanders.
Trent’s paternal grandmother is Betty Jean Baker (the daughter of Robert Ellett/Ellet Baker and Ila Mae Farley). Betty was born in Mississippi. Robert was the son of Robert Earl Baker, Jr. and Leatha Anna Bearden. Ila was the daughter of Joseph Edward Farley.
Trent’s maternal grandfather is surnamed Barnes.
Sources: Obituary of Trent’s paternal grandfather, Carrol “Dude” Harmon – http://djournal.com
Trent’s paternal grandmother, Betty Jean Baker, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org