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Birth Name: Vanessa Lee Carlton
Place of Birth: Milford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 16, 1980
Ethnicity: * father – Norwegian, Swedish, possibly other * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Vanessa Carlton is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is known for her single “A Thousand Miles.”
Her father is a pilot. Her mother is a pianist and music teacher. Her father has Norwegian and Swedish ancestry. Her mother is Jewish, of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent. Vanessa is married to musician John McCauley, of alternative rock-folk Deer Tick. The couple has one child.
Vanessa’s paternal grandfather was named Edward C. “Ed” Carlton. Edward was born in Pennsylvania.
Vanessa’s paternal grandmother was Shirley Adele Anderson (the daughter of Lester Everett Anderson and Pearl Beatrice Thompson). Shirley was born in Chicago, Illinois. Lester was born in Chicago, the son of Swedish parents, Johann Anderson and Augusta, who were from Stockholm. Pearl was born in Chicago, the daughter of Marius Hansen Hedemarken, who was from Oslo, Norway; and of Helena Johnson, whose parents were from Eigersund, Norway.
Vanessa’s maternal grandfather was Alan Jay Liberman (later Lee, the son of Moe Liberman and Tessie Horowitz). Alan was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Moe was born in New York City, New York, the son of Russian Jewish parents, Julius Liberman and Rachel Silverman.
Vanessa’s maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Belkin (the daughter of Benjamin Joel Belkin and Helen Levy). Elizabeth was born in New York, to a Russian Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother.
Sources: Genealogy of Vanessa Carlton – https://www.wikitree.com
Birth record of Vanessa’s paternal grandmother, Shirley Adele Anderson – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Vanessa’s paternal grandmother, Shirley Adele (Anderson) Carlton – https://www.grayparkerfuneralhome.com
Vanessa’s maternal grandfather, Alan Jay Liberman, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org