Birth Name: Phillip LaDon Phillips, Jr.
Place of Birth: Albany, Georgia
Date of Birth: September 20, 1990
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, remote French
Phillip Phillips is an American singer-songwriter. He won the 12th season of American Idol (in 2012).
Phillip’s paternal grandparents are Gerald Leonard Phillips (the son of Carl L. Phillips and Mamie Lois) and Annie Marie Casey (the daughter of Joseph Lee Casey and Eva Ona Duke).
Phillip’s maternal grandparents are Benjamin W. Jacks, Jr. (the son of Benjamin W. Jacks and Elsie Hines) and Dorothy “Aileen” Wilson (the daughter of Clifford Waller Wilson and Mamie Ann Johnson).
Phillip’s great-grandmother Mamie was the daughter of Samuel Alexander Johnson and Luvernia “Vernia” Goldberg. Luvernia was the daughter of William Charles Goldberg and Mary Brasel, who had German ancestry (William’s paternal grandparents, Carl Charles Goldberg and Bertha Aurin, were German immigrants).
Sources: Genealogy of Phillip Phillips (focusing on his father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Phillip’s paternal grandmother, Annie Marie (Casey) Phillips – http://www.mathewsfuneralhome.com
Obituary of Phillip’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy (Wilson) Jacks – http://www.albanyherald.com
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