Everybody must agree that the late Amy Winehouse was a great soul singer. Her death in 2011 in her young age made many people surprised and sad. As everybody knows, her album Black to Black was very successful, it sold more than 1.8 millions copies. No wonder if she got five Grammy Awards because of the album. As for your information, Amy Winehouse was born in London on September 14, 1983.
She was considered for having Jewish ancestry. Both of her parents are Jewish, her father Mitchell Winehouse is known for having Russian Jewish descent. Her paternal grandparents Alec Winehouse and Cynthia Gordon were Russian Jewish who emigrated to London.
How about her mom? Amy Winehouse’s mother Janis Seaton also having Jewish descent of Polish Jew. Her maternal great grandparents Barnett Richman and Debbie were born and raised in Poland.
Name: Amy Winehouse
Ethnicity: Russian Jew, Polish Jew
Nationality: British