Dora Jar

Birth Name: Dora Jarkowski

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 12, 1996

Ethnicity:
*father – Polish
*maternal grandfather – Ashkenazi Jewish
*maternal grandmother – English, Dutch, Belgian, German, French, Scottish, Welsh, Norwegian, distant Swiss, Channel Islander [Guernsey], Balearic Spanish, and Sephardi Jewish

Dora Jar is an American bedroom pop musician. She has supported Billie Eilish, The 1975, and Gracie Abrams on tour.

She was partly raised in Berkeley and Burlingame, California.

Dora’s paternal grandfather was Witold Jarkowski (the son of Henryk Vitoldovich Jarkowski and Henryka Romanowska). Witold was born in Warsaw, Poland. Henryk was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His father and grandfather were both famous engineers. Henryka was born in Pinsk, Belarus.

Dora’s paternal grandmother was named Wanda Łukasiewicz. Wanda was born in Warsaw, Poland.

Dora’s maternal grandfather is Bruce Stuart Gelb (the son of Lawrence Mortimer Gelb and Joan Evelyn Friedman). Bruce was born in New York City, to a Jewish family. Lawrence was born in New York, to a father from Nyíregyháza, Hungary and a mother from Veľký Šariš, Slovakia. Joan was born in New York, to a Belarusian-Lithuanian father and a Russian mother.

Dora’s maternal grandmother was Lueza Thirkield (the daughter of Eden Buckley Thirkield and Constance Ingham Harris). Lueza was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. Eden was born in Delaware, Ohio, and was of English, Dutch, French, Scottish, Belgian, German, Welsh, Norwegian, and distant Swiss, Channel Islander, Balearic Spanish, and Sephardi Jewish descent. Constance was born in New York City, and was of English, Scottish, and French descent. One of Eden’s ancestors, Adriantje Cornelisse Nevius, was born in Indonesia.

Sources: Marriage announcement of Dora’s parents – https://www.nytimes.com

Genealogy of Dora’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Dora’s maternal grandmother, Lueza (Thirkeld) Gelb – https://www.legacy.com