Lorde

Lorde in 2013, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor

Place of Birth: Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Birth: 7 November, 1996

Ethnicity: Irish, English, Serbian, Croatian, German, Scottish, likely 1/32 Polynesian/Pacific Islander

Lorde is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, and record producer. She is known for her song “Royals.”

She is the daughter of Vic O’Connor (Victor Peter Gerrard Andrew O’Connor) and poet Sonja Yelich (Sonja Marija Yelich). Her father was one of eight children in a religious Catholic family. She also has Croatian citizenship. Her sister is singer, songwriter, and poet Indy (born India Rose Yelich-O’Connor).

Lorde’s paternal grandfather was named John James “Jack” O’Connor.

Lorde’s paternal grandmother was named Elsa Phyllis Murray.

Lorde’s maternal grandfather was George Branko Yelich (the son of Branko Jelić/Jelik/Yelich and Radmilla/Radmila Terezija Anrath, born Terezija Anrat). George was born in Wukovar/Vukovar, Općina Vukovar, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia. George and his mother came to New Zealand, through Trieste, in June of 1949. Lorde’s great-grandfather Branko was the son of Dorde Jelić and Kristina Rozanović. Lorde’s great-grandmother Radmila was the daughter of Dragutin “Karl” Anrat and Wilhelmina “Vilma” Rozanović. Lorde’s grandfather George was of the Orthodox Christian faith. His mother Radmilla likely converted from Catholicism to Orthodoxy. She may have had partial German ancestry. Referring to her Eastern European roots, Lorde stated in an interview on Vevo Lift that she is a “little bit Croatian,” and has also said that her ancestry is Serbian.

Lorde’s maternal grandmother was named Lana/Leilani/Lelani Carol/Coral Stewart (the daughter of Patrisha/Patricia Frances “Pat” Howley). Patricia was the daughter of Clyde Emile Howley, who had English and Scottish ancestry; and of Mickey Florence Moore, who herself was born on Wallis Islands, as Florence Ellen Edith Moore, to an Irish-born father, Matthew Moore, and a mother, Fausita, who likely was a native Islander, from Fiji. A picture of Mickey can be seen here.

Sources: http://www.fasterlouder.com.au
https://www.novosti.rs

Genealogy of Lorde (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Obituary of Lorde’s maternal grandfather, George Branko Yelich – https://notices.nzherald.co.nz