Mitski
Birth Name: Mitsuki Francis Laycock
Place of Birth: Mie Prefecture, Japan
Date of Birth: September 27, 1990
Ethnicity
*father – English, as well as possibly distant Dutch
*mother – Japanese
Mitski is a Japanese-born American singer and songwriter. She is also known as Mitski Miyawaki.
She was born in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Her father is American, and worked for the U.S. State Department; he has deep roots in the LDS (Mormon) church. Her mother is Japanese. Her family lived in Turkey, China, Malaysia, the Czech Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the U.S. Her first language is Japanese.
Mitski’s paternal grandfather was born in Utah, the son of British parents, surnamed Laycock and Blakemore/Blackmore. His paternal grandparents were Frank Laycock and Ellen Duckworth. His maternal grandparents were John Blakemore/Blackmore and Mary Ann Holdsworth.
Mitski’s paternal grandmother was born in Utah, the daughter of parents surnamed Mayhew and Hinckley. Mitski’s great-grandfather was born in Utah, the son of Elijah Walker Mayhew and Rosetta White. Elijah’s paternal grandmother, Lydia Farnsworth, married LDS religious leader, politician, and settler Brigham Young. Mitski’s great-grandmother was born in Utah, the daughter of Samuel Ernest Hinckley and Ida Lenore Cheever. Samuel’s half-great-nephew was Gordon B. Hinckley, who was President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mitski is also a half-fourth cousin, once removed, of actress and musician Sophie Thatcher. Mitski’s great-great-grandfather Samuel was a half-brother of Sophie’s maternal great-great-great-grandfather Ira.
Sources: https://www.thethings.com
Genealogy of Mitski’s father’s family – https://www.familysearch.org
Attempting to keep this as private as possible as to not breach her privacy.
Mitski’s paternal grandfather was the son of Anonymous Laycock and Anonymous Blakemore/Blackmore. He was born in Utah. A. Laycock was the son of Frank Laycock and Ellen Duckworth, and was a British immigrant of British descent. A. Blakemore was the daughter of John Blakemore/Blackmore and Mary Ann Holdsworth. She was also a British immigrant of British descent.
Mitski’s paternal grandmother was the daughter of Anonymous Mayhew and Anonymous Hinckley. She was born in Utah. A. Mayhew was born in Utah, the son of Elijah Walker Mayhew and Rosetta White. A. Hinckley was born in Utah, the daughter of Samuel Ernest Hinckley and Ida Lenore Cheever.
All of her paternal ancestors (specifically paternal grandmother) have deep roots in the LDS Church. In fact, Elijah Walker Mayhew’s paternal grandmother married Brigham Young, making him her step-4th-great-grandpa. Also, Samuel Ernest Hinckley’s half-brother was the paternal grandfather of Gordon B. Hinckley. Both of those things could be added onto her page. Both of these people (Brigham Young and Gordon B. Hinckley) have EthniCelebs pages.
If any moderator wants the connecting source that proves she is related to these people, D.M. me. For now, I will just show FamilySearch pages as my sources. I have, indeed, confirmed this connection a billion times over.
Sources:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/LW4W-RCW — paternal grandfathers dads ancestry
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/KWJC-H93 — paternal grandfathers moms side ancestry
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/KWCP-2DH — paternal grandmothers dads side ancestry
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/KWCZ-HJ3 — paternal grandmothers moms side ancestry
I noticed some possible distant Dutch on Samuel Ernest Hinckley’s maternal grandfathers side.
You guys got her paternal side wrong. I don’t want to reveal anything because she’s clearly tried to keep it a secret.
I will tell you ethnicities on her paternal side.
Her paternal grandfather is entirely English.
Her paternal grandmother is also entirely English.
You need to source it regardless
I hate that for Mitski. I don’t want the wrong genealogy on here and I don’t want you guys to figure much out (nothing against any of you) because, as aforementioned, she’s definitely tried to keep it a secret.
Should I try to reveal her great-great grandparents? I don’t think that’d be TOO revealing. I don’t want anyone to sleuth but I don’t know how I’d stop it.
I might just do that. Will send later. Also have the genealogy of Kimiko Glenn.
As much as I love doing the genealogy of celebrities, it became quite apparent almost instantly she doesn’t want any of her family revealed — although I don’t know the reason, nor need to. It was just irking me that her genealogy was off.
Scottish ancestry from Newcomb’s Dunbar line.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHJM-C9Z
Middle Name: Frances (https://www.thethings.com/mitski-why-lives-outside-public-eye/)
Mother’s surname: possibly Miyawaki
The Tags, Fix it.