Ryn Weaver
Weaver in 2015, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Erin Michelle Wüthrich
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 10, 1992
Ethnicity: German, English, Swiss, one quarter Rusyn, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Belgian, French
Ryn Weaver is an American singer and songwriter. She gained attention with her single “OctaHate” in 2014, deemed a viral sensation. She is also known as Aryn Wüthrich.
Ryn’s paternal grandfather was Max Wüthrich (the son of Frédéric Wüthrich and Olga Krahenbuhl). Max was born in Dürnten, Switzerland.
Ryn’s paternal grandmother was Sally Andrea Dubniak/Dubnac (the daughter of Kurt/Kost George Dubniak and Sofia Maley/Molloy/Malij). Sally was born in Gardenton, Manitoba, Canada, to parents from Bukovina, now Chernivtsi Raion, Ukraine, Her parents were marked as of Ruthenian origin on Canadian censuses.
Ryn’s maternal grandfather was Ronald Jerome Knoll (the son of Jerome Karl Knoll and Eleanor Regan). Ronald was born in Los Angeles. Jerome was born in New York, to a German father and an English mother. Eleanor was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was of three quarters Irish descent, with some Scottish and English.
Ryn’s maternal grandmother was Patricia Wever (the daughter of Edward Hooper Wever and Carla Tilly Scheuer). Patricia was born in New York. Edward was born in New York, and was of English, Dutch, German, Belgian, and French descent. Carla was German.
Sources: Obituary of Ryn’s paternal grandfather, Max Wüthrich – https://www.legacy.com
Ryn’s paternal grandfather, Max Wüthrich, on the 1936 Paris Census – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogy of Ryn’s paternal grandmother, Sally Andrea Dubniak/Dubnac – https://www.ancestry.com
Ryn’s paternal great-grandparents, Kurt/Kost George Dubniak and Sofia Maley/Molloy/Malij, on the 1911 Canadian census – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogy of Ryn’s maternal grandfather, Ronald Jerome Knollr – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Ryn’s maternal grandfather, Ronald Jerome Knoll – https://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Ryn’s maternal grandmother, Patricia Weaver – https://www.familysearch.org
In addition to her ethnicity, she also has English ancestry. Her grandmother is Blake Knoll. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGCL-V1W
correction: Her Spanish ancestry comes from her Mexican heritage. On some site it says she is Argentinian
She also has mentioned in a Twitter live stream that she is part Mexican (Spanish) also.
correction: She was born in San Diego, not Los Angeles
It’s Los Angeles.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGHL-XZN
Cindy —> Cindy (Knoll)
correction: It’s possible the Spanish part could be from a Mexican famiy member. She tweeted about spending most of her youth going to Mexico. So it should also say possibly Mexican too.
“I need to play there. I spent most of my youth going down there from SD.”
https://twitter.com/RynWeaver/status/641026046565969920
correction: Ryn Weaver is French Canadian, Swiss, Mexican [Spanish, Indigenous, possibly other] Italian, and German ancestry. She was also born in Encinitas, California, U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryn_Weaver#Early_life
That doesn’t seem to be in the source cited.
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MS30078
She tweeted about her Swiss and Italian part. ”
we have very different noses. I’m Swiss so mine’s bulby & I broke it when I was young so it’s crooked. She’s Italian.”
https://twitter.com/RynWeaver/status/591408534539079680
https://twitter.com/RynWeaver/status/510581159378817024
https://twitter.com/RynWeaver/status/618468970086035457
I mean her Swiss heritage.
correction: Ryn Weaver is also Irish too. https://twitter.com/RynWeaver/status/591293801966219268