Birth Name: Brendon Boyd Urie
Place of Birth: Summerlin, Nevada, United States
Date of Birth: April 12, 1987
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, approximately 3/32 Native Hawaiian, some German, 1/16th Portuguese, 1/32 Danish
Brendon Urie is the lead singer of the band, Panic! at the Disco. His maternal grandmother is of 1/4 Portuguese and approximately 3/8ths Hawaiian ancestry, with the rest English. The rest of Brendon’s ancestry is English, Scottish, Irish, German, and 1/32 Danish (“Urie” is a Scottish surname).
Brendon’s paternal grandparents are Richard Urie (the son of Thomas Roy Urie and Winifred Jemona Parry) and Fern Lorraine Dalley (the daughter of Ronald Jones Dalley and Margery Mutch Hiskey). Thomas was of half English, one quarter Irish, and one quarter Scottish, descent. Ronald was of three quarters English and one quarter Danish descent.
Brandon’s maternal grandfather is Luther Christopher Tucker, Jr. (the son of Luther Christopher Tucker, Sr. and Grace Maxine Spears).
Brendon’s maternal grandmother is Emmanell Nani Vieira (the daughter of Robert Thomas Vieira and Queenie Evelyn Nani Rice). Robert’s father, Caesar McVeigh Vieira, Sr., was of Portuguese descent. Robert’s mother, Emma Victoria Alapa’i Saffery, was of English and Native Hawaiian descent. Queenie was the daughter of James Kenneth Rice and Nellie Kamana, and also had English and Native Hawaiian ancestry.
Sources: Genealogy of Brendon’s paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Roy Urie – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Brendon’s paternal great-grandfather, Ronald Jones Dalley – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Brendon Urie (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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