Birth Name: Martina Mariea Schiff
Place of Birth: Sharon, Kansas, United States
Date of Birth: July 29, 1966
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, remote Belgian (both Flemish and Walloon), remote Cornish, remote French, remote Welsh
Martina McBride is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She is the daughter of Verla Jeanne (Delano) and Daryl Martin Schiff. Martina is married to John McBride.
Martina’s paternal grandparents were Kenneth Lawrence Schiff (the son of William Carl Schiff and Marie Reinke) and Maxine Phyllis Martin (the daughter of Clarence Martin and Maude Ella Talbott). All of Kenneth’s grandparents were German immigrants.
Martina’s maternal grandparents were Theodore Medford “Ted” Delano (the son of John Boyd Delano and Nora Belle Thompson) and Juanita Hazel Dodd (the daughter of Harvey Thomas Dodd and Nora Elota Mott).
Sources: Genealogy of Martina’s father – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Martina’s father on the 1940 US census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Martina’s paternal great-grandparents, William Carl Schiff and Marie Reinke – http://records.ancestry.com
Martina’s maternal uncle, Dick DeLano, at Find a Grave – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Martina’s maternal grandmother, Juanita Hazel (Dodd) Burkes – http://www.genealogybuff.com
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