Birth Name: Patricia Mae Andrzejewski
Place of Birth: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Birth: January 10, 1953
Ethnicity:
*Polish (father)
*Dutch, English, German, Irish (mother)
Pat Benatar is an American singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of Mildred (Knapp) and Andrew Andrzejewski. Andrew has Polish ancestry. Mildred has Dutch, English, German, and Irish ancestry.
Pat was married to assistant director and production manager Dennis Benatar, from whom she got her stage surname. “Benatar” is a Sephardi Jewish surname.
Pat’s maternal grandparents were William Joseph Knapp (the son of William Henry Knapp and Jenny/Jennie Leavy) and May Geraldine Prey (the daughter of Van Etten/Vanetten S. Prey and Martha Miraha Ryan).
Sources: http://www.patbenatar.eu
Genealogy of Pat Benatar (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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