Birth Name: Melissa Lou Etheridge
Place of Birth: Leavenworth, Kansas
Date of Birth: May 29, 1961
Ethnicity: French-Canadian, English, Scottish
Melissa Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. She is the daughter of Elizabeth (Williamson) and John Dewey Etheridge.
Melissa’s paternal grandparents are Dewey Ulysses Etheridge (son of Matthew Etheridge and Darthula J. Weatherly) and Goldie Martha Janis (daughter of James Felix Janis and Ella Mae Gilkerson)
Sources: Family history of Melissa Etheridge, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Genealogy of Melissa Etheridge – http://www.geni.com
http://ancestraldiscoveries.blogspot.com
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