Place of Birth: Orange County, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 20, 1990
Ethnicity:
*Dutch, English, German (father)
*Filipino (mother)
Paula Van Oppen is an American singer and actress. She was a member of the group G.R.L., whose members also includes or has included Simone Battle, Lauren Bennett, Emmalyn Estrada, and Natasha Slayton.
Paula is the daughter of Myrna Kudaka (Yulo) and Frederik W. Van Oppen. Her mother was born in Manila, Philippines. Her father, who is from California, has Dutch, English, and German, ancestry.
Paula’s paternal grandparents were John Ernest Van Oppen (the son of Frederick William Henry Van Oppen and Catherina/Catherine A.) and Rose Marie Carey (the daughter of Joseph Tinsdale Carey and Hattie Marie Egnew). Frederick was born in Germany, to a Dutch father and a German mother. Catherina was Dutch. Rose had English, and some German, ancestry.
Paula’s maternal grandparents were Tomas Buttwing Yulo and Maria Kanashira Kudaka.
Sources: Birth record of Paula’s mother – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJR-RTMD
Paula’s paternal grandfather, John Ernest Van Oppen, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCF2-CQF
John Ernest van Oppen on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97G-G2C
Genealogy of Paula’s paternal grandmother (through her sister, Jonquil Marie Carey) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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