Birth Name: Ryan Jillian Santiago
Place of Birth: Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 25, 1994
Ethnicity:
*25% Portuguese
*25% Irish
*25% Ashkenazi Jewish
*25% Italian
Royal & the Serpent is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for her song “Overwhelmed.”
Ryan’s paternal grandfather is named Eduardo Inacio Santiago. Eduardo was born in Ovar, Portugal.
Ryan’s paternal grandmother is named Ann M. Keefe.
Ryan’s maternal grandfather was Phillip H. Gast (the son of Morris Gast and Pearl Bierer). Phillip was born in Newark, New Jersey. Morris was the son of Wolf Gast and Mollie Mansbach, who were Polish Jewish emigrants, with roots in Rzepiennik Strzyżewski. Pearl was the daughter of Jewish emigrants, a father from Žagarė and Žemaičių Kalvarija, Lithuania, and a mother from Shchyrets, Ukraine.
Ryan’s maternal grandmother is Dolores A. Chiacco (the daughter of Daniel Chiacco and Alba/Albina G. DelVecchio). Dolores was born in New Jersey. Daniel was Italian. Alba was born in New Jersey, to parents from San Lupo, Benevento, Italy.
Sources: Marriage record of Royal’s paternal grandparents, Eduardo Inacio Santiago and Ann M. Keefe –
Obituary of Ryan’s paternal great-uncle (grandfather’s brother) –
Marriage record of Royal’s maternal grandparents, Phillip H. Gast and Dolores A. Chiacco –
Genealogy of Royal’s mother (focusing on her own father’s side) –
Obituary of Royal’s maternal grandfather, Phillip H. Gast –
Royal’s maternal grandmother, Dolores A. Chiacco, on the 1950 U.S. Census –
