On June 2nd, singer P!nk announced the birth of her first child, tweeting, "We are ecstatic to welcome our new beautiful healthy happy baby girl, Willow Sage Hart. She's gorgeous, just like her daddy. #beyondblessed" Daddy, of course, is motocross champion and entrepreneur, Carey Hart.
I couldn't help but think that baby Willow was waltzing into this world with a powerful gene pool. Given her parents' careers and histories, this little one should be fearless. But as a hardcore genealogist, I had to take a deeper look. I've never explored the ancestry of one so young, so truly grasped how time marches on when I had to research back as far as five generations in some branches to find anyone born before 1900. Once I did, here's what I discovered:
- Willow's parents both have considerable Pennsylvania roots, as well as Irish and German heritage. In fact, their surnames -- Hart, and in Pink's case, Moore -- both lead back to the Emerald Isle.
(courtesy of GenealogyBank.com)
(courtesy of GenealogyBank.com)