Bonnie Tyler

Birth Name: Gaynor Hopkins

Place of Birth: Skewen, Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales

Date of Birth: 8 June, 1951

Ethnicity: Welsh, as well as 1/4 English

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh singer. She is the daughter of Elsie Doreen (Lewis) and David Glyndwr Hopkins. She is married to Robert Sullivan.

Bonnie’s paternal grandparents were Thomas Hopkins (the son of David Hopkins and Dinah Evans) and Catherine Rees (the daughter of John Rees and Lucy).

Bonnie’s maternal grandparents were David John Lewis (the son of Joseph Lewis and Elizabeth Jenkins or George) and Dorothy May Parish (the daughter of Frank Howard Parish and Ellen Chapple). Frank and Ellen were English.

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