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Birth Name: Richard Colson Baker
Place of Birth: Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 22, 1990
Ethnicity: Norwegian (three eighths), English, German, Scottish
Machine Gun Kelly is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He has also been credited as Colson Baker.
His American parents, Sonia and James Colson Baker, were missionaries, and his family lived in Egypt, Germany, and the U.S. He was raised by his father, mostly in Denver, after his mother left.
He has a daughter, who is black through her mother.
Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal grandfather is Raymond Allen Kjos (the son of Theron Norman Kjos and Hilda Amalia Bratberg). Raymond was born in Minnesota. Theron Norman was of Norwegian descent, and was the son of Carl Throndsen Kjos and Mina/Minnie Solberg. Hilda was the daughter of Martinus Carlsen “Martin” Bratberg, a Norwegian emigrant, from Østre Toten, Oppland, and of Regina/Gina Amalia Sundby, who was of Norwegian descent.
Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal grandmother is Ada Delores Nelson (the daughter of Adolph Nelie Nelson and Doris Esther Rank). Ada was born in Minnesota. Adolph was the son of Gudmund Nilsen Østebøe, later Gudmund Nelson, a Norwegian emigrant, of Vikedal, Rogaland, and of Martha Larsdatter Lund, who was of Norwegian descent. Doris was of German and Scottish descent, and was the daughter of Lloyd William Ernst Rank and Janet/Jeanette Mae “Nettie” Gordon.
Sources: Marriage record of Machine Gun Kelly’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Marriage announcement of Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal grandparents, Raymond Allen Kjos and Ada Delores Nelson – https://www.newspapers.com
Birth record of Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal grandfather, Raymond Allen Kjos – https://familysearch.org
Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal great-grandfather, Theron Norman Kjos, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Carl Throndsen Kjos and Mina/Minnie Solberg – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal great-grandmother, Hilda Amalia Bratberg – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal grandmother, Ada Delores Nelson – https://familysearch.org
Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal great-grandfather, Adolph Nelie Nelson, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Machine Gun Kelly’s maternal great-grandmother, Doris Esther Rank – https://familysearch.org
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