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Jewel was born May 23, 1974, in Payson, Utah, the second child of Atz Kilcher and Nedra Kilcher (née Carroll). [5] [6] At the time of her birth, her parents had been living in Utah with her elder brother, Shane; her father was attending Brigham Young University. [7] She is a cousin of actress Q'orianka Kilcher. [8]
Atz Kilcher is the fourth of eight siblings and oldest son. His siblings include his brother, Otto, who co-stars on the Discovery Channel TV show, and six sisters: Wurtilla Hepp, Fay Graham, Catkin Kilcher Burton, Stellavera Kilcher, Mossy Kilcher and Sunrise Sjoeberg.
Mairiis Kilcher was born near Homer, Alaska. She is the daughter of Yule F. Kilcher and sister of Atz Kilcher. [1] Through Atz, she is the paternal aunt of singer-songwriter Jewel. As a teenager, her family took a trip to Switzerland where she was introduced to the music of Andrés Segovia. [2] This sparked an interest in guitar.
Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher (/ ˌ k ɒr i ˈ æ ŋ k ə ˈ k ɪ l tʃ ər /; [1] born February 11, 1990) is an American actress. Her best known film roles are Pocahontas in Terrence Malick 's 2005 film The New World , and Kaʻiulani in Princess Kaiulani (2009).
Yule Forenorth Kilcher (born Julius Jacob Kilcher; March 9, 1913 – December 8, 1998) was a Swiss-born American homesteader who was a member of the Alaska state senate from 1963 to 1966. He moved from Switzerland to Alaska in 1936 where he then lived permanently, after returning to Switzerland for a short time in 1939, outside of Homer, Alaska .
Kilcher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andreas Kilcher (born 1963), Swiss academic; Atz Kilcher (born 1947), American reality TV personality; Jewel Kilcher (born 1974), American singer-songwriter, actress, and poet; Mossy Kilcher, American singer-songwriter from Alaska; Q'orianka Kilcher (born 1990), American actress and ...
Jewel (singer) (born Jewel Kilcher), American singer and actress; Jewel Burks Solomon, American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist; Jewel De'Nyle (born 1976), American pornographic movie star, sometimes credited as "Jewel" Jewel Staite (born 1982), Canadian actress in Firefly
Jewel says that she learned to yodel from her father, Attila Kuno "Atz" Kilcher, who himself also learned to yodel by listening to Jimmie Rodgers. [ 81 ] Mike Johnson is an African American yodeler who combines the Jimmie Rodgers, Swiss, and Cowboy yodeling styles.