Birth Name: Kristopher Neil Allen
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Arkansas
Date of Birth: June 21, 1985
Ethnicity: English
Kris Allen is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the eighth season of American Idol (in 2009).
Kris’s paternal grandfather was Earl Denver Allen (the son of Lewis Leander Allen and Ottie Mae Jackson).
Kris’s maternal grandparents are Charles Wayne Wood and Linda Jean “Jeannie” Soloway Carter (the daughter of James Carter and Eva Mae).
Source: Obituary of Kris’s maternal grandmother, Linda Jean “Jeannie” (Carter) Wood – http://www.mooresjacksonvillefuneralhome.com
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