Birth Name: Douwe Bob Posthuma
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of Birth: 12 December, 1992
Ethnicity: Dutch, Frisian
Douwe Bob is a Dutch singer and songwriter. He won Dutch talent show De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland. He represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and placed 11th.
He is the son of Ellen Benard and Simon Douwe Posthuma, a painter. He has three children.
Douwe’s paternal grandfather was Douwe Posthuma (the son of Symon Posthuma and Wypkje Kramer). Douwe was born in Makkum, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands. Symon was the son of Siete Posthuma and Teetske Westerbaan.
Douwe’s paternal grandmother was surnamed de Witte.
Sources: http://muziek-en-film.infonu.nl
Genealogy of Douwe Bob (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
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