Editing Alanis Morissette (section)

==Early life and education==
Alanis Nadine Morissette was born on June 1, 1974, at [[The Ottawa Hospital|Riverside Hospital]] in [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada,<ref name="Cantin">{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DFzkCgAAQBAJ|title = Alanis Morissette: A Biography|isbn = 9781250109170|last1 = Cantin|first1 = Paul|date = December 29, 2015| publisher=St. Martin's Publishing |access-date = October 6, 2020|archive-date = December 9, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211209190144/https://books.google.com/books?id=DFzkCgAAQBAJ|url-status = live}}</ref>{{rp|4}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=alanis+morissette+ottawa&pg=PA42 |title=The International Newsweekly Of Music., Video And Home Entertainment |date=April 19, 2003 |volume=116 |issue=15 |access-date=June 1, 2012 |page=42 |journal= |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209190144/https://books.google.com/books?id=gg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=alanis+morissette+ottawa&pg=PA42 |url-status=live }}</ref> the daughter of Georgia Mary Ann ({{née}} Feuerstein) and Alan Richard Morissette.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Alanis-Morissette.html |title=Alanis Morissette Biography (1974–) |publisher=Film Reference |access-date=February 18, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100205114543/http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Alanis-Morissette.html| archive-date= February 5, 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> Her older brother, Chad (born 1971), is an entrepreneur,<ref>{{cite news |last=Poliquin |first=Benoît |url=http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/2013-01-24/article-3155256/The-art-of-business-survival/1 |title=The art of business survival: Bumps in the road propel Chad Morissette to even greater heights |work=[[Ottawa Business Journal]] |date=January 24, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716090206/http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/2013-01-24/article-3155256/The-art-of-business-survival/1 |archive-date=July 16, 2015 }}</ref> and her twin brother, [[Wade Morissette|Wade]] (12 minutes older), is a musician.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harnett |first=Shamona |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/s_harnett/he-oughta-know-105159579.html |title=He oughta know |work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=October 18, 2010 |access-date=July 16, 2015 |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716053745/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/s_harnett/he-oughta-know-105159579.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=chad+morissette+brother+alanis+%22three+years%22&pg=PA92 |title=Morissette's album is all it's 'supposed' to be, and more |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 3, 1998 |page=92 |access-date=July 16, 2015 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209190144/https://books.google.com/books?id=FwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=chad+morissette+brother+alanis+%22three+years%22&pg=PA92 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their father is of French and Irish descent, while their mother, who fled Hungary in 1956 due to the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|failed anti-Soviet uprising]],<ref name="Cantin" /> has Jewish ancestry;<ref>{{cite web|title=Alanis Morissette|url=https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/alanis-morissette|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Armchair Expert|date=June 12, 2020 |language=en-US|archive-date=December 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214052130/https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/alanis-morissette|url-status=live}} Time stamp=00:13:07</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slowradio.com/artists/alanis-morissette|title=Alanis Morissette - Artists - Slow Radio|website=Alanis Morissette - Artists - Slow Radio|access-date=April 3, 2021|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209190152/https://nl.slowradio.com/artiesten/alanis-morissette|url-status=live}}</ref> on a 2024 episode of ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', Morissette stated that her parents had never told their children about their Jewish ancestry, which she did not discover until her late 20s.<ref name="Roots">{{cite news |last1=Bell |first1=Sadie |title=Alanis Morissette Uncovers Her Family's Holocaust History After Only Learning of Her Jewish Ancestry in Her Late 20s |url=https://people.com/alanis-morissette-learns-family-holocaust-history-jewish-ancestry-finding-your-roots-8421825 |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=2024-01-03}}</ref>

In 1977, the family moved to [[Lahr]] in what was then [[West Germany]], where Morissette's parents started working as teachers at the [[Canadian Forces Base Lahr|local CAF base]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiosunplace.be/artists/alanis-morissette-708|title=Alanis Morissette|website=www.radiosunplace.be|language=en|access-date=May 23, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They returned to Ottawa in 1980, and Morissette began taking dance lessons the next year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hungarianpresence.ca/Culture/Music/alanis.cfm |title=Alanis Morissette |publisher=The Hungarian Presence in Canada |date=July 31, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429175542/http://www.hungarianpresence.ca/Culture/Music/alanis.cfm |archive-date=April 29, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://magyarorszag.tumblr.com/ |title=Magyarország |publisher=Tumblr |access-date=April 17, 2012 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425125136/http://magyarorszag.tumblr.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB423CC647D58E6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|title=Morissette stands on rocky pedestal|publisher=Chicago Sun Times|access-date=September 1, 2012|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114060303/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB423CC647D58E6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|url-status=live}}</ref> Morissette had a Catholic upbringing.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aquilante |first1=Dan |title=ROCK OF RAGES – MORISSETTE LEAVES THE ANGER AT HER OWN FRONT DOOR |url=https://nypost.com/2002/06/07/rock-of-rages-morissette-leaves-the-anger-at-her-own-front-door/ |website=New York Post |access-date=April 19, 2022 |date=June 7, 2002}}</ref> She attended [[Ottawa Catholic School Board|Holy Family Catholic School]] for elementary school<ref>{{cite web|title=A Faith-Filled Mission: 150 Years of Catholic Education in Ottawa-Carleton|url=http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/media.php?mid=49076|publisher=Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board|access-date=August 21, 2012|page=108|year=2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725122023/http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/media.php?mid=49076|archive-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref> and [[Immaculata High School (Ottawa)|Immaculata High School]] for seventh and eighth grades;<ref>{{cite web|title=A Faith-Filled Mission: 150 Years of Catholic Education in Ottawa-Carleton|url=http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/media.php?mid=49076|publisher=Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board|access-date=August 21, 2012|page=121|year=2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725122023/http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/media.php?mid=49076|archive-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref> she appeared on the children's television sketch comedy ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'' for five episodes while attending the former.<ref>{{cite news|author=Pareles, Jon|date=February 28, 1996|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/28/garden/at-lunch-with-alanis-morissette-better-to-sing-the-teen-age-life-than-live-it.html|title=At Lunch with Alanis Morissette: Better to Sing The Teen-Age Life Than Live It|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 30, 2012|archive-date=September 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912032227/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/28/garden/at-lunch-with-alanis-morissette-better-to-sing-the-teen-age-life-than-live-it.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Morissette then attended and graduated from [[Glebe Collegiate Institute]].<ref name="Cantin" /><ref name="Simonot">{{Cite book|title=Morissette, Alanis|volume = 1|last=Simonot|first=Colette|date=September 3, 2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Oxford Music Online|doi = 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2267243}}</ref>