Editing Tiffany Darwish (section)

==Early life==
Tiffany Renee Darwish was born on October 2, 1971, in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]] which is east of [[Los Angeles]],{{efn|Some sources erroneously state Darwish was born in Oklahoma.<ref name=handbook>{{cite book|title=The Arab-American Handbook: A Guide to the Arab, Arab-American & Muslim Worlds|page=79|last=Shora|first=Nawar|year=2008|publisher=Cune Press|isbn= 978-1-885-94214-2}}</ref>}} to Janie Wilson and James Robert Darwish, who divorced when she was 14 months old.<ref name="star">{{Cite web|last=|date=June 12, 1988|title=Tiffany: The $5-Million Star of Stage and Court|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-12-ca-7156-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

In an interview with [[MLive Media Group|MLive]], Tiffany said, “Most of my family is from [[Dearborn, Michigan|Dearborn]]. They’re from [[Lebanon]]. So, I’m [[Lebanese Americans|Lebanese]]. A little village. Because of [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], everybody kind of moved here. Big Dearborn community... all my family."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/life/2019/10/talking-backstage-with-80s-icon-tiffany-on-her-family-in-michigan-and-her-new-music.html|title=Talking backstage with 80s icon Tiffany on her family in Michigan and her new music|last=Pevos|first=Edward|date=October 25, 2019|website=mlive.com|publisher=Advance Local Media LLC}}</ref> She is also of [[Irish Americans|Irish]], [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]], [[German Americans|German]] and [[Cherokee descent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parade.com/976268/maggie-parker/tiffany-darwish-benefits-of-meditation-lessons-learned-taylor-swift/|title=Work and Life Are "Bubbling" for '80s Popstar Tiffany: "I'm More Than a One Hit Wonder"|last=Parker|first=Maggie|date=January 6, 2020|website=parade.com|publisher=The Arena Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njarts.net/former-teen-pop-sensation-tiffany-embraces-rock-on-new-recordings/|title=Former teen-pop sensation Tiffany embraces rock on new recordings|last=Ferraro|first=Robert|date=June 25, 2021|website=njarts.net}}</ref>

Tiffany began singing at age four when she learned the words to the [[Tanya Tucker]] song "[[Delta Dawn]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tasteofcountry.com/tiffany-country-music-rose-tattoo/ |title=Pop Singer Tiffany Hopes Fans 'Feel the Music' on Debut Country Album 'Rose Tattoo' | last=Kat |first=Nashville |date=March 25, 2011 |website=tasteofcountry.com |publisher= |access-date=July 8, 2011 |quote=The first song she ever learned to sing (at 4-years-old) was Tanya Tucker's Delta Dawn.}}</ref> After her parents' divorce, she lived with her father and went to [[Norwalk High School (California)|Norwalk High School]] in Norwalk as a freshman and sophomore. Then she attended Norwalk's Leffingwell Christian High School.<ref>{{cite news |last=McDougal |first=Dennis |date=June 12, 1988 |title= Tiffany: The $5-Million Star of Stage and Court  |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-12-ca-7156-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |location= |access-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref>