The Weeknd

The Weeknd, born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, keeps his private life largely out of the spotlight. He has been publicly linked to DJ and creative Simi Khadra since 2022. No marriage or children have been publicly confirmed.

Who are The Weeknd parents?

Samra Tesfaye (mother)

Although Samra’s date of birth is not publicized, it is known, that she welcomed her son Abel at a very young age. Her married life turned out to be not happy, that’s why she separated from the son’s father when he was still a toddler.

After her divorce, Samra took Abel and moved to Scarborough, where the house of her parents was situated. By the way, The Weeknd’s maternal grandparents immigrated to Canada from Ethiopia after the period of Red Terror, which took place in the 1980s on the territory of this country. Although Samra suffered a lot from the political regime in her home country, she didn’t tell any awful stories to her son, because she wanted him to be proud of his roots.

To make the ends meet, Samra worked from morning till night, taking any job she could find. The woman served as a nurse, provided catering services, and joined it with studying at an evening school, where she was trying to master English. Now R&B star tells that he is “mom’s boy”.

Abel spent most part on his time with his grandmother. She made everything she could to care for her grandson both, physically and emotionally. The woman took small Abel to the Ethiopian Orthodox church, taught him to speak the Amharic language, and discovered for him Ethiopian singers, the style of which he later used as his inspiration.

Tesfaye’s mother likes her son most of all. In his early years, she cooked the boy his favorite dishes from Ethiopian cuisine. As the star tells now, “It’s really tasty, but so fat, that I used to be chubby in my early years”.

Samra supported her son’s interest in music. But she was upset by Abel’s decision to quit his studying and focus his efforts on music exclusively. “Even now she hopes that I will get a diploma”, The Weeknd says.

Not long ago House of Balloons singer bought his mother a huge mansion in Toronto. He wants his parent to live a happy and careless life.

Makkonen Tesfaye (father)

The famous singer Abel Tesfaye doesn’t know a lot about his father. There are just a few facts about him – he gave the boy his surname and his middle name. According to his son’s words, Makkonen is a normal person, non-abusive and non-addicted. He escaped from Abel’s life at a very early age, and after that they had just several short meetings. He re-married and has kids with his second wife, but Abel doesn’t know them.

The Weeknd siblings

Although the singer has several half-siblings from his father’s side, he doesn’t stay in touch with them and doesn’t even know, where they live. And he is the only kid of his mother. In his early years Abel dreamed to have a brother (or even more than one). Sometimes he lied that he has brothers to occasional people he met – so terribly he needed a sibling.

Bio

The Weeknd is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was raised in Toronto by his mother, Samra Tesfaye, and grandmother after his parents separated. Current coverage continues to link him with Simi Khadra, while the couple remains private.