Susan Boyle Still Lives In Her Childhood Home – Now She Gives Us A Peek Inside After The Renovations

In 2010, she made the decision to buy the small house. It's best to be grounded and with your roots. It keeps you grounded and prevents you from saying things maybe you shouldn't say, she told OK. Susan Boyle entered this world on April 1, 1961. Her Irish ancestry originates in County Donegal, with her father Patrick Boyle working as a miner and her mother Bridget working as a shorthand typist. The youngest of four brothers and six sisters, Boyle grew up in a large family. In West Lothian, Scotland, the family occupied a council house. Susan is still a resident of that residence. Instead of buying a Beverly Hills mansion or moving to a tropical island, she bought the four-bedroom house she grew up in in Blackburn, Scotland, and renovated it into her ideal home.