Katherine Jenkins is on the hunt for her Scottish granny

Who does Katherine Jenkins think she is?

Katherine Jenkins is on the hunt for her Scots granny.

The Welsh classical singing stunner says she’s always felt a real Celtic affinity and the family connection is the key.

Now she’d love to launch a Who Do You Think You Are?-style hunt for her past.

“My Nana Evans was born in Glasgow,” Katherine told The Sunday Post.

“She moved to Manchester later where she met my grandfather, who brought her down to Neath.

“I’ve been saying to friends for a long time that I’ve got Scots blood in me but nobody has ever listened. I’m really proud to be part Scottish.

“My Nana sadly passed away about seven years ago. I don’t know how to find out where she was born and where she stayed but that’s something I want to do.”

Katherine’s certainly no stranger north of the border. She joined Jessie J, Kaiser Chiefs, Paloma Faith and other big names at the BBC’s pre-Commonwealth Games concert at Edinburgh Castle in July.

And she’s the star of the BBC Proms In The Park at Glasgow Green next Saturday night.

“I’ve done the Proms in Wales, in Hyde Park in London a couple of times and then last year I went to Ireland.

“I feel like I’m completing the set by coming to Scotland. The Proms are unique. It’s all about the audience singing the songs and waving the flags. It’s such a good laugh.

“I’ve spent a lot of time in Glasgow with friends from the Royal Conservatoire and had some great nights out.

“I took all my crew out for a fantastic Indian meal and then a few drinks I couldn’t tell you where it was but it was a good night!”

Katherine’s had more than a good night of late. When we last spoke she told me of her

relationship woes. Gorgeous, talented and rich, you’d think she’d never be short of suitors.

She confided she’d been “very upset” following her shockingly sudden split from fianc Gethin Jones.

How things have changed. She hasn’t just got a new boyfriend but a new fianc.

When she picked up her OBE at Buckingham Palace in March she took many by surprise by being partnered by American movie director Andrew Levitas.

It turned out they’d been quietly dating for six months and she quickly announced their engagement.

“It’s lovely,” she says, like any loved-up bride-to-be. “There are many things I could say about him but quite simply he’s just a really nice guy.

“Musically, things have come full circle and it’s lovely that my personal life is now in a really happy place.

“I think people have got to know me over the past decade and they’ll understand what I’ve been through.”

Amazingly, it has been 10 years since Katherine made her breakthrough. In that time she’s released nine studio albums that have sold by the million and earned a tidy fortune along the way.

A decade on is a fitting time to reflect and when the 33-year-old mezzo-soprano does so, thinking back to her very first album, it’s an interesting insight.

“I look back at that album cover and when I look at my eyes what I see is innocence. I was so nave. I couldn’t believe this was my first album and I never thought about ever

getting to do more than one. I didn’t understand the business. I was 23 and basically a singing teacher.

“I think back to how I felt and remembering that keeps it all real for me. It feels like the blink of an eye but I’ve had some amazing experiences. I’m very lucky.”

Coming runner-up on America’s version of Strictly, guest-starring in a Doctor Who Christmas special and getting that OBE are just a few of those magical moments.

The OBE is special particularly as she nearly missed it.

“I’d come back from Afghanistan and popped down to Wales to see my mum,” she explains.

“She was waving this letter at me that got delivered to one of the neighbours by mistake. She handed it in and thank goodness my mum thought it might be important and handed it right over instead of holding on to it for ages.

“It was to be replied by return of post, so I almost didn’t get my OBE.”

Interviewed recently, Katherine’s ex Gethin seemed hardly gushing with delight at her engagement and dodged a question about whether she was difficult.

But I have to say that’s certainly not how she comes across. Rather she’s girly, giggly and

surprisingly open considering some of the bad press from running a marathon in full make-up to being “dumped” by her record label.

She is with Decca after leaving Warners Music with whom she’d had the biggest classical recording deal in history. But she insists she wasn’t axed.

“It’s annoying, because you know the truth but you’re not allowed to say anything. It’s all politics between the companies. You just have to ride it out.

“I know I wasn’t dumped and just went on to something else. As hard as it is, you have to bite your lip and try not to let it wind you up.

“My mum’s good at telling me: ‘We know the truth and everybody else will soon’, but biting my lip isn’t my strong suit.”

Fiance Andrew’s new movie, starring Amy Adams and Jennifer Hudson, is out soon and, him being a New Yorker, Katherine’s been paying plenty visits to the Big Apple.

But she’s quick to insist that’s all they are and there will be no permanent move across the Atlantic.

“It upsets me when I read things about me deserting the UK or not going back to Wales,” she says firmly.

“I’m a person who believes home is where the family and friends are. It’s nice to have the reason I have to go to America now, but home is here and always will be.”

Another reason, if she needed one, to be close to family is her sister Laura having a baby son Rhys in June.

“I’m obsessed with him, obsessed,” laughs Katherine, whose new album, fittingly titled Home Sweet Home, is out on November 17.

“He’s just so cute, a little miracle. Seeing my sister so happy and her family already growing with the next generation is so exciting.

“I was really lucky to grow up in a big, close family and I really want that for myself. When there’s a break in the touring and I can enjoy being a mum then I’ll definitely make that a priority.”

Proms In The Park Glasgow Green is on BBC Two Scotland from 7.30 to 9pm on Saturday, September 13.