Joe Jonas

Jonas in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Joseph Adam Jonas

Place of Birth: Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S.

Date of Birth: August 15, 1989

Ethnicity: Irish, German, English, Scottish, Italian Sicilian, French-Canadian, possibly other

Joe Jonas is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is a member of pop rock band The Jonas Brothers, with his siblings Kevin Jonas and Nick Jonas. He has also been lead vocalist for dance-rock band DNCE, of which JinJoo Lee is also a member. His roles include the films Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Devotion (2022), and A Very Jonas Christmas Movie; the made-for-tv movies Camp Rock and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam; the shows Jonas and Hot in Cleveland; and the tv special Grease Live! He has also appeared in concert/documentary films Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, Chasing Happiness, and Happiness Continues: A Jonas Brothers Concert Film, on reality show Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream, and in the special Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers. He has been a co-host of Claim to Fame.

Joe is the son of Denise (Miller), a singer and sign language teacher, and Paul Kevin Jonas, a songwriter and musician, who was an ordained Assemblies of God minister. Also among his siblings is actor Frankie Jonas. He was raised mostly in New Jersey. Joe has two children with his former wife, English actress Sophie Turner.

Joe’s father, who is from a family from the American South, has German, English, and Scottish ancestry. Joe’s mother, who is from the New Jersey area, has Irish, as well as Italian Sicilian and French-Canadian, ancestry.

The Jonas Brothers have also stated that they have Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.

Joe is related to congressmen Charles A. Jonas (1876-1955), and Charles’s son, Charles R. Jonas (1904-1988), both of North Carolina. Joe descends from the same Jonas line.

It is not publicly known who Joe’s biological paternal grandfather is.

Joe’s paternal grandmother, now Cecilia Lucas, was born under the name Cecilla/Cecilia Paulette Jonas (the daughter of Paul Adam Jonas and Nellie May/Mae Fox). Cecilia was born in North Carolina. Paul was the son of Henry Walter Jonas and Nora Lee/Leigh Campbell. Nellie was the daughter of Nathan/Walter Henry Fox and Elizabeth/Lizzie Mae Hamilton. Through the Jonas line, Joe is descended from German immigrants to the United States in the 1700s.

Joe’s maternal grandfather was Gerald “Jerry” Miller (the son of Henry J. Miller, Jr. and Agnes Marie Carroll/Carrol). Gerald was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York. Henry was the son of Henry J. Miller and Anna Kelly, who was Irish. Joe’s great-grandmother Agnes was born in The Bronx, to Irish parents, Michael Carroll, from Listowel, County Kerry; and Bridget/Bridgette “Beatrice” Lyons, from Drumnacurra, County Kerry.

Joe’s maternal grandmother was Frances Madonia (the daughter of Fortunato Angelo “Frank” Madonia and Margaret Anna Berard). Fortunato was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Sicilian Italian parents, Angelo Madonia, from Monreale; and Maria Chimero. Joe’s great-grandmother Margaret was born in Bennington, Vemont, the daughter of Milton Dewey Berard and Anna Mary/Rose Ducharme, who were both the children of French-Canadian parents, from Québec.

Joe’s matrilineal line can be traced to Françoise Langlois, who was born, c. 1601, in France, where she lived in Dieppe, Normandy.

Sources: Genealogy of Joe Jonas – https://www.geni.com

Information on Joe’s paternal great-grandfather, Paul Adam Jonas – http://www.findagrave.com

Obituary of Joe’s paternal great-grandmother, Nellie May/Mae (Fox) Jonas – http://www.legacy.com

Death record of Joe’s maternal great-grandfather, Henry J. Miller – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Joe’s maternal great-grandmother, Agnes Marie (Carroll/Carrol) Lee – https://www.newspapers.com