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Birth Name:
Joseph Adam Jonas
Birth Place:
Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S.A.
Date of Birth:
August 15, 1989
Race or Ethnicity:
Cherokee Native American, Italian, German, Irish, French Canadian
The American singer/actor and member of the band The Jonas Brothers, is of Cherokee Native American, Italian, German and Irish descent. This was stated on an interview found at the link below. He is the brother of Nick and Kevin who are also in the band.
Joe and his brothers are Evangelical Christians. Jonas’ maternal grandmother, Frances Madonia, was half Italian and half French-Canadian.
Source:
http://www.missoandfriends.com
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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He has the same skin tone as my mixed son who is black me and a white father. Same dark features and beautiful curly hair European type hair. So he looks mixed with something more then just European.
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I think its the italian. I think he gets his look from his italian (european) features.
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Jonas’ maternal grandmother, Frances Madonia, was half Italian and half French-Canadian.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BERARD/2002-12/1038975073
correction
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Of course he looks italian thats why he has olive skin. And he doesn’t look irish at all, his brothers do because they look white not european.
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huh ,..because they look white not European???? white people come from europe,..so whAt are you talking about?!
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Olive is not a race. Italians are white! Joe looks white. I am italian. :)
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I could definitely see the Italian and Irish :D
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yeah
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I could see that Italian in him more than the Irish for some reason.
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they are turk too. they say that in youtube
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he has squinty eyes, he looks hawaiian or filipino
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what,hawaiian?,no not even close,hawaiians do not look like filipinos,& joe jonas does not look hawaiian,but i do get what your saying with the squinty eye thing,cuz i saw pics of them when they were babys or little,& they look like they could have asian in them or something,since they kind of have small eyes,especially nick jonas.
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it’s not “INDIAN” it’s “NATIVE AMERICAN” — damn!
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I understand what your saying,but anyone born here is native American
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i’m native? I wont mi money…. wheres my mony?
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