Megan Fox

Fox in 2007

Birth Name: Megan Denise Fox

Place of Birth: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 16, 1986

Ethnicity: English, as well as small amounts of Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant French and Welsh, possibly 1/512h Powhatan Native American

Megan Fox is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles in the films Holiday in the Sun, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Transformers, and its sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Jennifer’s Body, Jonah Hex, Passion Play, Friends with Kids, The Dictator, This Is 40, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows; Above the Shadows, Zeroville, The Battle of Jangsari, Think Like a Dog, Rogue (2020), Till Death, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Night Teeth, Big Gold Brick, Taurus, Good Mourning, and Expend4bles, the made-for-tv movie Crimes of Fashion, and the series Hope & Faith and New Girl. She also co-created and hosted the show Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox.

Megan is the daughter of Gloria Darlene and Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. A picture of her parents can be seen here. Megan was raised partly in Rockwood, Tennessee, in a Pentecostal family. Her stepfather was Tony Tonachio. She moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, when she was ten, and later to Los Angeles, California, for her acting career. Megan has three children with her former husband, actor, producer, and rapper Brian Austin Green.

Megan is of mostly English descent. She also has small amounts of Scottish, German, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry, along with distant French and Welsh roots, as well as possibly 1/512th Powhatan Native American ancestry.

Megan’s Instagram profile is titled “the_native_tiger,” and she previously referred to herself as “Child of the Cherokee Tribe” on that site. She has also stated, several times, that she is of part Cherokee Native American ancestry.

Megan’s great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Powhatan, was said to be of half Native American, of the Powhatan tribe, descent. This ancestry comes through Megan’s paternal grandmother. If this claim is accurate, it would make Megan of 1/256 Native American ancestry. No other Native American ancestry, Cherokee or otherwise, has been documented on any of Megan’s publicly available family trees. All of Megan’s grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents are listed as “White” on United States Censuses.

02/16/2019 – Megan Fox – 55th Annual CAS (Cinema Audio Society) Awards – InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel – Los Angeles, CA, USA -Photo Credit: We Got You Media / PRPhotos.com 

Megan’s paternal grandfather is Ewell T. Foxx (the son of Arthur Thomas Fox and Mary Elizabeth Pass). Ewell was born in Tennessee. Arthur was the son of John Bunyon Fox and Ellen Dora Ussery. Mary was the daughter of John Henderson Pass and Minnie May Erwin.

Megan’s paternal grandmother was Vivian Vier (the daughter of Shellie Vernon Vier and Maud F. Simerly). Shellie was the son of William Ruban Vier and Nancy T. Adamson/Adams. Maud was the daughter of John Franklin Simerly and Rebecca Ann Teffeteller. Megan has German ancestry through Vivian’s ancestor, Joseph Teffeteller (making Megan of at least 1/64th German descent). Megan also has very distant German ancestry from another of Vivian’s lines (through Vivian’s Rainbolt and Grindstaff/Crantzdorf ancestors).

Megan’s maternal grandfather was Clay Harrison Cisson (the son of William Harrison Cisson and Sallie Ann Martin). Clay was born in Tennessee. William was the son of William Cisson and Sarah Jane Davis. Sallie was the daughter of Columbus Allen Martin and Alice Franklin Davis.

Megan’s maternal grandmother was Thelma Macel Nelson (the daughter of James Ransom Nelson and Dailey I. Nelson). Thelma was born in Tennessee. James was the son of Mark Nelson and Martha Ann Crouch. Dailey was the daughter of Lorenzo Dow Nelson and Rosie/Rose Ann Givens. James Ransom Nelson and Dailey Nelson were first cousins, once removed.

Sources: Megan’s paternal grandfather, Ewell T. Fox, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s paternal great-grandparents, Arthur Thomas Fox and Mary Elizabeth Pass, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s paternal great-great-grandparents, William Ruban Vier and Nancy T. Adamson/Adams, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Family history of some of Megan’s distant ancestors, the Viers family – http://www.viresfamily.50megs.com

Megan’s paternal great-grandmother, Maud F. Simerly, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal grandfather, Clay Harrison Cisson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal great-great-grandparents, William Cisson and Sarah Jane Davis, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal great-grandmother, Sallie Ann Martin, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal grandmother, Thelma Macel Nelson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal great-grandfather, James Ransom Nelson, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal great-grandmother, Dailey I. Nelson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dailey Nelson on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org