Jimmy Fallon
Fallon in 2010, photo by Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: James Thomas Fallon
Place of Birth: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 19, 1974
Ethnicity:
*62.5% Irish
*25% German
*12.5% Norwegian
Jimmy Fallon is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, singer, musician, writer, and producer. He has hosted The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014. He previously hosted the show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014. He has also starred in the films Taxi (2004) and Fever Pitch, and on Saturday Night Live. He co-created the show Guys with Kids.
Jimmy is the son of Gloria and James Fallon, a machine repairman for IBM. His father, a Vietnam veteran, had sung in street-corner doo-wop groups. Jimmy was mostly raised in Saugerties, New York. His father is of half Irish and half German descent. His mother is of three quarters Irish and one quarter Norwegian ancestry. He was raised Catholic.
Jimmy is married to producer Nancy Juvonen, with whom he has two children.
Jimmy’s paternal grandfather was James William Fallon (the son of William John Fallon and Mary Ann Monahan). Jimmy’s grandfather James was born in New York, of Irish descent. Jimmy’s great-grandfather William was the son of Thomas Fallon, who was from County Galway, Ireland, and of Louisa Stickevers/Stickever. Louisa’s parents were Henry Stickever, who was born in France, of Irish descent, and Mary O’Brien, who was Irish. Jimmy’s great-grandmother Mary was born in New York, the daughter of James P./Henry Monahan and Mary Martha Worth; Martha was born in Spain, though of Irish descent.
Jimmy’s paternal grandmother was Luise/Louise Schalla (the daughter of Karl/Charles Friedrich August Schalla and Luise “Lizzie”/Elizabeth Ganz). Jimmy’s grandmother Luise was German, born in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, to a father from Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, and a mother from Osterholz-Scharmbeck.
Jimmy’s maternal grandfather was Thomas Francis “Tom” Feeley (the son of Thomas Feehily/Feeley, Jr. and Mary Jane O’Neill). Jimmy’s grandfather Thomas was born in New York. Jimmy’s great-grandfather Thomas was from Drumlish, County Longford, Ireland, the son of Thomas Feehily and Mary Kenny. Jimmy’s great-grandmother Mary Jane was from Killoe, also in County Longford, Ireland, and was the daughter of Bernard O’Neill and Teresa.
Jimmy’s maternal grandmother was Gloria Rose Hovelsen/Hovelson (the daughter of Hans Julius Hovelsen and Mary Frances “May” Driscoll). Gloria was born in New York. Hans was Norwegian, born in Fredrikstad, Norway, the son of Johan Severin Hovelsen and Bolette/Bollette Jacobsdatter/Jakobsen. Jimmy’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, to Joseph Driscoll and Margaret Daly.
Sources: Family history of Jimmy Fallon, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, for Irish America Magazine – http://irishamerica.com
Genealogies of Jimmy Fallon – http://www.geni.com
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Obituary of Jimmy’s paternal grandmother, Luise/Louise (Schalla) Fallon – http://www.americanmemorials.com
Fallon with wife Nancy Juvonen, 2006, photo by Starfrenzy/www.bigstockphoto.com
The Germans look darker than the Irish – I mean, if they look dark, they are dark!: Witness Joachim Low, German soccer boss
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Joachim_L%C3%B6w_2006.jpg
You mean the eye shape or the colour?
Yes, their shape are a bit “Asiatic”, think Native American or Asian-Russian.
Dark eyes are not unheard of among Germans and especially the Irish (who have darker folks).
“Dark eyes are not unheard of among Germans and especially the Irish (who have darker folks).”
Where do you get that information from Capricious? There are dark eyed and haired people in both countries but the Irish don’t have darker complected people than the Germans. Also there is a higher percentage of blue eyes in the Irish than the Germans. I think people just rely too much on stereotypes without at least trying to check for some information on the subject.
I know it comes across as a bit pendantic but your statement is inaccurate. I know some of these maps are a bit dubious but it gives an idea.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0vSAzia2nI/U0_34o9FXDI/AAAAAAAAAtE/vUw7j4lduws/s1600/europe-eyes-general–lig.png
Funny chart! – the Welsh have more blue eyes than the English.
English might have 30% blue eyes, tops. Scots not much more.
Scots are similar to the Irish and the English have slightly more brown eyes but Britain and Ireland are both majority blue eyed.
Alice, you make these statements, but its not my experience. What makes you say the English are majority blue-eyed?
I’ve seen loads of English and have been there. There is also studies done. I’m especially aware of genetic studies and read a lot of info on the subject. A bit OT but I’ve had 3 dna tests done on myself and also have had 3 family members done. This is why some of the things said here & elsewhere about British and Irish people is very inaccurate.
I gather you are Irish Gel? You do know that the English are very similar to the Irish genetically? In fact all of northern Europeans are close genetically. Anyway I don’t want to get too OT but some of your comments give that impression.
Just waiting now to come on about how the English are Anglo-Saxons and how Germanic populations are. “rolls eyes”.
Jimmy Fallon’s family tree as researched by a genealogist.
http://irishamerica.com/2014/01/jimmy-fallon-family-tree/
It’s already linked?
He must have some Amerindian or Asian genes.
I agree. He has an Amerindian look. His ethnicity would be legit if it were 60% Irish, 25% Native and 15% (insert European ethnicity)…..
Nope he has no native only Irish, German and Norwegian.
p.s. this site is confusing as hell, that’s with the percentage, you do realise that most Irish also have Norway ancestors from way back in Viking times. You are over simplifying things with the percentages.