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
Looks like has native in him (eye shape).
Anyway gel we might leave this discussion for another time. Sláinte and all the best for the New Year.
Goodness I don’t just have my head in books and all of Northern Europe has high percentages of blue eyes. Even here in Australia there are a whole load of people with blue eyes.
Yes, they are – because most of them are of Irish descent!
Oh, you’re in Australia – that explains everything!
Born in Ireland though gel and have spent plenty of time there so I’ve been to quite a few countries and I’m speaking from personal knowledge. I try to use scientific links to back up what I say which is more than some people do. :)
Here, this is why I startled the woman in Brighton!:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/hunky-ex-mr-ireland-jeremy-7101650
I looked similar to that! – the Irish look.
(By the way, I notice most in Northen Ireland have similar looks – so they are pretty Irish!)
I was pulled up for my blue eyes in England, so they must be unusual.
Any blue eyes in Britain often come from being of Irish descent – that has usually been the case, whenever I’ve checked.
In Ireland, the people are so blue-eyed its taken for granted. In England, brown eyes are taken for granted. That is the situation.
Where did you go London? And are you talking about Native Brits? English people that have ancestry from Britain and Ireland are usually blue eyed. There are a minority Irish and British with brown eyes. (I’m of course talking about people with deep roots in Britain and Ireland and not people with ancestry from outside this area e.g. relatively recent immigrants). The UK now has a very large immigrant population but I’m sure you know the difference. People in the more southern counties of England are more likely to be brown eyed.
Here is a map of blue eyes in Britain and Ireland. This was done by Britainsdna. It is also using very strict criteria of blue eyes in that it is pure blue not blue green or someone with central heterochromia. It is not the same as light eyes which would also include grey eyes, blue-green, green eyes etc. If light eyes the percentages in both Britain and Ireland would be much higher.
Here is the map.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/30/article-2738224-20ECE9AF00000578-656_634x632.jpg
Hogwash.
Its more like 80% for the Irish, as your previous map showed, for a start.
If it was light eyes Ireland would be 80% and over but as I explained the study done by Britainsdna was on “pure blue eyes”. Many people have light eyes but not just blue eyes. That study is not hog wash.
NO THEY DONT – you must travel around England and observe. Nothing to do with immigrants.
They might have more blue eyes in the North of England. Viking influence, I think.
Viking influence is not the reason people are blue eyed. Vikings are only a minority influence on genetics in Britain and Ireland. You appear to be trying to make Britain out to be darker than it is. My ancestry is all Irish but I try to have balanced views and also think that genetic data can be useful because it is scientific. Many people have agendas and don’t always give accurate information. There is no reason for the English to be mostly brown eyed and they aren’t.
Have you read info on the PoBI study done? This is the most in-depth and most recent genetic study done on the UK.
http://www.peopleofthebritishisles.org/nl6.pdf
Get your head out of your books and observe.
Blue eyes are recessive, that is they can soon lose out to brown eyes if there is less than a critical mass of population possessing them.
Goodness I don’t just have my head in books and all of Northern Europe has high percentages of blue eyes. Even here in Australia there are a whole load of people with blue eyes.
I was pulled up for blue eyes in Brighton!
Blue eyes are not that unusual. Let’s not exaggerate. :)
In Australia they aren’t! – but in England and much of Europe they are.
Whats even with that discussion? Brits are majorly composed of ancient southern european ethnicities it goes way back to when Basques and Iberians travelled and settled in todays Britain. Brits are basically the spaniards of the north minus the ones that have more Anglo-Saxon and scandinavian heritage of course but they seem in the minority.