Joe Flacco

07/17/2013 – Flacco with wife Dana Grady – 2013 ESPY Awards – Arrivals – Nokia Theatre L.A. Live – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos

Birth Name: Joseph Vincent Flacco

Place of Birth: Audubon, New Jersey, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 16, 1985

Ethnicity: Italian, as well as Irish and English, possibly other

Joe Flacco is an American professional football player. A quarterback, he plays for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He has also been with the Baltimore Ravens, the Denver Broncos, the New York Jets, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Cleveland Browns. He was voted Super Bowl MVP for Super Bowl XLVII (2013). He is 6′6″.

Joe is married to Dana Grady, with whom he has five children.

Joe’s paternal grandfather was Giuseppe L. “Joseph” Flacco (the son of Massimo Flacco and Giovannina Della “Julia” Rovere). Joseph was born in New Jersey, to Italian parents, from Isola del Gran Sasso, Province of Teramo, Abruzzo.

Joe’s paternal grandmother was Laura Wheeldon (the daughter of Isaac Wheeldon and Madeline “Mamie” Tartiglia). Isaac’s parents, John Wheeldon and Alice Ann Bentley, were English. Madeline was the daughter of Ernest A. Tartiglia, who was an Italian immigrant, and of Dominica “Mamie” Morris/Morse, who was born in Pennsylvania, to Italian parents.

Joe’s maternal grandfather is Tom Madden (the son of Thomas Michael Madden and Rose/Rosina E. Del Duca). Joe’s grandfather Tom was a football quarterback. Joe’s great-grandfather Thomas M. Madden was a prominent judge, who was a Judge, Chief Judge, and Senior Judge, of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He was the son of James G. Madden and Elizabeth M. Dolan, of Irish origin. Joe’s great-grandmother Rose was born in New Jersey, the daughter of Italian parents, Domenico Del Duca, who was from Torricella Peligna, Chieti, Abruzzo, and Antonietta Di Ielsi, from Gambatesa, Campobasso, Molise.

Flacco in 2010, photo by actionsports/Bigstock.com

Sources: Article about Joe’s Italian ancestry – http://ilcentro.gelocal.it

Genealogy of Joe Flacco – https://www.geni.com

Obituary of Joe’s paternal great-uncle (grandmother’s brother) – http://www.legacy.com

Obituary of Joe’s paternal great-great-uncle (great-grandmother, Madeline Tartiglia’s, brother) – http://www.dvrbs.com