Joe Manganiello
Manganiello in 2012, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Joseph Michael Manganiello
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 28, 1976
Ethnicity:
*paternal grandfather – African-American, Irish
*paternal grandmother – Italian Sicilian
*maternal grandfather – Dalmatian Croatian
*maternal grandmother – Armenian, German
Joe Manganiello is an American actor, producer, director, author, and narrator. He is known for playing Alcide Herveaux on True Blood, and for his roles in the films Magic Mike, Sabotage, Archenemy, and, as Flash Thompson, in Spider-Man, among many other works.
Joe is the son of Susan Catherine and Charles John Manganiello. His paternal grandmother was of Italian descent, from Sicily. As an adult, Joe discovered that his paternal grandfather was of mixed African-American and Irish ancestry. Joe’s maternal grandfather was of Dalmatian Croatian ancestry, and Joe’s maternal grandmother was of German and Armenian descent. A picture of Joe with his parents can be seen here.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2023) stated that Joe’s genetic ancestry is:
*93% European
*7% Sub-Saharan African
Joe’s biological paternal grandfather was the son of William Henry Cutler and Nellie Alton. Joe’s great-grandfather William was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was African-American. He was the son of William H. Washington and Nancy A. Somers/Sommers, and a great-grandson of Plato Turner, who was born in Africa, and was taken into slavery in the U.S.; Plato later became a free man, fighting in the American Reolution starting in 1776. Joe’s great-grandmother Nellie was born in Washington, D.C., and was white, with Irish ancestry. She was the daughter of John Alton and Mary Hurley.
Joe’s paternal grandmother was Marie Rose Bonanno (the daughter of Giuseppe/Joseph Bonanno and Rose Correnti). Marie was born in Connecticut, to Italian parents, from Messina, Sicily. Giuseppe was the son of Santo Bonanno and Carmela Aveni. Rose was the daughter of Carmelo Correnti and Maria Trifiletti.
Joe’s legal paternal grandfather was named Emilio “John” Manganiello. Emilio was born in Pennsylvania, to a family from Avellino, Campania. As an adult, Joe discovered via Finding Your Roots that Emilio was not his biological grandfather.
Joe’s maternal grandfather was Nicholas Francis Joseph Brachanow (the son of Ante/Marko/Marks/Michael Bračanov/Brachanow and Kata/Kate “Catherine” Jelavčić/Jelovčić/Jelnick/Yarosa/Yelobchich/Jelovich). Nicholas was born in Massachusetts, to Dalmatian Croatian parents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, likely Murter, Jezera. Marks was the son of Nikola/Nicola Bračanov and Matija Baresin. Kata was the daughter of Jakov/Jacov/Jack Jelovčić and Tonka/Anntonet Lovresko/Lovesko.
Joe’s maternal grandmother was Sirarpi/Sirapi “Sondra” Tateosian/Tatouchian (the daughter of Karl Wilhelm Beitinger/Beutinger and Terviz/Tevris/Tarvez “Rose” Darakjian). Sondra was likely born in Samatya, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. Kerl was born in Heilbronn, Germany, and was the son of Rudolf Beitinger and Catharina Jakobine Albrecht, and the grandson of Johan/Johann Heinrich Beutinger and Catharine Friederike/Friedrike Reischle. Rose was likely born in St. Stephens, Harpoot, Ottoman Empire, the daughter of Vartan Darakjian and Mariam Kachadourian.
Joe has said, discussing his maternal great-grandmother:
…April 24 was a very special day because it is the centenary of the 1915 genocide (when the Turkish government deported and exterminated millions of Armenians). My great-grandmother escaped that same year when her entire family was murdered… [She swam] across the Euphrates River with her last baby on her back. But when she got across the river, she saw that the baby had drowned. She ended up living in a cave until some German soldiers found her and one of them got her pregnant. They went to Germany where she had an Armenian-German baby daughter. This was my grandmother. She lived on the streets of Constantinople for three years, until she gathered enough money to go to the United States, where she eventually married. That’s the story of my great-grandmother and grandmother.
Manganiello in 2010, photo credit: Ronald Woan
Sources: http://www.grazia.it
http://www.vanidades.com
https://mobile.twitter.com
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https://www.irishexaminer.com
Genealogy of Joe Manganiello – https://www.geni.com
Joe’s paternal grandmother, Marie Rose Bonanno, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Joe’s maternal grandfather, Nicholas Francis Joseph Brachanow – https://www.familysearch.org
Joe’s maternal grandfather, Nicholas Francis Joseph Brachanow, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Joe’s maternal great-grandparents, Ante/Marks/Michael Bračanov/Brachanow and Kata/Kate “Catherine” Jelavčić/Jelovčić/Jelnick/Yarosa/Yelobchich – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Joe’s maternal grandmother, Sirarpi/Sirapi “Sondra” (Tateosian/Tatouchian) Brachanow – https://www.newspapers.com
http://www.grazia.it/magazine/joe-manganiello-selvaggiamente-sexy
“My paternal grandmother was from Messina (Sicily), my surname is from Avellino (Campania)”
Emilio “John” Manganiello was likely the son of Giovanni/John Manganiello, born c.1840 in Montefusco, Province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/manganiello/1/
Joe described his great-grandmother’s experiences escaping the Armenian genocide to magazine Vanidades :
“[S]wimming across the Euphrates River with her last baby on her back. But when she got across the river, she saw that the baby had drowned. She ended up living in a cave until some German soldiers found her and one of them got her pregnant. They went to Germany where she had an Armenian-German baby daughter. This was my grandmother. She lived on the streets of Constantinople for three years, until she gathered enough money to go to the United States, where she eventually married. That’s the story of my great-grandmother and grandmother”.
http://www.vanidades.com/celebs/15/08/10/entrevista-joe-manganiello/
I believe Manganiello’s paternal grandfather was born around 1911. I doubt his own father was born in 1840, although it’s possible.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4F8-FGG
Manganiello’s maternal grandmother was the third American-born child of her Armenian parents. I doubt her biological father was a German soldier.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQT8-WXF
the story of his Armenian grandmother was really touching.
if there’s no German lineage on that side of his family, you could change his ethnicity into:
50% Italian (including Sicilian)
25% Croatian
25% Armenian
His Croatian ancestors (spelled Bračanov and Jelovčić) were from Sibenik, Dalmatia.
http://www.jutarnji.hr/spektakli/majka-joea-manganiella-dijete-je-hrvatskih-imigranata-najseksi-glumica-svijeta-postaje-sibenska-nevista/185515/
@follers
according to the Croatian article, Joe is the grandson of Nicholas Francis Joseph Brachanow (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXC6-ZHB, the son of Michael Brachanow/Bračanov and Catherine Jelowcic/Jelovčić) and Mary Alexanian
I guess you already know this record:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF9F-SLP
Manganiello can’t possibly be the grandson of Francis Brachanow and Mary Alexanian, unless the obituary made some bizarre omission (which is unlikely).
The Croatian article is just copying something else on the internet.
His parents’ marriage announcement would list his maternal grandfather’s name, if anyone could access it.
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/822425082.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May%2013,%201973&author=&pub=Boston%20Globe%20(1960-1979)&edition=&startpage=&desc=Marriage%20Announcement%205%20–%20No%20Title
What does “Dalmatian Croatian, from Austria” mean? Was his great-grandparents born in Austria, to Dalmatian parents? Because writing “from Austria” is sort of contradictory to writing “Dalmatian Croatian”, which implies his grandfather’s family was from Dalmatia. Just because Croatia was a part of Austria-Hungary does not mean it has to say “from Austria” after.
IMO “Croatian” would be enough. Dalmatia is a region of Croatia, with his own history. He surely does not have ethnic Austrian ancestors.
He looks Italian, as well as Croatian! Also, he is very tall and Croats are known as a tall nation, especially if you come from a coastal region of Dalmatia :)
Joe Manganiello in “Spiderman”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O1pJt7_EcU
http://media2.popsugar-assets.com/files/2014/04/02/765/n/1922398/68fb4ef296416a53_Spider-Man_102Pyxurz.xxxlarge/i/Joe-Manganiello-Spider-Man.jpg
I don’t see any Austrian/German name or surname. Do you know Croatia was part of Austria?
https://twitter.com/joemanganiello/status/402670308504502273
Croatia was a part of Habsburg Empire from 1527 till 1918. During that time a lot of Croatians immigrated to the States, Chile, Argentina etc.
Not exactly part of Austria though, but of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was always its own country and they never really mixed with Austrian people
“I am part Sicilian,” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story.
“I’m Sicilian and Armenian and I play a werewolf.”
http://www.people.com/article/joe-manganiello-people-hottest-bachelor
http://www.vulture.com/2010/09/joe_mangianello.html