Kevin Jonas
Jonas in 2009, photo by Starfrenzy/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Paul Kevin Jonas II
Place of Birth: Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 5, 1987
Ethnicity: Irish, German, English, Scottish, Italian/Sicilian, French-Canadian, possibly other
Kevin Jonas is an American musician, singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. He is a member of the band The Jonas Brothers, with his siblings Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas. He appeared on the show Jonas and in the Camp Rock films.
Kevin is the son of Denise (Miller), a singer and sign language teacher, and Paul Kevin Jonas, a songwriter and musician, who was an ordained Assemblies of God minister. Also among his siblings is actor Frankie Jonas. Kevin is married to hairdresser Danielle Jonas, with whom he has two children.
Kevin’s father, who is from a family from the American South, has German, English, and Scottish ancestry. Kevin’s mother, who is from the New Jersey area, has Irish, as well as Italian/Sicilian and French-Canadian, ancestry.
The Jonas Brothers have also stated that they have Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.
Kevin is related to congressmen Charles A. Jonas (1876-1955), and Charles’s son, Charles R. Jonas (1904-1988), both of North Carolina. Kevin descends from the same Jonas line.
It is not publicly known who Kevin’s biological paternal grandfather is.
Kevin’s paternal grandmother, now Cecilia Lucas, was born under the name Cecilla/Cecilia Paulette Jonas (the daughter of Paul Adam Jonas and Nellie May/Mae Fox). Cecilia was born in North Carolina. Paul was the son of Henry Walter Jonas and Nora Lee/Leigh Campbell. Nellie was the daughter of Nathan/Walter Henry Fox and Elizabeth/Lizzie Mae Hamilton. Through the Jonas line, Kevin is descended from German immigrants to the United States in the 1700s.
Kevin’s maternal grandfather was Gerald “Jerry” Miller (the son of Henry J. Miller and Agnes Marie Carroll). Gerald was born in The Bronx, New York. Henry was the son of Henry J. Miller and Anna Kelly, who was of Irish origin. Agnes was born in New York, to Irish parents, Michael Carroll and Bridget/Bridgette Lyons.
Kevin’s maternal grandmother is Frances Madonia (the daughter of Fortunato Angelo “Frank” Madonia and Margaret Anna Berard). Fortunato was born in New York, the son of Angelo Madonia and Maria Chimero, who were of Italian descent, with Maria’s family being from Sicily. Margaret was born in Bennington, Vemont, the daughter of Milton Dewey Berard and Anna Mary/Rose Ducharme, who were of French-Canadian ancestry.
Sources: Genealogy of Kevin Jonas – https://www.geni.com
Information on Kevin’s paternal great-grandfather, Paul Adam Jonas – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Kevin’s paternal great-grandmother, Nellie May/Mae (Fox) Jonas – http://www.legacy.com
Death record of Kevin’s maternal great-grandfather, Henry J. Miller – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Kevin’s maternal great-grandmother, Agnes Marie (Carroll) Lee – https://www.newspapers.com
I for one never thought of the Jonas Brothers as white. The american definition of white basically seems to mean all typed of caucasoids, including armenians, middle easterners, gypsies, and some indians. Not the classic wasp/west/central euro standard by a long shot.
With the exception of the minor Italian ancestry, they are literally “west/central Euro.” But what you consider them against what they actually are doesn’t rally matter, quite frankly.
He looks like a Brazilian named Caio Blat, very white with pretty black hair.
Someone claiming to be a classmate of Kevin Jonas, Sr. claims that in his youth in North Carolina, he went by the name Kevin Nichols. I don’t know how reliable this is, but he named the high school they allegedly attended together:
http://www.answers.com/Q/Was_Kevin_Jonas_Sr%27s_name_once_Kevin_Nichols
https://www.allhighschools.com/alumni-search/south-point-high-school/kevin-nichols/741259