Megan Fox

Fox in 2007

Birth Name: Megan Denise Fox

Place of Birth: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 16, 1986

Ethnicity: English, smaller amounts of Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant French, Welsh, and Dutch

Megan Fox is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles in the films Holiday in the Sun, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Transformers, and its sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Jennifer’s Body, Jonah Hex, Passion Play, Friends with Kids, The Dictator, This Is 40, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows; Above the Shadows, Zeroville, The Battle of Jangsari, Think Like a Dog, Rogue (2020), Till Death, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Night Teeth, Big Gold Brick, Taurus, Good Mourning, and Expend4bles, the made-for-tv movie Crimes of Fashion, and the series Hope & Faith and New Girl. She also co-created and hosted the show Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox.

Megan is the daughter of Gloria Darlene and Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. A picture of her parents can be seen here. Megan was raised partly in Rockwood, Tennessee, in a Pentecostal family. Her stepfather was Tony Tonachio. She moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, when she was ten, and later to Los Angeles, California, for her acting career. Megan has three children with her former husband, actor, producer, and rapper Brian Austin Green.

Megan’s Instagram profile is titled “the_native_tiger,” and she previously referred to herself as “Child of the Cherokee Tribe” on that site. She has also stated, several times, that she is of part Cherokee Native American ancestry. It does not appear that any verifiable Cherokee Native American ancestry has been produced for Megan Fox. All of her recent ancestors are listed as “White” on U.S. Censuses.

02/16/2019 – Megan Fox – 55th Annual CAS (Cinema Audio Society) Awards – InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel – Los Angeles, CA, USA -Photo Credit: We Got You Media / PRPhotos.com 

Megan’s paternal grandfather is Ewell/Evel T. Foxx (the son of Arthur Thomas Fox and Mary Elizabeth Pass). Ewell was born in Tennessee. Arthur was the son of John Bunyon Fox and Ellen Dora Ussery. Mary was the daughter of John Henderson Pass and Minnie May Erwin.

Megan’s paternal grandmother is Vivian R. Vier (the daughter of James Franklin/Frank Viar and Della/Delle Maude Renfro). Vivian was born in Tennessee. James was the son of Lafayette/Layfette A. “Fate” Viar and Ruie/Ruey/Ruie Louise Gray. Della was the daughter of Samuel Elliott Renfro and Laura Melisia Leffew.

Megan’s maternal grandfather was Clay Harrison Cisson (the son of William Harrison Cisson and Sallie/Sally Ann Martin). Clay was born in Tennessee. William was the son of William Cisson and Sarah Jane Davis. Sallie was the daughter of Columbus Allen Martin and Alice Franklin Davis.

Megan’s maternal grandmother was Thelma Macel Nelson (the daughter of James Ransom Nelson and Dailey Isadora Nelson). Thelma was born in Tennessee. James was the son of Mark Nelson and Martha Ann Crouch. Dailey was the daughter of Lorenzo Dow Nelson and Rosie/Rose Ann Givens. James Ransom Nelson and Dailey Nelson were first cousins, once removed.

Sources: Genealogy of Megan Fox – https://www.geni.com

Megan’s paternal grandfather, Ewell T. Fox, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s paternal great-grandparents, Arthur Thomas Fox and Mary Elizabeth Pass, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s paternal great-grandfather, James Franklin/Frank Viar, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
James Franklin/Frank Viar on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogies of Megan’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Lafayette/Layfette A. “Fate” Viar and Ruie/Ruey/Ruie Louise (Gray) Viar – https://www.findagrave.com

Megan’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Lafayette/Layfette A. “Fate” Viar and Ruie/Ruey/Ruie Louise Gray, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy and obituary of Megan’s paternal great-grandmother, Della/Delle Maude (Renfro) Viar – https://www.findagrave.com

Megan’s maternal grandfather, Clay Harrison Cisson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal great-great-grandparents, William Cisson and Sarah Jane Davis, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal great-grandmother, Sallie Ann Martin, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal grandmother, Thelma Macel Nelson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal great-grandfather, James Ransom Nelson, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Megan’s maternal great-grandmother, Dailey I. Nelson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dailey Nelson on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org