Tom Jones

Jones in 2011, photo by Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Thomas Jones Woodward

Place of Birth: Treforest, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales

Date of Birth: 7 June, 1940

Ethnicity: English, Welsh, distant Scottish and Irish

Tom Jones is a legendary Welsh soul singer and actor.

He is the son of Freda (Jones) and Thomas John Woodward, a coal miner. Tom’s paternal grandparents were both English, though Tom’s father may have had a small amount of Welsh, as well as Scottish and Irish, ancestry. Tom’s mother was of Welsh and English descent.

Tom is known for his blue eyes and curly black hair, although it is now mostly gray.

Tom was married to Linda, until her death. The couple has a son.

Tom’s paternal grandfather was James Woodward (the son of Richard Woodward and Mary Holmes). James was born in Snowshill, Gloucestershire, England, and moved to Wales. Richard was the son of William Woodward and Hannah Workman. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Holmes and Sarah Griffiths/Pinching.

Tom’s paternal grandmother was Annie Gane (the daughter of John Gane and Elizabeth Ford). Annie was born in Box, Wiltshire, England, and moved to Wales. John was the son of George Gane and Sarah Falkner. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Ford and Jane.

Tom’s maternal grandfather was Albert Rhys Jones (the son of Rees Jones and Alice Harris). Albert was of Welsh descent, and was born in Cardiff St. John, Glamorgan, Wales.

Tom’s maternal grandmother was Ada Osman/Osmond (the daughter of Henry Osman/Osmond and Jane Mills). Ada was born in Pontypridd, Wales, to English parents, her father from Somerset and her mother from Wiltshire. Henry was the son of Mark Osman and Charlotte Owens.

Sources: Family history of Tom Jones – http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Genealogy of Tom Jones – https://www.geni.com

Tom’s paternal grandparents, James Woodward and Annie Gane, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org

Tom’s maternal grandmother, Ada Osman/Osmond, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://www.familysearch.org

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66 Responses

  1. victoria says:

    He is Welse and English and he looks it he does not look bloody black or arabic!

    • WTF says:

      hell yes he does. i thought he was mulatto when i first saw him. he definitely has black features!!!!!

      • Alice says:

        Americans think that all countries are like them. It is not likely that Tom Jones has any black or Arab blood.

        • Alice says:

          Especially if his family are long term British. If he had any traceable Arab of African features that would point to recent ancestry and we know that’s not the case here.

        • fuzzybear44 says:

          @Alice

          I don’t know what’s in tom bloodline,but I wouldn’t dismiss anything.Until he takes a blood test,all this is just opinion.

          (Americans think that all countries are like them)

          Well truthfully pretty much every country is like America.All the Fornication and things like that,went down in the old world long before it hit the new,and then continued up til now.Everywhere black people have gone,they’ve added to the population(Francis Barber)is example of this,all his descendants are white brits.During slave time in Britain,poor whites often sheltered and produced children with blacks who ran away from their masters.Creoles of color moved to France and England.The men did their thing,and the women who they didn’t marry,were often mistresses.Lots of fornicating during the jazz era.Also if england hadn’t had it’s own brown baby project in the 50’s,there would be a lot more Half blood grandparents walking around there today.Don’t get me wrong,there were lots of problems(often depending what side of the bed white people woke up on),but still things went down.

          • Alice says:

            @fuzzybear44 most Europeans don’t have any recent African ancestry and on dna tests it doesn’t show up. Southern European people show some small amounts of North African but for someone from the British Isles it’s just not there. It’s just a red herring to say Tom Jones has African ancestry. His compatriot Shirley Bassey has African ancestry and this is recent but Tom Jones has no known African ancestry.

          • fuzzybear44 says:

            @alice

            I don’t think most Europeans have taken DNA test.I’ve only seen small sample group,and On the results people I debate against love to show me,it’s popping up positive for somebody.I’m always seeing Europeans shocked at their results.Also I’ve put people from the england before when i was debating andrew, who tested positive.However i can’t remember their names.Now some may not show recent ancestry,which is why I choose Francis Barber.His descendants may not show recent blood %,but The fact is that he is still the great grand whatever to these white brits living in Lichfield.I would be surprised that people who knew they had black ancestry would take a blood test.I mean people like Fredrik Reinfeldt here:
            http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Fredrik_Reinfeldt_2014-07-16.jpg
            He didn’t scream out yes I’m part black,give me a DNA test.Neither did Alessandra Meyer-Wölden:
            http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Alessandra-Pocher.jpg
            but she is

          • Alice says:

            There has been loads of dna tests done on European populations. There is constant studies of populations by dna especially in regards to disease and inheritable conditions and of course dna for ancestry purposes is becoming hugely popular now.

            In crimes now they can even tell what race the perpetrator is. It is well known through archaeology and history as well as dna studies what makes up populations especially the British Isles.

            I’ve even had my dna done as well as other family members. I’ve been looking at the British Isles and especially Irish dna results for years. I know the subject pretty well.

          • Alice says:

            I’m sure you can have a individual with rare results but they are outliers. Any population geneticist would look at large amounts of people with know ancestry going back at least 4 generations. These results would have to show up consistently across the board not just in an individual. Some European populations like Southern Europeans do show MENA results in the dna and Finnish would have a small amount of Siberian like dna so it’s not like there is some conspiracy to hide this sort of thing.

  2. victoria says:

    What a load of poop he goes on the sun bed a lot he is none for that he is not arabic or black his is white he is english and welse that’s it!

    • fuzzybear44 says:

      @victoria

      You do know,that you could be part whatever,and not look it.He’s obviously white,no one is denying that,however saying he’s english means nothing.England in the past,is just like it is today.Black people were all up in there, intermarrying(or just getting their sex on) with whites,and producing children.Now as I said before,I’m not saying he does have it,just that it’s possible.

  3. andrew says:

    actually he is not of Irish descent

  4. monica says:

    he looks at least 1/4 black to me :/

  5. John L. Williams says:

    The song was written by Curly Putman a US country ” scribe ” & made famous by Porter Wagoner ) a FAMOUS US country singer!!!!
    I’m Welsh but ……….. give me a break!
    A quick listen will tell you it’s all about death!

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