Tyler Joseph
Joseph in 2015, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Tyler Robert Joseph
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 1, 1988
Ethnicity:
*father – Lebanese, Serbian
*mother – Dutch, English, German, small amount of Irish
Tyler Joseph is an American singer, rapper, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist/frontman of, and keyboardist for, musical duo Twenty One Pilots, in which he works with Josh Dun.
Tyler is the son of Kelly and Christopher Joseph. He is married to Jenna Black, with whom he has two children.
Tyler’s paternal grandfather was Robert O. “Bobby” Joseph (the son of Tony Joseph and Catherine/Katherine Charlie/Calearly/Kaleel). Robert was born in Pennsylvania, to parents from Tripoli, Lebanon. Tony was the son of Marian.
Tyler’s paternal grandmother was Nancy Krnyaich (the daughter of Austin Krnyaich and Anna Uzelac). Nancy was born in Bellaire, Ohio, to Serbian emigrants from Yugoslavia. Anna was the daughter of Michael Uzelac and Helen Zmezic.
Tyler’s maternal grandfather is Robert H. Stryker (the son of Raymond Eugene Stryker and Evelyn Lida Cook). Raymond was the son of Raymond Cyrenus Stryker and Nora J. Apgar. Evelyn was the daughter of Hovey Reid Cook and Lida Crappe.
Tyler’s maternal grandmother is Joan Carol Jelliffe (the daughter of John Dilts Jelliffe and Olive Mae Allen). Joan has deep lines in New Jersey. John was the son of William Taylor Jelliffe and Elizabeth L. Ten Eyck. Olive was the daughter of Nathan Allen and Annie Bell Hagaman.
Sources: Obituary of Tyler’s paternal grandmother, Nancy (Krnyaich) Joseph – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Tyler’s maternal great-grandmother, Evelyn Lida (Cook) Stryker – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Tyler’s paternal grandmother:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/nancy-joseph-obituary?id=33623798
Tyler’s paternal grandmother was Nancy Krnyaich (the daughter of Austin Krnyaich and Anna Uzelac). Nancy was born in Bellaire, Ohio, to Serbian immigrants from, at the time, Yugoslavia. Anna was the daughter of Michael Uzelac and Helen Zmezic.
Obituary of the brother of Tyler’s maternal grandmother:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/app/name/allen-r-jelliffe-obituary?pid=166896461
Tyler’s maternal grandmother is Joan Carol Jelliffe (the daughter of John Dilts Jelliffe and Olive Mae Allen). Joan has deep lines in New Jersey. John was the son of William Taylor Jelliffe and Elizabeth L. Ten Eyck. Olive was the daughter of Nathan Allen and Annie Bell Hagaman.
Also, the father of Susan A. Reid (Robert H. Stryker’s great-grandmother) was an Irish immigrant, so Tyler has some distant Irish.
Tyler’s family tree:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GFZB-FG4
Is he ethnically lebanese? ‘Joseph’ isn’t a lebanese surname and I’m not sure if he has ancestors with arabic names? Just wondering, no hate x
anglicization
I guess that makes sense, thx
Heya! Just a few years late. While anglicization is also a possibility, the Joseph surname is common in Lebanon amongst Lebanese Christians. So is Tony and Robert as first names. Though Robert is usually pronounced the French way in Lebanon.
His wikipedia page says his father is Lebanese
Here’s an obit for Tyler’s great-grandmother, Evelyn Lida (Cook) Stryker:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mycentraljersey/obituary.aspx?n=evelyn-lida-cook-stryker&pid=134688454
Tyler Joseph is listed as her great-grandchild.
Evelyn’s parents were Hovey Reid and Lida (Crappe) Cook. I am sure her ancestry (and that of her husband Raymond Eugene Stryker) can be traced way further back.