The Jonas Brothers are an American pop-rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas.

They starred in the 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and its 2010 sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. They also starred in their own Disney Channel series Jonas, which was rebranded as Jonas L.A. for its second season.

The band have released five albums: It’s About Time (2006), Jonas Brothers (2007), A Little Bit Longer (2008), Lines, Vines and Trying Times (2009), and Happiness Begins (2019).

In 2008, the group was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 51st Grammy Awards and won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the American Music Awards.

Six years following their split, the group reunited with the release of “Sucker” on March 1, 2019. The song became the 34th song in history to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the Jonas Brothers’ first number-one single on the chart.

What ethnicity are the Jonas Brothers’ parents?

The Jonas Brothers are of Italian (from a maternal great-grandfather), German, Cherokee, Irish, English, and French-Canadian descent.
Their father who is from a Southern family has German, English, and Scottish ancestry. Nick’s mother, who is from the New Jersey area, has Irish, Italian, 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 documented. Nick’s paternal grandmother, now Cecilia Lucas, was born under the name Cecilia Jonas (her parents were Paul Adam Jonas and Nellie May Fox).

Paul’s parents were Henry Walter Jonas and Nora Lee Campbell. Nellie’s parents were Nathan or Walter Henry Fox and Lizzie Mae Hamilton.

Through the Jonas line, Nick is descended from German immigrants to the United States in the 1700s. Nick’s father also has English and Scottish ancestry. Nick’s maternal grandfather was Gerald “Jerry” Miller.

Nick’s maternal grandmother was born Frances Madonia (the daughter of Fortunato Angelo Madonia and Margaret Anna Berard). Fortunato was born in New York, to Angelo Madonia and Maria Chimero, who were both of Italian ancestry.

Margret was born in Bennington, Vermont, the daughter of Milton Dewey Berard and Anna Ducharme, who were both of French-Canadian ancestry.