Birth Name: Joanna Catherine Going
Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 22, 1963
Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*Italian, French-Canadian (mother)
Joanna Going is an American actress. Joanna has a daughter with her former husband, actor Dylan Walsh.
Joanna is the daughter of Lorraine M. and Joseph B. Going. Joanna was raised in Newport, Rhode Island.
Joanna’s paternal grandfather was John Christopher Going. John was born in Rhode Island, to parents from Ireland.
Joanna’s paternal grandmother likely was Isabelle Marie Burke (the daughter of Joseph Burke and Elizabeth J. Ryan). Elizabeth was born in Rhode Island, to parents from Ireland.
Joanna’s maternal grandfather had Italian ancestry from the island of Ischia.
Joanna’s maternal grandmother had French-Canadian roots.
Sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Joanna’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Joanna’s uncle (father’s brother), John C. Going, Jr. – http://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Joanna’s aunt (father’s sister), Margaret K. (Going) Settipane – http://www.jamestownpress.com
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