Talk:Jon & Kate Plus 8/Biography

Sextuplet names
The first names of the sextuplets are names that Jon and Kate liked.

The middle names have significance:
 * Aaden Jonathan &mdash; named after Jon
 * Collin Thomas &mdash; named after Jon's father, Thomas Gosselin
 * Joel Kevin &mdash; named after Kate's brother


 * Alexis Faith
 * Hannah Joy
 * Leah Hope

Ideals that Jon and Kate identify with

Reference: "Jon and Kate Plus 8" Viewer FAQ episode

76.66.201.179 (talk) 06:29, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Jon's parents
Jon's father passed away from congestive heart failure, about 9 months after the twins were born, and was heavily involved in the twins' lives before that.

Jon's mother has since remarried.

Reference: "Jon and Kate Plus 8" How We Got Here episode

76.66.201.179 (talk) 06:31, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * French and Welsh - north Philidelphian, blond w/ blue eyes - father
 * Total Korean from Hawaii - mother
 * episode: Korean Dinner
 * 76.66.193.69 (talk) 14:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Jon's maternal family
Jon's mother was born in Honolulu, alot of her family is there, they are of Korean extraction
 * Clayton (second cousin) - first cousin of Jon's mother
 * Bea and George (Great Aunt and uncle) - Bea is Jon's grandmother's sister

Reference: "Jon & Kate Plus 8" Leis & Luaus episode

76.66.201.179 (talk) 07:15, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Aunt Jodi
http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2008/08/23/jon-and-kate-plus-eight-gets-nasty-aunt-jodi-tells-her-side/

There's a video at that link, purported featuring Jodi.

Jodi is the sister of Kate's brother (Kevin)'s wife (Julie).

76.66.201.179 (talk) 14:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

sextuplets' birth
Alexis Faith - 2 pounds, 11.5 ounces, 15 inches long.

Hannah Joy - 2 pounds, 11 ounces, 13.8 inches long.

Aaden Jonathan - 2 pounds, 7.5 ounces, 13 inches long.

Collin Thomas - 3 pounds, .5 ounces, 15 inches long.

Leah Hope - 2 pounds, 14.8 ounces, 15.4 inches long.

Joel Kevin - 2 pounds, 9.7 ounces, 15.4 inches long.

reference: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/13/earlyshow/health/main617363.shtml

76.66.193.69 (talk) 22:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)