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Birth Name: Justin Andrew Honard
Place of Birth: Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 6, 1985
Ethnicity: German, one quarter French-Canadian, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Swiss-German, Cornish, Danish, Welsh
Alaska Thunderfuck is an American drag queen and singer. He appeared on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race , and won the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars . He is a member of drag queen trio, musical ensemble, and comedy troupe The AAA Girls. He is also known as Alaska, Alaska 5000, and Alaska Thunderfuck 5000.
His father, Andrew Emile Honard, died in a motorcycle crash in 2022.
Alaska’s paternal grandfather was Jerome C. Honard (the son of Andrew Hubert Honard and Lillian F. Dickey). Jerome was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. Andrew was born in Erie, the son of John H. Honard, whose father was from Prussia, Germany, and whose mother was born in New York, to parents from Frohmuhl, Bas-Rhin, Alsace; and of Katharine A. Goetz, whose father was from Prussia and whose mother was from Hamburg, Germany. Alaska’s great-grandmother Lillian was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William Penn Dickey, whose paternal grandmother was from County Down, Ireland; and of Emma Catherine Ellenberger.
Alaska’s paternal grandmother was Pierette Nadeau (the daughter of Joseph François Emile Nadeau and Marie-Louise Alice Stella Bouchard). Pierette was born in St. Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada. She was French-Canadian, and also had distant English, Dutch, and Danish ancestry. Joseph was born in St. Leonard, the son of Ernest P. Nadeau and Celanie Michaud, whose families also lived in Maine. Alaska’s great-grandmother Marie-Louise was born in Québec, the daughter of Louis Bruno Bouchard and Alice Marie Pérusse.
Alaska’s maternal grandfather was surnamed Lawrence.
Alaska’s maternal grandmother was Marilyn/Maralyn Petit (the daughter of Arthur Fredrick Petit and Mary Elizabeth Uglow). Marilyn was born in Pennsylvania. Arthur was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Charles A. Petit, who was German; and of Ida Sophia Umrath, whose parents were also German. Alaska’s great-grandmother Mary Elizabeth was born in Maryland, the daughter of William Henry Uglow, whose paternal grandfather was from Willcove, Cornwall, England; and of Effie Mae Stambaugh.
Sources: Obituary of Alaska’s father – https://www.legacy.com
Marriage record of Alaska’s great-grandparents, Charles A. Petit and Ida Sophia Umrath – https://www.myheritage.com