Birth Name: Lukas Autry Nelson
Place of Birth: Travis, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 25, 1988
Ethnicity: Italian (3/8ths), English, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, and Irish
Lukas Nelson is an American musician. Lukas is known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
Lukas’ father is singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, actor, poet, writer, and activist Willie Nelson. Lukas’ mother is Annie D’Angelo. Among Lukas’ siblings and half-siblings are actor and composer Micah Nelson and American country singer Paula Nelson.
Lukas’ paternal grandfather is Ira Doyle Nelson (the son of William Alfred Nelson and Nancy Elizabeth “Nanie” Smothers). William was born in Arkansas, the son of Franklin Claud Craig Nelson and Aprilla Ann Marshall. Nancy was born in Arkansas, the daughter of William Marion/Morris Smothers and Mary Elizabeth Rose.
Lukas’ paternal grandmother is Myrle Marie Greenhaw (the daughter of William Alex/E. Greenhaw and Bertha F./L. Randle/Reynolds). William was born in Arkansas, the son of Franklin Claud Craig Nelson and Aprilla Ann Marshall. Bertha was born in Arkansas, the daughter of the daughter of James L. Randle/Reynolds and Susan Frances O’Daniel.
Lukas’ maternal grandfather is Gregory Antonio D’Angelo (the son of Francesco Paolo “Frank Paul” D’Angelo and Santa Gambina). Gregory was born in New York, to parents from Italy.
Lukas’ maternal grandmother is Mildred Norma Altabello (the daughter of Francisco Americo/Amerigo Altabello/Altobello and Kathlyn Penny Mildred Pennington). Lukas’ grandmother Mildred was born in California. Francisco was born in Washington, to Italian parents, Fiore Altobello and Sperandine Daddario. Kathlyn was born in California, to parents from Ontario, Canada, Norman Augustus Pennington, whose parents were English, and of Bertha Evelyn Ward.
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