The Getty family of the United States began with
George Franklin Getty and his son
Jean Paul Getty as their patriarchs. An Oil & Media Dynasty, in the 20th century they were heavily involved in the
petroleum industry. The Getty family is of
Scots-Irish ancestry from their patrilineal lineage, their ancestors having immigrated to North America from Cullavmor,
County Londonderry, Ireland.[1] Several members of the Getty family have lived in England, including
Sir Paul Getty who took
British citizenship.
George Getty (1855–1930) was a lawyer who became an independent oilman in 1904. He was married with one son, a daughter having died in infancy in a typhoid epidemic in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. He lent his son Jean Paul money to invest in oil wells and in 1916, George and Jean Paul incorporated the Getty Oil Company, later to become
Getty Oil.
George Getty (1855–1930), American lawyer, married Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher (1853–1941)
J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), wealthy American industrialist and founder of
Getty Oil, married five times and had five sons:
1. By his first, wife Jeanette Demont (1904–1986), J. Paul Getty fathered: • George Franklin Getty II (1924–1973). George married his first wife, Gloria Gordon, in 1951, and they divorced in 1967. In 1971, he married his second wife, Jacqueline (Manewal) Riordan. They had three daughters.[3]
2. With his second wife, Allene Gladys Ashby (1909–1970), J. Paul Getty had no children.
3. With his third wife, Adolphine Helmle (1910–2009), J. Paul Getty fathered: • Jean Ronald Getty (1929–2009), who married Karin Seibl in 1964. Their son is:
Christopher Ronald Getty (born 1965), who married
Pia Miller in 1992. Together, Christopher and Pia had four children, including:
4. By his fourth wife, Ann Rork (1908–1988), J. Paul Getty fathered: •
Sir Paul Getty (1932–2003), born Eugene Paul Getty, also known as John Paul Getty II. Sir Paul Getty and Abigail Harris married in 1956 and divorced in 1964. In 1966, Sir Paul married his second wife, Talitha Pol, who died 1971. He then married
Victoria Holdsworth in 1994.[4]
John Paul Getty III (1956–2011), born Eugene Paul Getty, Jr., was a son of Sir Paul Getty with Abigail Harris. John Paul Getty III married
Gisela Martine Zacher in 1974.
Anna Getty (born 1972), is the daughter of Gisela Zacher and the adopted daughter of John Paul Getty III.[5]
Balthazar Getty (born 1975, as Paul Balthazar Getty), American actor, is the son of Gisela Zacher and John Paul Getty III. Balthazar married Rosetta Millington in 2000, and together they have four children:
Mark Getty (born 1960, as Mark Harris Getty), founder of
Getty Images, is a son of Sir Paul Getty with Abigail Harris. Mark married
Domitilla Harding in 1982, and together they had three children, including
Alexander Parsifal Getty, who married Tatum Yount in 2012.
Joseph Anselm Getty, who married
Sabine Ghanem in 2015 and had two children.
Ariadne Getty (born 1962), a daughter of Sir Paul Getty with Abigail Harris, married Justin Williams. Their children are:
Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramophone Getty (born 1968), is a son of Sir Paul Getty with
Talitha Pol. He married to Jessica Kelly, and they have three children.
With fourth wife Ann Rork, J. Paul Getty also fathered:
•
Gordon Peter Getty (born 1933). Gordon married
Ann Gilbert in 1964, who died in 2020.[6] With Gilbert, Gordon Peter Getty had the following four children (plus three others with
Cynthia Beck):
Gordon Peter Getty, Jr. (born 1965), who married Jacqui de la Fontaine in 2000 (div. 2009) and later Shannon Bavaro, in 2016.
William Paul Getty (born 1970), who married
Vanessa Jarman in 1999.[7]