What Characters Appear In The Joestar Family Tree?

There are so many faces and so many stories of the Joestar family. To start mapping out the Joestar family tree, you have to start with Jonathan Joestar from ‘Phantom Blood’ and his wife Erina Pendleton (now Erina Joestar). From there, it’s a branching out of Jonathan’s immediate family (George Joestar, Lisa Lisa, etc.). This will include a very important figure, Jonathan’s adopted brother Dio Brando. Dio is NOT a blood relative of Jonathan, but through his actions, as well as that of his later biological offspring, he is a key part of the Joestar family tree.

After Jonathan comes his grandson Joseph Joestar, the manic hero of 'Battle Tendency'. Joseph’s progeny form a rather amazing family tree complete with a few surprises and direct lines. This includes Holly (often written as Holy) Kujo, the daughter of Joseph, and mother to Jotaro Kujo in 'Stardust Crusaders', as well as Jotaro’s daughter, Jolyne Cujoh, in 'Stone Ocean'. Also included in the Joestar family tree is Holly’s brother, Josuke Higashikata, an illegitimate son of Joseph, and thus Jotaro’s uncle, in a somewhat ‘estranged’ relationship with his sibling.

Next up, we have to mention Giorno Giovanna from ‘Golden Wind’. He’s Dio’s biological son, created when Dio possessed Jonathan Joestar’s body, therefore Giorno is a descendant of the Joestar bloodline, albeit with a Giovanna surname, which is usually how he’s portrayed on Joestar family trees. Other ‘Stand User’ canon outside of the main series includes Johnny Joestar and Josuke from the alternate universe of ‘JoJolion’. If I were to make a massive family tree for every member of the Joestar bloodline, I’d include all the aforementioned family members as well as other ancestors and relatives, including: George Joestar II; Suzi Q., the long-time partner of Joseph Joestar; Tomoko Higashikata, the mother of Josuke Higashikata; Sadao Kujo, Jotaro Kujo’s father; and the many, many members of the Higashikata family, many of whom are relatives of Josuke. The Joestar family is clearly a wild and generally dramatic bunch with a very complex bloodline, including adoptive family members and those with Stand powers that were passed down to them via the different bodies of Jonathan Joestar that they possessed. This tree looks more like a massive family album than a simple chart or family tree but I adore it all just the same.

What I wanted to make was a simple list, a pure roster view of the Joestar family. Start with the origin couple Jonathan Joestar and Erina Pendleton, and right away we have Dio Brando, adopted by Jonathan, fathering Giorno Giovanna. Then there’s the rest of the Joestar bloodline: Jonathan Joestar -> Joseph Joestar (Battle Tendency) -> Joseph’s children: Holy (Holly) Kujo (son: Jotaro Kujo, daughter: Jolyne Cujoh). And then there’s Josuke Higashikata, Joseph Joestar’s other son with Tomoko Higashikata, of the Higashikata family (Part 4 Josuke of Diamond is Unbreakable).

I also tried to list out the more peripheral characters of the Joestar family. We have Suzi Q (the partner of Joseph in Battle Tendency) and Tomoko Higashikata (the mother of one of the Josuke(s) from Diamond is Unbreakable) and members of her family that intersect with the Joestar bloodline. I also included Johnny Joestar from the Steel Ball Run storyline as well as the Part 8 Josuke from JoJolion. So Jonathan, Erina, George (the 2 fathers of Jonathan), Dio (adopted), Giorno, Joseph, Suzi Q, Holy, Jotaro, Jolyne and finally all the different Josuke(s) as well as Johnny make up the core of most Joestar family trees. Very tangley and includes all the different methods of them being connected including biology, adoption and even some alternate universes.