Alaska Thunderfuck

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

Alaska Thunderfuck is an American drag queen and singer. She appeared in the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and won the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. She is also known as Alaska and Alaska 5000.

Her 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. 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 is 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: Genealogy of Alaska’s father – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Alaska’s father – https://www.legacy.com

Genealogy of Alaska’s maternal grandmother, Marilyn/Maralyn Petit – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Alaska’s great-grandparents, Charles A. Petit and Ida Sophia Umrath – https://www.myheritage.com