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clear:right; margin-left:5px; padding:3px;" title="Ancestors in a pedigree-style family tree chart">Ancestors <img src="/images/icons/pedigree.gif.pagespeed.ce.4kSwuvQoBH.gif" border="0" width="8" height="11" alt="ancestors"></span> <div class="VITALS">Son<meta itemprop="gender" content="male"/> of <span itemprop="parent" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Osmond-42" itemprop="url" title="Father: b. 13 Oct 1917 Etna, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States son of &nearr; Rulon Osmond &searr; Agnes Laverna Van Noy"><span itemprop="name">George Virl Osmond</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="parent" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Davis-9095" itemprop="url" title="Mother: b. 4 May 1925 Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, United States daughter of &nearr; Thomas Martin Davis &searr; Vera Ann Nichols"><span itemprop="name">Olive May (Davis) Osmond</span></a></span> </div>  <div class="VITALS">Brother of [private brother <span class="SMALL">(1940s - unknown)</span>], [private brother <span class="SMALL">(1940s - unknown)</span>], <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Osmond-44" itemprop="url" title="brother"><span itemprop="name">Alan Osmond</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Osmond-47" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1951 Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States"><span itemprop="name">Melvin Wayne Osmond</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Osmond-46" itemprop="url" title="brother"><span itemprop="name">Merrill Osmond</span></a></span>, [private brother <span class="SMALL">(1950s - unknown)</span>], <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Osmond-50" itemprop="url" title="sister"><span itemprop="name">Marie Osmond</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Osmond-51" itemprop="url" title="brother"><span itemprop="name">Jimmy Osmond</span></a></span> </div>  <span id="showHideDescendants" data-mid="3365898" class="button small" style="float:right; 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margin: 0 5px 0 0;width:75px"> <tr> <td> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Notables"><img alt="Notables" src="/photo.php/a/a2/WikiTree_Image_Library-37.png" width="75" height="75" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a> </td></tr> </table></td><td valign="center">Donald Osmond is notable.<br/>Join: <a href="/wiki/Project:Notables" title="Project:Notables">Notables Project</a><br/>Discuss: <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/tag/notables" class="external text" title="https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/tag/notables" rel="nofollow"><span class="TAG">notables</span></a></td></tr></table></div> <a name="Biography"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Biography </span></h2> <p><b>Donny Osmond is a musician and singer who performed with his brothers as The Osmonds, and later with his sister as Donny and Marie before becoming a successful solo artist as theatrical performer.</b> </p><p>Donny Osmond was born 9 Dec 1957, in Ogden, Utah. He is the youngest of the original Osmond singing group and the seventh oldest of the nine Osmond children. </p><p>Donny has been married since 1978 and has five children (all sons). </p> <a name="Sources"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Sources </span></h2> <ul><li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donny_Osmond" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Donny_Osmond">Wikipedia:Donny Osmond</a> </li><li> Wikidata: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386053" class="external text" title="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386053" rel="nofollow">Item Q386053</a>, <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:GoToLinkedPage/en/Q386053" class="external text" title="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:GoToLinkedPage/en/Q386053" rel="nofollow">en:Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Wikidata" class="external text" title="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Wikidata" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.wikitree.com/images/icons/help.gif.pagespeed.ce.1TvA_97yy8.gif" alt="help.gif" class="scale-with-grid"/></a> </li></ul>  <br> <div class="box orange rounded row"> Only the Trusted List can access the following: <ul class="STYLED"> <li class="BULLET30">Donald's formal name</li> <li class="BULLET30">full middle name (C.)</li><li class="BULLET30">nicknames</li><li class="BULLET30">exact birthdate</li><li class="BULLET30">birth location</li><li class="BULLET10">images (2)</li><li class="BULLET50">private siblings' names</li><li class="BULLET50">private children's names (1)</li></ul> For access to Donald Osmond's full information you must be on the Trusted List. 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It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share <a href="/wiki/Help:DNA_Test_Connections#Percentages_of_Shared_DNA" title="Click here for more about our DNA percentages">some percentage</a> of DNA with Donald: <ul class="au"> <li> <span title="Rees is 7 generational degrees from Donald; on average they would be expected to share about 1.56% of their DNA">~1.56%</span> <a href="/wiki/Clark-31962" title="Click here to visit Rees's WikiTree profile">Rees Clark</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Clark-31962&person2_name=Osmond-49" rel="nofollow" title="Click here to view the relationship between Rees and Donald"><img src="/images/icons/relationship.gif.pagespeed.ce.Bp6vm0XjUu.gif" border="0" width="13" height="11" alt="Find Relationship"></a> : <a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=Xib7NfnK11s&mid=50138&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Fdna" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Learn more about AncestryDNA tests">AncestryDNA</a>, Ancestry member rcgenealogy1 </li> <li> <span title="Dave is 7 generational degrees from Donald; on average they would be expected to share about 0.78% of their DNA">~0.78%</span> <a href="/wiki/Cook-42787" title="Click here to visit Dave's WikiTree profile">Dave Cook</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Cook-42787&person2_name=Osmond-49" rel="nofollow" title="Click here to view the relationship between Dave and Donald"><img src="/images/icons/relationship.gif.pagespeed.ce.Bp6vm0XjUu.gif" border="0" width="13" height="11" alt="Find Relationship"></a> : <a href="https://refer.23andme.com/s/kmbyk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Learn more about 23andMe DNA tests">23andMe</a>, GEDmatch <a href="https://app.gedmatch.com/OneToManyFreeLimited.php?kit_num=HU4655545" target="_blank" title="View one-to-many results on GEDmatch">HU4655545</a> <span class="small" title="Click here to select and compare tests on GEDmatch">[<span class="dtcAddTest" data-test-name="gedmatch" data-test-id="HU4655545">compare</span>]</span> + <a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=Xib7NfnK11s&mid=50138&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Fdna" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Learn more about AncestryDNA tests">AncestryDNA</a>, GEDmatch <a href="https://app.gedmatch.com/OneToManyFreeLimited.php?kit_num=BV6753654" target="_blank" title="View one-to-many results on GEDmatch">BV6753654</a> <span class="small" title="Click here to select and compare tests on GEDmatch">[<span class="dtcAddTest" data-test-name="gedmatch" data-test-id="BV6753654">compare</span>]</span>, Ancestry member Daveandbeckycook + <a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-3382244-13710348" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Learn more about Family Tree DNA tests">Family Tree DNA</a> Family Finder, GEDmatch <a href="https://app.gedmatch.com/OneToManyFreeLimited.php?kit_num=RQ3420985" target="_blank" title="View one-to-many results on GEDmatch">RQ3420985</a> <span class="small" title="Click here to select and compare tests on GEDmatch">[<span class="dtcAddTest" data-test-name="gedmatch" data-test-id="RQ3420985">compare</span>]</span>, FTDNA kit #403926 + <a href="https://www.myheritage.com/dna?utm_source=partner_wikitree&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=wikitree_nov16_dnasale&tr_funnel=mh+dna" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Learn more about MyHeritage's DNA tests">MyHeritage DNA</a> + <a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-3382244-12748243" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Learn more about Living DNA tests">Living DNA</a> </li> </ul> Have you taken a test? 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They are all alive so all of them should be private except for their parents who are both passed on. </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7664697">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-10-02T20:04:21Z">Oct 02, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Napier-3895" title="Napier-3895">Bonnie (Napier) Day</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7664744" class="comment comment-depth-1 comment-reply " data-comment-id="7664744" data-reply-to="7664697" data-depth="1">  <div class="comment-header"> <img src="/photo.php/thumb/3/33/Fulkerson-232.png/75px-Fulkerson-232.png" class="commenter-image" ALT="Fulkerson-232"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fulkerson-232" title="Fulkerson-232">Scott Fulkerson</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> Due to privacy reasons, middle names are omitted on living persons. Those individuals who are considered Notable and capable of having their privacy lifted to the yellow level have been updated so that they can be seen. Those that do not meet the living Notable privacy standards for WikiTree have not. </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7664744">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-10-02T20:24:57Z">Oct 02, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fulkerson-232" title="Fulkerson-232">Scott Fulkerson</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7666961" class="comment comment-depth-2 comment-reply " data-comment-id="7666961" data-reply-to="7664744" data-depth="2">  <div class="comment-header"> <img src="/photo.php/thumb/6/68/Napier-2940.jpg/75px-Napier-2940.jpg" class="commenter-image" ALT="Napier-3895"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Napier-3895" title="Napier-3895">Bonnie (Napier) Day</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> Okay I am still confused. Anyone who watched the numerous shows done on the family, including the one aired this weekend in Utah (Which is up on YouTube) knows the names of all the siblings.<p>The entire family is famous so honestly all the names should be visible as famous people. (Meaning all of Donny and his siblings) or none of them should. </p><p>Not being contentious but from what is out there about the family... </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7666961">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-10-03T20:45:09Z">Oct 03, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Napier-3895" title="Napier-3895">Bonnie (Napier) Day</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7679218" class="comment comment-depth-3 comment-reply " data-comment-id="7679218" data-reply-to="7666961" data-depth="3">  <div class="comment-header"> <img src="/photo.php/thumb/e/e8/Randall-8561.jpg/75px-Randall-8561.jpg" class="commenter-image" ALT="Randall-8561"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-8561" title="Randall-8561">David Randall</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> The profiles of the Osmond Family members were created quite some time ago (2011) and didn't necessarily follow WikiTree's current standards of notability and privacy. Sometimes it can seem silly, but for liability reasons, our policies are much stricter than many other sites out there. Under WikiTree's guidelines, not all family members (wives, children, etc.) would qualify as Notable, although the brothers and Marie certainly would. I'll spend some time reviewing them to determine if any changes need to be made. </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7679218">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-10-09T14:38:36Z">Oct 09, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-8561" title="Randall-8561">David Randall</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7679629" class="comment comment-depth-4 comment-reply " data-comment-id="7679629" data-reply-to="7679218" data-depth="4">  <div class="comment-header"> <img src="/photo.php/thumb/6/68/Napier-2940.jpg/75px-Napier-2940.jpg" class="commenter-image" ALT="Napier-3895"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Napier-3895" title="Napier-3895">Bonnie (Napier) Day</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> I was talking solely about Donny and his siblings聽*Not* the wives and children.<p>Also I think it should be fixed. You can't have set standards and wave off some profies just because they were made a decade ago. Making them all private or visible would take less then five minutes of an admins time and then everyone is following the same rules and standards. </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7679629">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-10-09T17:55:13Z">Oct 09, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Napier-3895" title="Napier-3895">Bonnie (Napier) Day</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7680226" class="comment comment-depth-5 comment-reply " data-comment-id="7680226" data-reply-to="7679629" data-depth="5">  <div class="comment-header"> <img src="/photo.php/thumb/e/e8/Randall-8561.jpg/75px-Randall-8561.jpg" class="commenter-image" ALT="Randall-8561"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-8561" title="Randall-8561">David Randall</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> Let me elaborate a little further, as my prior comment was intended not as an excuse but rather as an explanation of how we go to where with are with the Osmond family profiles. In fact, I completely agree with your comments. We have clear policy on who is considered notable and who is not, as well as whose profiles can be open for public viewing and whose cannot.<p>My comment on the age of these profiles is simply to say that they were created before our current standards were put into place. So why haven't we fixed them? The Notables leadership team consists of two individuals, Scott Fulkerson and myself. Together, we oversee more than 60,000 notable profiles. Additionally, not all of these profiles are managed by the Notables Project and there are some complex administrative procedures we have to go through to fix them. (This probably relates more to the Osmond grandchildren, many of whom are private individuals but whose profiles are somehow opened for public viewing!) </p><p>As promised in my prior message, I have been reviewing each profile to see what can be done. </p><p>1) As the Osmond parents are both deceased, their profiles have been fully opened. </p><p>2) The eldest two sons are not considered Notable and must be left private. </p><p>3) The remaining sons and Marie are now all listed as Living Notables. </p><p>4) Merrill Osmond has two profiles. The other profile manager has been contacted about making a merge. </p><p>5) I have cleaned up the brothers' profiles and will be adding photos soon. (For privacy reasons, we do tend to keep living notable profiles short and simple.) </p><p>6) All of the Osmond grandchildren should be unlisted. Although some are performers, they do not reach the level of notability required by WikiTree to have open profiles. I'll be working with the profile managers and administrative team to fix this. </p><p>Hope this provides some better understanding the behind-the-scenes process at the Notbales Project. Thanks for bring the Osmond issue to our attention. </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7680226">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-10-09T22:18:34Z">Oct 09, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-8561" title="Randall-8561">David Randall</a> <br> edited <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-10-09T22:21:26Z">Oct 09, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-8561" title="Randall-8561">David Randall</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7680232" class="comment comment-depth-5 comment-reply " data-comment-id="7680232" data-reply-to="7680226" data-depth="6">  <div class="comment-header"> <img src="/photo.php/thumb/6/68/Napier-2940.jpg/75px-Napier-2940.jpg" class="commenter-image" ALT="Napier-3895"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Napier-3895" title="Napier-3895">Bonnie (Napier) Day</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> It does and thank you for all your work, both of you! </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7680232">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-10-09T22:22:41Z">Oct 09, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Napier-3895" title="Napier-3895">Bonnie (Napier) Day</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_2354674" class="comment comment-depth-0 " data-comment-id="2354674" data-reply-to="0" data-depth="0">  <div class="comment-header"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boren-314" title="Boren-314">[Living Boren]</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> Can't The Notables Project add a photograph? </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_2354674">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2017-10-07T23:57:36Z">Oct 07, 2017</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boren-314" title="Boren-314">[Living Boren]</a> </div> </div> <button id="showArchivedButton" class="small comment-action" data-action="showArchived" data-page-id="3416787">View Archived Comments</button> </div> </div> </div> <script src="/skins/wikitree/comment.js.pagespeed.jm.tfE5YW9pu6.js"></script>  <div class="sixteen columns"> </div> <div class="sixteen columns"> <p> This week's featured connections gave <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1854586/play-this-weeks-famous-speeches-connection-checkers-game" title="Click here for the Famous Speeches Connection Checkers game">Famous Speeches</a>: Donald is 15 degrees from Abraham Lincoln, 15 degrees from Winston Churchill, 22 degrees from Charles de Gaulle, 22 degrees from Vida Goldstein, 13 degrees from Patrick Henry, 18 degrees from John Kennedy, 20 degrees from Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt Nez Perce, 19 degrees from Louis Riel, 17 degrees from Eleanor Roosevelt, 23 degrees from Sojourner Truth, 25 degrees from Richard von Weizs盲cker and 21 degrees from William Wilberforce on our <a href="/wiki/Help:Collaborative_Family_Tree" title="Here is more about the single family tree concept and how it works">single family tree</a>. <a href="/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin" title="Login or register for free">Login</a> to see how you relate to 33 million family members. </p></div>  </div> <div class="container"> <div class="sixteen columns"> <p align="center"><a href="/indexes/person/O/">O</a>  >  <a href="/genealogy/OSMOND">Osmond</a>  >  Donald Osmond</p> <p>Categories: <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Example_Profiles_of_the_Week" title="Category:Example Profiles of the Week">Example Profiles of the Week</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Featured_Connections" title="Category:Featured Connections">Featured Connections</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Notables" title="Category:Notables">Notables</a></span></p> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="sixteen columns"> <p><a href="/" title="Go to the WikiTree Home Page">WIKITREE HOME</a>   |   <a href="/wiki/Help:About_WikiTree" title="About WikiTree, the Community, and our Mission">ABOUT</a>   |   <a href="/g2g/" title="Genealogist-to-Genealogist Community Forum">G2G FORUM</a>   |   <a href="/wiki/Help:How_to_Use_WikiTree" title="Help: How to use WikiTree">HELP</a>   |   <a href="/wiki/Special:SearchPerson" title="Search for a Person">SEARCH</a></p> <p>IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. 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