Jayne Mansfield's Family Legacy

When asked to think of Jayne Mansfield's legacy I know many will think of her best movies, her publicity gimmicks or her thousands upon thousands of photographs left behind for future generations to enjoy. And yes those are all apart of her ultimate legacy. Jayne has been gone for 47 years and the majority of her fans today were not even born in her life time. This just proves the kind of lasting power Jayne has on this world. She might not be remembered to the heights of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean or Elvis Presley but that doesn't matter. She is strongly and fondly remembered by many and is constantly lapping up new fans. With that said it is in this blogger's opinion that Jayne Mansfield's first and foremost legacy on this world is in fact not the fame she still holds to this day but her family legacy. Jayne gave birth to 5 beautiful and healthy babies in her lifetime. Each of them grew up to have their own children. Jayne's eldest Jayne Marie is the only of Jayne's kids who is a grandparent. Here is a quick simple family tree I whipped up using information from various ancestry sites. It is not a complete family tree, but just a quick one to show her kids, grandkids and great grandkids. An extensive family tree would show all the spouses and their sides of their family (including the family of Mickey Hargitay's first born Tina) but today I just wanted to focus on the Jayne Mansfield descendants. I have been lucky enough to have spoken with a handful of Jayne's family members (in laws included) and they are a magical bunch of people, so warm and friendly and proud of everything Jayne did. Jayne truly did leave a beautiful legacy behind.

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