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The Shannon family is an American family whose members are best known for their involvement in reality television. The family first appeared on TV in 2011, when June "Mama June" Shannon and her at-the-time five-year-old daughter, Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, appeared on the TLC series, Toddlers & Tiaras. The family then got its own spin-off show in 2012 on TLC, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. After cancellation, the show was reconstituted as Mama June: From Not to Hot in 2017 on We TV. It has since been rebranded Mama June: Road to Redemption and Mama June: Family Crisis. Family history Alana's victories within the children's beauty pageant circuit coupled with her outgoing personality meant the two regularly appeared on Toddlers & Tiaras and their success led to a six-week reality series, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, which ran in 2012. It featured Alana's older half-sisters, Anna, Jessica, and Lauryn, as well as her father, known as Sugar Bear, and other extended family members at home in rural McIntyre, Georgia. Some critics attacked the show as "hicksploitation" for making fun of white, rural Southern culture. Nevertheless, the success of the show led to holiday specials on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas of 2012 and a new 12-week season in 2013. In October 2014 TLC cancelled the show just months before a fifth season was due to air. The cancellation came a day after TMZ reported that June was dating her former boyfriend, who had spent time in prison for sexually molesting a young girl, who turned out to be one of her daughters. The family received another chance at their own series in 2017 on WE tv with Mama June: From Not to Hot, which chronicled June's weight loss following bariatric surgery and extensive plastic surgeries on her face and body. The show was later rebranded as Mama June: Road to Redemption and Mama June: Family Crisis after June's drug addiction, arrest, rehab, sobriety, marriage and reconciliation with her daughters. The 2024 season covers Alana's high-school graduation and her oldest sister Anna's death at 29. The Shannons June Shannon June Elizabeth "Mama June" Stroud (née Shannon; born August 10, 1979) is the matriarch of the Shannon family, the mother of Anna, Jessica, Lauryn, and Alana. She was born in McIntyre, Georgia to Sandra Hundley and Marvin Shannon, who divorced when she was two. She has three siblings: Joanne "Doe Doe" Shannon, Joanie Shannon (now McDonald) and James Edward Shannon; and two half-sisters, Michelle Shannon and Nicole Shannon. Due to childhood cataracts that went untreated, June is legally blind. At only 14, June became pregnant by her ex-boyfriend David Dunn; she gave birth to daughter Anna just days after her 15th birthday. She dropped out of school when she became pregnant, but she later earned her GED. June pursued relationships with men who would later become convicted sex offenders; her daughters Jessica and Lauryn were fathered by Michael Anthony Ford (b. 1977), who was found guilty of trying to obtain oral sex from a minor female online; and she briefly dated Mark McDaniel, who was convicted of abusing Anna and whom Lauryn believed to be her biological father for some time. Her youngest daughter, Alana, was born in 2005, fathered by Mike Thompson, from whom June split in 2014. Alongside Lauryn, June came out as bisexual in 2015. She stated she had been intimate with women but had never been in a relationship with one. June then entered a relationshp with Eugene "Geno" Doak. Doak has a criminal record, having served jail time for burglary, theft, and criminal damage to property. In March 2019, June and Doak were both arrested for felony drug possession in Alabama. The two later attended rehab before eventually splitting in 2021. June cited his abuse and relapse as reasons. In 2021 she began dating former drug addict and convicted felon Justin Stroud. The two married in a Georgia civil ceremony in March 2022 after dating for six months. After continued sobriety, they had a beach wedding in Florida with their families present in February 2023. It is her first marriage. Weight-journey As an adult, June struggled with being morbidly obese, weighing 460 pounds (210 kg) at her heaviest. She subsequently underwent bariatric surgery, having part of her stomach removed as part of a sleeve gastrectomy, in 2016 and reportedly lost more than 300 pounds (140 kg) thanks to the surgery as well as the help of dieting and personal trainer, Kenya Crooks. In addition to her significant weight loss, she underwent cosmetic surgery, spending a reported $75,000 to further improve her appearance. Anna Toney Anna Marie "Chickadee" Toney (née Shannon; August 28, 1994 – December 9, 2023) was the eldest of June's four children; her father is David Dunn. Because June was so young when Anna was born, having just turned 15 before she gave birth, she initially considered placing Anna for adoption by her aunt and uncle, Janice and James Shannon, but the paperwork was never finalized and Anna ultimately ended up being raised by her maternal grandmother, Sandra. While in June's custody, Anna was sexually abused by June's then-boyfriend, Mark McDaniel, who was later convicted for his crimes. Like her mother, Anna became pregnant as a teenager and gave birth to her first child, daughter Kaitlyn Elizabeth, in 2012. Kaitlyn has the surname Clark after Anna's longtime boyfriend Caleb Clark, but Anna never publicly named Kaitlyn's father; she only said that they have not spoken since Kaitlyn was two months old and that he was engaged with two children. She and Clark eventually broke up and Anna went on to marry Michael Cardwell (b. 1992). The two wed on May 25, 2014, and moved to Alabama, where their daughter Kylee Madison was born in 2015. Anna and Michael separated in 2017 and Anna returned to Georgia with her two children. Anna had a strained relationship with June, as June defended McDaniel in regards to accusations that he sexually assaulted her and reportedly began dating McDaniel again in 2014. Additionally, Anna alleged that June had stolen thousands out of her trust fund, leaving her with less than $18 in her savings account. During the time Anna involved lawyers in an effort to gain access to her accounts, which were managed by June, she took to social media in an effort to make money selling products that claimed to prevent Ebola, in the midst of the Ebola epidemic in the United States, which subjected her to backlash. In January 2023, she was diagnosed with stage 4 adrenal cancer. In March 2023, she married her long-time boyfriend, Eldridge Toney. After four rounds of chemotherapy, she died on December 9, 2023, at her mother's home. Jessica Shannon Jessica Louise "Chubbs" Shannon (born October 12, 1996) is June's second daughter; her father is Michael Anthony Ford. When the family moved from McIntyre, Georgia to Hampton, Georgia, 17-year-old Jessica did not accompany them, as she had less than three months until he.... Discover the Shannon Tripp popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Shannon Tripp books.