Personal Life
Young was raised as the son of Fokke Jan de Jong and his wife Anna, they already had three children Cornelia, Antonia and Ferdinand. His mother had an affair while her husband was stationed in Indonesia, Young's biological father was a singer. When Young was in his 40s he met him and found that he had three other half-siblings. His first marriage, from early 1970s, was to Kathy and they had two daughters.
Both his mother and step-father died in 1989 and his marriage to Kathy ended by 1995. Young married Rose McKimmie on 24 December 1999 in Bali, they lived in a cottage about an hour-and-half from Melbourne. Young has three children, Craig, Anna and Fleur; seven grand children, 2 boys and 5 girls; and one great grand daughter.
Anna is a singing and dancing teacher for seniors at The Johnny Young Talent School after studying at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and performing in musical theatre.
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