Kris Jenner is currently going through a tough time after losing one of her closest people, her mother, Mary Jo ‘MJ’ Shannon. Kris announced the sad news on Instagram, calling her mother the “heart of our family” and expressing that her own heart was “broken into a million pieces.” The matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner family is devastated by the death of MJ, who left the world at the age of 91 on July 16, 2026. Amid the tragic news, Kris’ father and sister have come under the spotlight.
All about Kris Jenner’s father, Robert Houghton
With the passing of Kris Jenner’s mother, Mary Jo Shannon, she lost both her parents. Although many knew about Harry Shannon, whom Kris addresses as “my dad”, her biological father was actually Robert True ‘Bob’ Houghton. Unlike the highly publicized lives of the Kardashians and the Jenners, Robert lived a low-key life away from the spotlight. He was one of the lesser-known members of the famous family. As for Robert’s profession, he was reportedly an aircraft engineer.
Robert Houghton is English by ancestry but held American citizenship after immigrating to the country in the 80s. After growing up in the US, he made it his permanent home and lived there for the rest of his life. As for his spousal life, Robert tied the knot with Mary Jo ‘MJ’ Campbell in 1954, and they embraced parenthood within a year. They welcomed their first child, a daughter, Kristen Mary (now Kris Jenner), in 1955. After three years, the former couple welcomed their second daughter, Karen Houghton in 1958.
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