Jim was the father of Stephan Jones, his one biological son with his wife Marceline. They also adopted many children of other ethnicities including African-American, Korean-American, and Native-American descent.

In total, Jim was the father of nine kids.

According to a Jonestown scholar named Mary Maaga via ABC News, “They called themselves the 'Rainbow Family' because they wished both in their church leadership life and in their personal life to show that all people are equal before God."

Their first daughter Agnes was adopted in 1954. Lou, Stephanie, and Suzanne were adopted in 1959 before the birth of Stephan later that same year.

Jim Jones Jr. was adopted in 1961 which is the same year they also adopted Timothy Glen Tupper.

In 1971, Jim made the claim he was the father of a child named John Victor with a woman who wasn’t his wife named Grace Stoen. Lastly, he fathered a child named Jim Jon Kimo in 1975 with another member of the cult named Carolyn Layton.