Ariana's Family

1. Edward Butera 

Edward Butera is Ariana Grande's dad and Joan Grande's ex-husband. He is the owner/founder of Ibi Designs, Inc. He is very proud of his daughter and often tweets about her on his Twitter page, @CaptainEddieB.

 Relatonship with Ariana

• Ariana show that she loves her dad very much.
• He came to see Ariana perform in A Snow White Christmas.^[1]
• Ariana tweeted about him a few times. ^[2]  
  

2. Joan Grande

Joan Grande-Butera is Ariana Grande's mother. It is shown that Ariana loves her mom very much and often tweets about her. She has also uploaded a YouTube video with her and her mom goofing around in their car.

Friendship with Ariana

• She has mentioned many times how much she loves her mother.
• Ariana usually walks with her to different places.
• Ariana has said that she wants her mom's name, Joan, to be her own middle name. Many people believed that her middle name was already Joan, but Ariana confirmed in a tweet that Joan isn't her middle name, she just wants it to be her middle name.
• Ariana and Joan went to the Madonna concert in Vancouver on September 29, 2012.
• Ariana has said, "My mom is hard working and I was inspired to be like her."
• Ariana addressed her mom's concern for what people's opinion was of her in a Keek video.
• Joan appears in one of Ariana's Keeks.