Johnny Abbott

Johnny Abbott
Paxton Mishkind as Johnny Abbott
The Young and the Restless
Portrayed by	Holden and Ryan Hare (2013—2021) Paxton Mishkind (2022-)
Current status	Present, Recurring
Duration	2012—
First appearance	April 9, 2012
Created by	Maria Arena Bell Hogan Sheffer Scott Hamner
Profile
Family	Abbott, Bardwell, Newman
Full name	John Robert Abbott IV
Nickname(s)	Johnny
Namesake(s)	John Abbott John "Jack" Abbott Jr. John Abbott III
Gender	Male
Born	April 9, 2009 (originally 2012)
Age	15
Residence	Tack House with Victoria Newman Ranch 421 Larkspur Trail, Highway B Genoa City, Wisconsin
Relationships Parents Billy Abbott Chelsea Lawson (biological) Victoria Newman (adoptive) Siblings Riley Newman † (biological maternal half-brother) Connor Newman (biological maternal half-brother) Delia Abbott † (biological paternal half-sister) Katie Newman (paternal half-sister; adoptive sister) Claire Newman Howard (adoptive maternal half-sister) Reed Hellstrom (adoptive maternal half-brother) Grandparents John Abbott † Jill Foster Abbott Jeffrey Bardwell Anita Lawson (biological) Victor Newman Nikki Newman (adoptive) Great-grandparents Albert Miller † Cora Miller † Nick Reed † Barbara Reed † (adoptive) Aunts and uncles Jack Abbott Phillip Chancellor III Ashley Abbott (legal) Traci Abbott Connolly (biological) Nicholas Newman Dylan McAvoy Adam Newman Abby Newman (adoptive) First cousins Cassie Newman † Noah Newman Summer Newman Faith Newman Connor Newman Christian Newman (adoptive) Keemo Volien Abbott † John Abbott III † (paternal cousin) Kyle Abbott Chance Chancellor Colleen Carlton † Allie Nguyen (paternal first cousin once removed) Harrison Abbott (paternal first cousin once removed) Dominic Newman-Abbott-Winters-Chancellor (paternal first cousin once removed)

John "Johnny" Abbott IV is a fictional character on The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Paxton Mishkind since September 8, 2022. Johnny was formerly portrayed by child actors Holden and Ryan Hare.

Biography[]

Johnny is the son of Billy Abbott and Chelsea Lawson. He was the product of Billy's extra-marital affair with Chelsea while he was married to Victoria Newman. He was adopted and is being raised by Victoria.

Through his father, Johnny has an older sister named Delia Abbott, who was born on February 14, 2006 and died on October 14, 2013 at the age of only 7 years old after being hit by a car, and a younger sister named Katie Newman, born on November 17, 2014.

Through his mother, Johnny has an younger brother named Riley Newman, who was never born because his mother lost him due to a miscarriage caused by his cousin Summer Newman in a car accident, and another younger brother named Connor Newman, who was born on August 12, 2013. Johnny recently learned of their biological connection after Chelsea revealed the truth about her biological connection to Johnny, he was upset at Chelsea first, but he began to form a bond with his biological mother and he and Connor became close as their parents, Billy and Chelsea began dating after her recent stint in the psych ward due to her having depression after Billy stops her from attempted suicide after seeing her trying to jump from the top floor of a hotel.

Through his adoptive mother, Johnny has an adoptive older sister, who was stolen at birth by Jordan Howard, named Claire Newman Howard (born Eve Nicole Howard), who was born premature on November 9, 1998, and an adoptive older brother named Reed Hellstrom, who was born on December 3, 2001.

On June 19, 2025, Johnny and Katie returned from boarding school after being pick up from the airport by their father and went to their new home, where they meet their older sister, Claire Newman Howard and their mother and they asked Claire a lot of questions, but Katie was angry that their old home was burn down by Claire's crazy aunt, Jordan Howard. Then she ran upstairs upset at Claire and Jordan, Claire told the family to let Katie go and give her some space.

A couple weeks later, Victoria, Johnny, and Katie ran into Claire and Harrison Abbott at the Chancellor Park, where Victoria introduce Johnny and Katie as Claire's brother and sister and Harrison is excited with the information and informs them that they're study worms and asked them if the want to join them. Harrison grabs Johnny, while Katie stayed behind. After, Victoria asked for two chocolate ice creams, but Johnny noticed Katie's attitude and told her that he would give Victoria one, but not Katie. Later, Harrison ran into Katie by bringing her flowers, because he knows that she's feeling sad, and decided to get ice cream too. Katie later grabs Claire to join them.

At Crimson Lights, Johnny, Katie, Victoria were waiting for Claire to drop off Harrison at the Abbott Mansion, when Claire's father, Cole Howard arrives and suddenly Katie is getting upset about Claire. After, Billy and Claire arrive, Claire asks her mother if she can speak to Katie for a moment, Katie says that she's eating. But, Victoria told Katie to let Claire speak to her and they went to the patio to have their discussion about their mother and her living with Jordan. Johnny knows that after their discussion that Katie will start warming up to Claire. Later, Cole, Victoria, Claire, Johnny and Katie have family dinner at Society, while they were discussing today's events with Harrison.

Trivia[]

• Johnny’s astrological sign is Aries