Jordan Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - JUN 6: Jordan Clarkson at the Guys Choice Awards

Clarkson in 2015, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Jordan Taylor Clarkson

Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 7, 1992

Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*maternal grandmother – Filipino [Kapampangan]

Jordan Clarkson is an American-Filipino professional basketball player. He plays for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. He has dual American and Filipino citizenship. He is 6′3″.

His father, Michael Alan “Mike” Clarkson, is African-American. His mother, Annette (Tullao) Davis, is of half Filipino descent. Some sources stated that Annette’s middle name is Lucille. However, her birth record shows that she has no middle name. Jordan has a daughter.

Jordan’s maternal grandmother is named Marcelina Tullao. Marcelina is Kapampangan, from Bacolor, Pampanga.

Source: Birth record of Jordan’s mother – https://familysearch.org

5 Responses

  1. phaedra says:

    Ethiopian looking

  2. Manila says:

    Jordan is also a Filipino citizen. His mother being Filipina, he has himself been legally Filipino since birth, as the country applies jus sanguinis. His mother did not renounce her Filipino citizenship. He has a Philippine passport.

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