Blake Griffin

Birth Name: Blake Austin Griffin

Birth Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

Date of Birth: March 16, 1989(1988-08-26)

What Race or Ethnicity?: African American and Caucasian

The American NBA basketball player was born to an African American father and a Caucasian mother. His parents are often seen at Blake’s games. He is a 6′ 10″  tall power forward and has a brother named Taylor Griffin who also plays basketball.

A picture of his parents is shown below. Like his mother, Blake has reddish hair. On Radio Caraïbe it was revealed that Griffin has Haitian heritage.

Griffin was the number one NBA draft pick in 2009 and was picked by the LA Clippers.

Source:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Griffin
2. http://twitter.com/haitianbasket/statuses/7529927882

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