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Birth Name:
Channing Matthew Tatum
Birth Place:
Cullman, Alabama, United States
Date of Birth:
April 26, 1980
What Race or Ethnicity?:
French, Irish, Creole, Native American
The American actor and model is famous for his appearances in the films Havoc, Coach Carter and Supercross. He is of French, Irish, and Native American ancestry. This was mentioned in an interview on modelswim.com. In an interview at Comic Con, Tatum also stated “My dad’s from Louisiana so Creole blood is very deep in my veins…”
Tatum is a practitioner of Gor-Chor Kung Fu.
Source:
http://modelswim.com/article.php?id=Channing_Tatum
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http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/07/25/check-out-some-great-interviews-from-2011-comic-con/
channing talking about him being creole. take that bitch
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you people are stupid…he just released a video saying hes creole. creole=european african native american and some spanish.
im creole :D
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id like to see that video.
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http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/07/25/check-out-some-great-interviews-from-2011-comic-con/
HA!
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he is part native american too? cool.
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his father is french and 1/8 black,so that makes him 1/16 black,so yes he does have some black in him
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And if the rumors are true, he gets black in him often.
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He’s the male version of Megan Fox.
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Except he had no plastic surgery.
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he does not look like Megan Fox at all.
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Dang…wish the native boys around here looked like that! Lol
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Wow he and Megan Fox have the same mixture French,Irish and Native American cool
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both good looking people
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Bet did an ancestry i think test and his official website says it too.
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babylove I know some sites say that but I find it doubtful.
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He’s part african american too.
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Seriously doubt that
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To KimJ
After seeing all the people on here,with all these mixtures,why would you doubt that?
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His skeletal structure is why I doubt it. Pay attention to conformation, not just skin color! I can see American Indian in his bone structure, not African. He also displays a strong European skull structure, muscle formation, as well as skin tone. I like to think of blacks as the Thoroughbred or Greyhound of the human world. Long skinny muscles that are easily displayed. A man from Caucasian descent is thick and not built for speed. This man does not display long and skinny muscles built for speed, he looks like a man built to take abuse. If you are thinking about black dudes that are thickly built, think about their heritage, not their skin color. That will give you a clue. The more pure African friends I have, are wirey, and speed built.
Not everything just relies on skin color.
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To Kim J
I don’t rely on skin color,or bone structure.You’ve never seen any of the posts I’ve put on here have you?I ‘ve just put someone up recently that pretty much blows what you said out the water:
James Watson
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/images/070601.watson.jpg
no doubt a white man,yet 16% black
Now it’s been shown on here many times,that you can’t go by what a person looks like or what you think they are
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i doubt he is african also
even though black genes are dominant mixed people dont necessarily dont inherit their skull shape
look at some ethopians
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well why do people think that if you have some black in you that you have to look like you came straight from africa ( I have black in me and they still can’t figure out what i am…so I make a sumation for them and educate them) yah can have some tossed in or alot does’n't mean a thing sometimes for the facial structure/bone structure cause one kid can have a “white” face shape and flat forehead etc., and the other sibling can have african shape and round forhead etc soooo.
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Duhh becasue he’s mixed with mostly white-ish parts he’s more likely to get that part of the DNA ,. I’m part asian but do not have their bonestructure .. at all ( I wish I had a more round hart shaped face and petit frame but hey)
people keep forgetting that you cAn have one or the other and he does have some black in the nose part or his muscular&thick frame which can also be Native shining through ..jussst both actually… and FYI even My nose shows off actually three cultures at the least (bridge sides AND tip ) while my face shape 1 and my body/ frame 3 or 4
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his skin is not black, and sorry to burst your bubble guys, but his bone structure looks subtly african to me. would not be surprised if he was, say, 6th generation african. ps. his nose and lips kind of make this a bit obvious, dont you think?
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well I did say you can’t go by that.Non-mix blooded black don’t have what supposed to a black bone structure.Now each one of those groups he mixed with has had recent black DNA mixed into their groups,not that I’m saying he is,I’m just saying it is possible that he does have it.
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I believe he has African ancestry. White people slay me; so fucking scared of African blood. Some of you sound like a bunch of pussies. coughKimJcoughmoicough.
Channing’s website at one time mentioned that he HAD African ancestry – about 1/16th. This tidbit has since been removed because unfortunately too many people think like some of you. Five to 10% of the US white population has varying degrees of black ancestry – get over it!!!
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