photo credit: Alan Light
Birth Name:
Carlos Ray Norris
Birth Place:
Ryan, Oklahoma, United States
Date of Birth:
March 10, 1940
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Irish and Native American (Cherokee)
According to Wikipedia and numerous other websites, Chuck Norris is said to be of Irish and Native American Cherokee Indian heritage. He has Indian heritage on both sides of his family with his maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother both being of Cherokee descent.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_norris
http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/chuck_norris/index.shtml
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Norris has Irish family alive. Norris is both an Irish and Scottish name but his living ancestors are Irish. Sorry to disappoint the scots/Irish theorist.
Most scots/Irish are crackers as most moved deep south. No offense intended but it’s a reliable observation.
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I thinks is Scots-Irish and not Irish
Many american confuse both.
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Prove it
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norris is an english name
he looks irish though
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hi i resemble chuck norris with beard he looks irish and me too i got irish ancestry too
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you have a fist behind your beard ? OK
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he has red hair and blue eyes, wow genetics are crazy
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