Dwayne Johnson The Rock
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photo by David Shankbone
Birth Name:
Dwayne Douglas Johnson
Birth Place:
Hayward, California, USA
What Ethnicity:
Samoan and African Canadian
The pro-wrestler was born to a Samoan Mother and an African Canadian father. His maternal grandfather was a famous Samoan pro-wrestler named Peter Maivia. His father, dubbed “Soulman” Rocky Johnson was the first African American pro-wrestling champion. The Rock spent some time growing up in New Zealand where he was able to learn about his Pacific Islander heritage.
Source:
http://www.islandconnections.com/edit/dwayne_johnson.htm
Celebrities with similar heritage:
October 1st, 2008
HABLO SPANICH
December 18th, 2008
hes african canadian and Samoan because his dad is African canadian !! look it up !!!
January 6th, 2009
I heard he’s Afro-Caribbean (Jamaican, I think), Samoan and African Canadian.
January 27th, 2009
wow…datz coo! i alwayz thought he wuz white with tan! Lol jk.no i didnt
February 3rd, 2009
isnt he supposed to be italian on wwf
April 18th, 2009
interesting
April 27th, 2009
oh, i thought he was creole…all i know is hes hot and has a great body
September 2nd, 2009
hes full blooded samoan…and dad is candian af…but full samoan….Moni male faamaoni…seki
September 2nd, 2009
Nope hes definitely half African Canadian.
September 25th, 2009
1OO% samoan pride…. uso’s tu fa’atasi
September 25th, 2009
kanibul do you speak Samoan. if so thats impressive.
October 11th, 2009
the man looks black to me but he also looks something else. lol, I was watching game plan yesterday and i gotta admit…the man is fine as hell….
October 11th, 2009
The other part would be Samoan.
November 17th, 2009
yes hes african but yall should of already know hes samoan, because he reps his polynesian side alot,when he was on “Be Cool” movie and on the Kids Choice Awards 2009,he did a polynesian performance and all these other stuff. his mom his samoan and his dad is african and canadian and nothin else. you guys are so off, if you thought he was maybe hispanic or wat ever. but polynesians/pacific islanders on the rise, represent form a samoan/portuguese german girl kofa!
November 17th, 2009
priscilla, thanks for the informative comment.
Ethnic
Admin
December 28th, 2009
I Do not care wat he isz it isz not about the race but he isz very nice lookin nd who ever spoke somoan it is amazing.
December 30th, 2009
I dont know if he can speak Samoan but that would be interesting if he could.
Ethnic
Admin
December 30th, 2009
ha he had plastic surgery to make his pecs smaller:>
December 31st, 2009
lol i could never tell hes the hardest to clasify
January 11th, 2010
Yeah, this guy is samoan, born in auckland. Oh and I’m Samoan aswell. Sole a’e, Palagi ia makua fia poko kele, se a’e.
HAHA
January 11th, 2010
Chris Vailalp was he born in Auckland?
January 22nd, 2010
To clear this up,
Duane and I were best friends for ten years.Our Lockers were adjacent,we did
100 pushups a day,as well as weight training and Samoan mat wrestling.
We are boyh 100% Samoan,we did not associate with White people,nor did we
even see many black or colored folks.
DM
January 22nd, 2010
If he was 100% Samoan, hed have a Samoan surname?
February 11th, 2010
I checked out the other website, he was born in California. But even so for him to learn is island roots in NZ…I just have to say…come back. Im maori and love islanders lol.
February 20th, 2010
This websites correct. He’s definitely afa. I’m positive he can’t speak fluent Samoan and he was not born in New Zealand. And no@ anonymous, he was not suppose to be presented as an Italian, particularly when his signature move was called “The Samoan Drop”.
March 9th, 2010
Look assholes of the ethnicelebs .com website, Dwayne is (Like it or not) Black & Samoan. You people will accept him as anything BUT black I notice. Well…..GET OVER IT. Because Dwayne has stated many times before that he is BLACK & SAMOAN. Blamoan as he call it. He IS a PROUD BLACK SAMOAN. If anything, Dwayne is more black then he is Samoan. When he changed into his altar ego in the WWE as The Rock, all those catchphases and promos where from his old nieghborhood where lived in Miami Fl. He said when he got his hair cut (by a BLACK MAN named Walt I might add), he would sit there and listen to all the trash talking going on in there. Dwayne said that was the place where The Rock originated from. All the “know your role and shut your mouth” and It doesn’t matter what your name is” and “Poontang pie” ALL came from his black side. So chill out and face the facts. He is not 100% Samoan. He was not born in New Zealand nor Hawaii. (He lived in Hawaii for a while then moved elsewhere). Dwayne was born in Hayward California. Dwayne is not Italian, Portugese, and surely not a white man with a tan. lol. You wish. So accept it, learn it, live it and love it. Peace.