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
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kanibul do you speak Samoan. if so thats impressive.
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1OO% samoan pride…. uso’s tu fa’atasi
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hes full blooded samoan…and dad is candian af…but full samoan….Moni male faamaoni…seki
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Nope hes definitely half African Canadian.
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oh, i thought he was creole…all i know is hes hot and has a great body
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interesting
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isnt he supposed to be italian on wwf
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nooo, where did you get that from he rep his samoan side all the time and actually he also repped being african american just look on youtube and type in the rock hof
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wow…datz coo! i alwayz thought he wuz white with tan! Lol jk.no i didnt
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I heard he’s Afro-Caribbean (Jamaican, I think), Samoan and African Canadian.
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hes african canadian and Samoan because his dad is African canadian !! look it up !!!
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HABLO SPANICH
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