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Birth Name:
George Timothy Clooney
Birth Place:
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Ethnicity:
Irish, English and German
The American actor and star of the films Ocean’s 12-13 was born to Irish American parents.
According to his family tree on wargs.com he has two relatives on his father’s side that were possibly of German origin. Their names were Joseph Koch and Margaret Manns and go back 5 generations.
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7346117.stm
http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/george-clooney/index.htm#toc
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I thought he was an Italian American, because is way too dark to be a German or Brit or Irishman, I have never seen any one from those ethnicities as dark as George Clooney, especially German, it’s very rare !
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“I have never seen any one from those ethnicities as dark as George Clooney, especially German,”
Clooney’s German ancestry is so minimal that I doubt it has had any affect on his appearance. He is by far more Irish/English than German.
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He looks a little bit Hispanic.
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What were you reading? There is no significant gene of Irish people that comes from North Africa. I know that study you are talking of and it says no such thing. European populations have a mixture of looks because there are dominant and recessive genes. There are just more recessive genes expressed in European populations. You can have a dark eyed dark haired person and a blue eyed blond person in the same family with the same genetics.
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YAY he is coming to Ireland this April to trace his Irish roots who left from the famine in 1847 how crazy would it be if i got to see him lol,,And he is metting up with Bono when he is over here it would be mad to be able to see them together,,
http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/George-Clooneys-Irish-roots-are-discovered-in-Kilkenny-village-133142458.html
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Gorgeous European descended man! That is really the bottom line here! :) Was a real treat watching Brad Pitt (yet another gorgeous European descended man) and George Clooney in Oceans 11.
On a side note, in European cultures George Clooney’s looks is where you get the phrase “tall, dark, and handsome”. Dark, of course is actually referring to the color of his hair being that many Europeans (especially in Northern Europe) will have lighter (blond or light brown) or red hair. In renaissance Europe, a true renaissance noblewoman would bleach her skin so that it was a stunning fair skin and blond hair(much like the actress who plays Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime series The Borgias looks). A high forehead was also popular and women with shorter foreheads would often pluck their hairline to give them the appearance that they had a high forehead. I wonder what people will think is beautiful a hundred years from now?
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SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS AND THIS IS NOT RACIST BUT THE TRUTH IS NO ONE IN REALITY WHETHER OUR GOVERNMENT LIKE IT OR NOT IS PURE WHITE, SORRY!
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All those ethnic groups mentioned are Caucasian. Are you under the impression white means Caucasians in the United States only?
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It’s been proven a number of times,that Caucasian doesn’t mean your white.It’s just pure and simply racism period,even doctors are starting to stop using the word
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As a Caucasian or more specifically English/Irish/Danish American, find the term “white” to be very offensive. If you want to refer to the fact that I am obviously of European descent, just say that I am a Caucasian. That is the PC version.
@Wow, a “white” person according to the government is someone that is either from Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It has nothing to do with skin color.
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