Jon Gosselin

Birth Name:

Jonathan Keith Gosselin

Birth Place:

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, USA

Date of Birth:

1 April 1977

What Race or Ethnicity?:

Korean, Irish, Welsh and French

The star of the reality television show, Jon & Kate Plus 8 is half Korean a quarter French and a quarter Welsh. It appears that he has inherited more Korean characteristics as he looks more Asian. His mother is Korean but was born and raised in Hawaii. This was stated on the Korean American Journal.

Jon and Kate’s children have also inherited Jon’s Korean looks, as they all appear to be quite Asian looking, despite being only a quarter Asian. When asked to comment about this, Jon’s mother stated that the “Korean gene is very strong”. Kate said that she wanted her kids to look like Jon and that she always wanted little ‘China dolls’.

Source:

1. http://www.koreamjournal.com
2. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/

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3. Kimora Lee
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5. April Wilkner
6. Liz Cho
7. Rachael Ray
8. Carly Pope
9. Yunjin Kim
10. Ian Somerhalder
11. Coco Rocha
12. Kate Voegele
13. Kate Middleton
14. Far East Movement
15. Hines Ward