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Birth Name:
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
Birth Place:
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Birth:
June 5th, 1971
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Swedish, Irish, English, French Canadian
The American actor and musician was better known in his early days as Marky Mark. He was born in Boston and is of Swedish, English, Irish and French Canadian descent. His first ancestor in America is William Hathorne who immigrated from Berkshire, England to Salem, Massachusetts.
He is known to have had a rough life during his teenage years. He was charged for assaulting two Vietnamese men and was involved in other racially motivated incidents against other minorities. As a result he has spent time in prison.
After his time in prison, the experience changed his views on minorities and motivated him to stay out of trouble.
http://www.wargs.com/other/wahlberg.html
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“musician was better known in his early days as Marky Mark”
“was involved in other racially motivated incidents against other minorities”
I can see where this is going!
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For example, Karasjok/Kárášjohka and Bergen
have very different climates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasjok#Climate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen#Climate
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Ok
I agree that Sámi people in general don’t look
very different from Norwegians. But this isn’t because
of “shared climate” because we don’t have
the same climate in all of Scandinavia!
I think it is because Sámi people and
Norwegians, Swedes and Finns have mixed
with eachother for a long time in Sápmi.
And there isn’t just ONE Scandinavian
look! If you think so, you should look at the links
I have posted that show some famous Norwegians.
Or just take a closer look at people if you really live in Scandinavia.
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He looks more Swedish than anything.
P.S. It is a myth that Sami look very different from Finns, Swedes, Danes and Norwegians. Though Finns and Sami are not technically related to North Germanic Scandinavians there shared climate has given them similar appearances. It is the best “look” to have in those conditions.
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Thats true, it is German but his acnestor Jonas Wahlberg was born in Sweden. He could have German heritage, but it is not confirmed yet.
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the surname ‘walhberg’ is german…
http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=wahlberg
suggesting he MAY also have a bit of German…I don’t know.
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I wonder is his Swedish ancestry perhaps sami…
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or just a normal swede….
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thanks for that
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He is swedish, irish and french-canadian.
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No, he is of Swedish, Irish, and French descent. references at: wikipedia.org, and wargs.com
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