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Birth Name:
Shemar Franklin Moore
Birth Place:
Oakland, California, USA
Date of Birth:
April 20, 1970
What Ethnicity?:
African American, French and Irish
The American actor and former model is best known for his role as Malcolm Winters in the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. He was born to an African American father and a mother of Irish-French Canadian descent. This was mentioned in an article found at the url below.
As a child he grew up in the Netherlands until the age of 5 and he speaks Dutch. He spent most of his youth in Northern California.
Source:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_6_56/ai_72502704/
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ohh !! Just sexyyyy, french hum like me :D Il est il est trop beau !
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if his mother was born in The Netherlands, that is Holland, and she is Dutch.
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no she wasn’t, this site is about a persons ANCESTRY, not the country they were born in…and shemar is of Irish and French ANCESTRY on his mothers side, not dutch
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So he speaks dutch? i do too.
Je ziet er super uit hoor Shemar. Even kijken of dit begrepen wordt LOL
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but his imdb page says (or at least used to, haven’t checked in a long time) that his mother WAS dutch, not that she lived in holland.. but idk..
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Who cares what he is? He is one GORGEOUS hunk of MAN!!!!!! And a hell of an actor! Great in Crimal minds, but took my breath away in Y & R!!!. MISS him on Y & R. Wish he AND Drew would BOTH come back!
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he is just sexy no matter what race he is and thats the friggin truth lolz
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There Are Sites That Say That His Mother Was Dutch!
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from what I read, his family moved to and lived in Holland for a few years but his mother isnt Dutch.
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Yeah But He Can Speak The Dutch Language Because That Is Where He Used To Live In His First Five Years Of His Life!
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Well I dont care what he is. He’s just freakinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng beutifulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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there is no mention of him being Mexican or Indian, he is black and Irish French-Canadian and that is all!
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Mexican isn’t even a race to begin with, the majority of Mexicans are part European(white) and part Indigenous.
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actually he is blaxicindian. :) aka, black, mexican, and indian all put together.
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Hey Be, most sites say he is half White and Half Black.
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