Blake Griffin
Griffin in 2011
Birth Name: Blake Austin Griffin
Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 16, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – African-Haitian/African-American
*mother – English
Blake Griffin is an American professional basketball player. A power forward, he played for the Los Angeles Clippers, the Detroit Pistons, the Brooklyn Nets, and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the number one NBA draft pick in 2009. He is 6′9″.
Blake is the son of Gail and Tommy Griffin, who is a basketball player and basketball coach. His father is black, with African-Haitian ancestry. His mother is white, with English ancestry. His brother, Taylor Griffin, is also a professional basketball player.
Blake has two children with his former partner Brynn Cameron. Brynn’s brother is professional basketball player Jordan Cameron.
Griffin’s parents
Blake’s maternal grandfather was Clarence Melvin Simmons (the son of Curtis W. Simmons and Mabel/Mable D. Hiatt). Clarence was born in Oklahoma. Curtis was the son of Edwin Cirby Simmons and Mildred Dixon Poarch.
Blake’s maternal grandmother was Fanel Owings (the daughter of Lyle/Lyles Greenwood Owings and Alice/Allie S. Pat/Patricia Speed). Fanel was born in Texas. Lyle was the son of Eldridge John Owings and S. Margaret “Maggie” Greenwood. Alice was the daughter of Patrick Milton Speed and Alice Elizabeth Burleson.
Sources: Obituaries of Blake’s maternal grandparents, Clarence Melvin Simmons and Fanel (Owings) Simmons – https://www.findagrave.com
Blake’s maternal grandfather, Clarence Melvin Simmons, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Blake’s maternal grandfather, Clarence Melvin Simmons – http://legacy.newsok.com
i notice all these “bi-racials” don’t end up marrying black, if race doesn’t matter then why are there so many single black women.
becos black women are shebone
Are you serious? — “We are all one race, the human race”. I cannot believe you would trot out that tired and incorrect We Are the World platitude. At least you gave me my laugh for today.
you are a retard! we are one race but you wouldnt see that all you want to do is divide us up! we all are apart of this human race and we should come together and not fight!
We are all cousins. Geneticists have traced our ancestry back to one woman who lived about 100 thousand years ago. Luis Valdez said it best, “Hay solamente una raza, la raza humana.”
FYI to all reading and commenting….To be technical, you have all used the term “race” incorrectly…Hence, one of the main reason that racism still exists…We are all one race, the HUMAN race, which means we can all breed and create fertile offspring…However, we ARE different “ethnicities”, according to the specific ethnic group from which we are descendants…And believe me, in 2011, most of us are mixed with some variation of different ethnicities…We need to just accept each other as the same…HUMAN.
that would actually be nice
First of all – I’m no racist and I hate that racism still exists…BUT…biologically speaking, you’re wrong. The fact that we can all breed and create fertile offspring means that we’re all one SPECIES, the HUMAN SPECIES. The races of all species on this planet are able to have fertile offspring – if they weren’t they’d belong to another species.
To some people, the term “race”, however has some negative connotations when applied on humans, so “ethnicity” is here the more neutral term to choose
We are all one species- homosapien
who are you trying to fool. race matters, it should matter and it always will matter.
I watched some pro ball games lately, to my surprise, I just discovered BLAKE GRIFFIN… I am so behind time, been buried working my solo practice….
Go Blake Go, I love ur skillz… and you do so seemingly effortlessly… Wow, and that u are a Pisces too… aah aah, you seemed to be a true gentleman and so sexy looking.
No matter your race, you are the shitzzzazzz………
100% human, most likely. Unfortunately reading these opinions that’s not much of a compliment.