Kelly Hu
Hu in 2010, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Kelly Ann Hu
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 13, 1968
Ethnicity: Chinese, smaller amounts of Hawaiian and English
Kelly Hu is an American actress, fashion model, beauty queen, and poker player. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993. She has starred in the films Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, The Scorpion King, Cradle 2 the Grave, X2: X-Men United, The Tournament (2009), and White Frog, and on the series Sunset Beach, Nash Bridges, The Vampire Diaries, Arrow, and, in voice role, Phineas and Ferb, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.
She is the daughter of Juanita and Herbert Soy Hong Hu. Kelly is of Chinese, and smaller amounts of Hawaiian and English, descent.
Kelly’s paternal grandfather was named York Hon Hu. York was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kelly’s paternal grandmother was named Kam Ann Chang. Kam was Chinese.
Kelly’s maternal grandfather was named Tom Po Tong (or Po Tong Tom in Western order). Tom was born on Maui.
Kelly’s maternal grandmother was Lily Kam Yuen Lum (the daughter of Lum Tung/Tung Lum and Mary Ah Lan Chang). Tung was born in China. Mary was born in Hawaii, the daughter of Ah Tong Ako Chang, from China, and of Kaleiho’opio Kellett. Kelly’s great-great-grandmother Kaleiho’opio was the daughter of Richard Thomas/Tom Kellett, who was of half English and half Native Hawaiian descent, and of Kauia/Kaiuaa. Kaleiho’opio is pictured here.
Sources: Genealogy and obituary of Kelly’s father – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Kelly’s father – https://archives.starbulletin.com
Obituary of Kelly’s maternal grandfather, Tom Po Tong (or Po Tong Tom in Western order) – http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com
https://archives.starbulletin.com/2003/09/19/news/obits.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246231333/herbert-soy_hong-hu
Her father’s full name appears to have been Herbert Soy Hong Hu.
It appears that Herbert was of mostly, if not entirely, Chinese descent.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189337816
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWSH-WP1
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LVHC-TFW
Kelly’s maternal grandfather was Tom Po Tong (or Po Tong Tom in Western order).
Kelly’s maternal grandmother was Lily Kam Yuen Lum (the daughter of Lum Tung/Tung Lum and Mary Ah Lan Chang). Tung was born in China. Mary was born in Hawaii to Ah Tong Ako Chang, from China, and Kaleiho’opio Kellett. Kaleiho’opio was the daughter of Richard Thomas Kellett and Kauia. Richard was of half English, half Native Hawaiian descent.
Looks fully East Asian to me (or Hawaiian).
Didn’t know that she had European in here. She never seemed Eurasian/biracial to me.
Very beautiful woman btw.
I’m part Hawaiian and she doesn’t look Hawaiian at all (she must have a very low quantum).
Hawaiians are Polynesian and the typical phenotype is similar to that of other Polynesian and islander peoples (brown skin, broad nose, large eyes, coarse wavy or curly hair).
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So how can she look both East Asian and Hawaiian (Polynesian) ????????
Remember Hawaii was colonized and the people (Hawaiians) faced genocide. The white colonizers brought tons of Asians to Hawaii to work in their sugar plantations.
Hawaiians and other islander/Oceanian peoples ARE NOT ASIAN BTW
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/593313/pdf
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Yeah she would be about 5% Hawaiian.
Who?
She’s gorgeous.
Thought she also had Spanish ancestry with Hawaiian and such. Didn’t expect English.