Tiger Woods
Woods in 2011, Tony Bowler / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Eldrick Tont Woods
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 30, 1975
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*maternal grandfather – Thai
*maternal grandmother – Dutch, Chinese
Tiger Woods, also known simply as Tiger, is an American professional golfer. He is considered one of the greatest players of his generation.
Tiger’s father, Earl D. Woods (Earl Dennison Woods), an infantry officer, college baseball player, and writer, was born in Manhattan, Kansas, to African-American parents. Various family rumors have stated that Tiger’s father had Native American and/or Chinese ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented. Tiger’s father’s recent ancestors are all listed as “Black” on U.S. censuses.
Tiger’s mother was born Kultida Punsawad, and is from Thailand. Tiger’s maternal grandfather was Thai, and Tiger’s maternal grandmother had a Dutch father and a Chinese mother.
Tiger is a practicing Buddhist.
Tiger has two children with his former wife, Swedish model Elin Nordegren.
His niece, Cheyenne Woods, is also a professional golfer.
Tiger’s paternal grandfather was named Miles Woods (the son of Katherine “Kate” Hickman). Miles was born in Louisiana. Kate was the daughter of Henry Hickman and Elizabeth “Eliza.”
Tiger’s paternal grandmother was named Maude E. Carter (the daughter of Lewis/Louis Carter and Hattie). Maude was born in Kansas. Lewis was the son of Valentine Carter and Amanda.
Tiger’s maternal grandfather owned a tin mine in Thailand.
Sources: Genealogy of Tiger Woods – http://www.wargs.com
Genealogy of Tiger Woods (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Tiger’s father – https://www.findagrave.com
Ok, to that comment that Tiger is so dark and his dad was full black.
Tiger Woods is not dark. He is caramel skinned and his father was, too. For anyone of African descent, caramel is not dark skinned! Dark brown and almost the color black is dark skinned. Caramel is admixture. And yes, there are dark skinned mixies because mixed people come in all looks. Pure blacks are dark brown to almost the color black. He is not dark skinned and he is not pure black. His dad was part black, part white, part Native American, and part Asian and his mother is white and Asian. That’s not pure black! Being pure black means having pure black African ancestry. That man is multigenerationally mixed, okay! Get it straight!
yea. I wish I could get one
I think to get a true breakdown of Tiger’s ethnicity wed have to take a DNA test.
I dnt care what he says he is. His father is an average African American with small amounts of admicture. Tiger is half black in my book. He wants 2 be white so bad
http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=woods