Tyler Hoechlin
Hoechlin in 2013, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Tyler Lee Hoechlin
Place of Birth: Corona, Riverside, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 11, 1987
Ethnicity:
*father – German, Swiss-German
*mother – English, German, Norwegian, Scottish, Irish
Tyler Hoechlin is an American actor and college baseball player. He plays Clark Kent / Superman on several television series, primarily Superman & Lois, and Derek Hale in the Teen Wolf universe. He is also known for his roles in the films Family Tree (1999), Road to Perdition, Solstice, Hall Pass, Everybody Wants Some!!, Undrafted, Stratton, Bigger, The Domestics, Fifty Shades Freed, Then Came You, Can You Keep a Secret?, and Palm Springs, and on television’s 7th Heaven, Grizzly Rage, and Another Life.
Tyler is the son of Lori and Don Hoechlin. His father is of one quarter Swiss-German and three quarters German descent. His mother has English, German, Norwegian, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.
Tyler has said that he has Native American roots. It is not clear if this Native American ancestry has been verified/documented. None of his recent ancestors were Native American.
Tyler’s paternal grandfather is Calvin Elton Hoechlin (the son of Carl Phillip Hoechlin and Elsa Henrietta Thomas). Calvin was born in New Jersey. Carl was the son of Conrad Carl Hoechlin, who was Swiss, of Swiss-German descent, and of Louise/Louisa Mahn/Mand, who was born in Rhode Island, to German parents. Elsa’s parents, Frederick Thomas and Hedwig Bevier, were German.
Tyler’s paternal grandmother is Arleen Ernestine Hoenk (the daughter of Arthur William Hoenk and Adelia Ida “Delia” Hoffmann). Arleen was born in Wisconsin. Arthur was born in Minnesota, the son of Peter H. Hoenk and Louisa Sophia Schuchard, who were of German origin. Adelia was born in Minnesota, to German parents, Henry Edward Hoffmann and Ernestina/Ernestine H. Brandt.
Tyler’s maternal grandfather is was Levi Partridge (the son of Levi Jacob Partridge and Anna Matilda Dunn). Harold was born in Wisconsin. Tyler’s great-grandfather Levi was the son of Platt Levi Partridge and Elmira Jane Poff, who was of German descent. Anna was the daughter of James Dunn, whose parents were Scottish, and of Matilda Little.
Tyler’s maternal grandmother was Shirley Anne/Ann Hanson (the daughter of Donald George Hanson and Hazel May/Mae Calkins). Shirley was born in Wisconsin. Donald was the son of Oscar Michael Hanson, whose parents were Norwegian, and of Mary Ann Poff. Hazel was the daughter of Claude Martin Calkins and Martha Florence Boyce.
Tyler’s maternal grandparents were second cousins, once removed, through their Poff line.
Sources: Genealogy of Tyler Hoechlin – https://www.geni.com
Tyler’s paternal great-grandfather, Carl Phillip Hoechlin, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Tyler’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Conrad Carl Hoechlin and Louise/Louisa Mahn/Mand, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Tyler’s paternal grandmother, Arleen Ernestine Hoenk, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Tyler’s paternal great-grandmother, Adelia Ida “Delia” Hoffmann, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Tyler’s maternal grandfather, Harold Levi Partridge, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogies of Tyler’s maternal great-grandparents, Levi Jacob Partridge and Anna Matilda Dunn – https://www.findagrave.com
Tyler’s maternal grandmother, Shirley Anne/Ann Hanson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Tyler’s maternal grandmother, Shirley Anne/Ann (Hanson) Partridge – http://obits.dignitymemorial.com
He definitely looks German. He looks totaly like Stefan Gödde…
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Looks part Arab.
He has a dark complexion for someone of northern European ancestry. I wonder where he gets it?
His swiss side could account for his complexion. I’ve seen quite few swiss people with dark hair, olive skin and pale blue eyes.
Germans aren’t nothern European and they have against all stereotypes mostly a ‘dark’ complexion.
Er no, most Germans have a light complexion. As with Poles, Belgians and other Central Europeans.
You don’t have to be Northern European in order to have pale skin.
Northern Germans are… Germanic and thus northern Europeans, with the center originally in northern Germany/Denmark/southern Sweden. Southern Germans are a mixture of Germanics and Celts, and can be regarded as Central Europeans (but mixed). Both have light skin and blond, brown or sometimes read or even black hair, albeit to a different degree (the percentage of blondes is significantly higher in northern Germany). The Romans in ancient times couldn’t distinguish between Germanics and Celts.
But there is an underlying population stratum of relatively dark (-haired) people that you will find throughout Europe. The blondes are just a mutation about 10-20,000 years ago, centered around the Baltic Sea, and not as wide-spread as rumours say. If you want to distinguish different ethnicities in Europe, facial features are a better indicator than skin or hair colour. And it’s always a guess, because you’ll find all types in all ethnicities, just to a different degree. There are “typical” faces though (difficult to describe abstractly).
Hoechlin looks like a typical European of the basic type, most probably of Rhaeto-Romance origin, regarding his Swiss-“German” heritage. Apart from his really dark hair, his face looks more German than Mediterranean, and his eyes are of a light gray (or blue?), what is common with central Europeans, but not in the Mediterranean.
excuse me..”Tyler Hoechlin is an American actor” isn’t enough..don’t be lazy and write why this guy is here..ok?? same for other “celebs”
Another undocumented/unlikely claim of Native American ancestry.
https://mobile.twitter.com/TylerL_Hoechlin/status/215533177471643648?screen_name=TylerL_Hoechlin