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
I believe his Native American ancestry claim. When I recently saw him on tv, I immediately thought he was part Mexican. I can see Indigenous admixture Indian /European roots in his appearance like alot of Mexicans look. Plus his hair is extra thick for just Northern European dna, indicating Asian Indian Native American. There was a guy in my school looked exactly like him and he was part Mexican part White American.
He has Mediterranean influence on his phenotype. So yeah he can also pass for Mexican but not as one with Amerindian ancestry (he does not look it). Somebody with roots in Germany, Switzerland and Wisconsin has unlikely Native American heritage.
I doubt he has any Native American ancestry. But you can’t discount it because of Wisconsin. Wisconsin has the 20th largest percentage of people who identify as African American out of the 50 states, and it’s 1.7% is slightly above the national average. In fact, there is only one state further east than it that has a higher percentage of those who identify as idigenous: North Carolina.
Depending on how far his ancestry goes back in the state, it wouldn’t be super rare for him to posess a Native American ancestor.
He has no NA ancestors: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L2JC-SSL
Unsure if “English” is the most consistent part of his maternal ancestry, Elmira Jane Poff. and Mary Ann Poff. were related.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109531416/_
genealogy of Tyler maternal great-grandmother Hazel Calkins:
http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/hazel-calkins_37256041
Looks Italian or at least Jewish to me. Something exotic about him.
impossible, he’s not short, swarthy and doesn’t have pounds upon pounds of body hair typical of Italians.
were you talking of Danny De Vito? This is a crowd of 1000 Italians playing a Foo Fighters hit, if you don’t have a clue about how Italians look. Also the man at 4:18 is the organizer (Fabio Zaffagnini), and he’s Italian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozAmXo2bDE
Italians average height is higher than british, ok?
He’s got the strong face of a lot of Germans.
White guy with beard=”exotic.”
Get out of your cave, you trollish imbecile.
The best looking man I have ever seen
When I saw his pic, I thought he might be part Mexican.
I agree,
No I wouldn’t believe he could be George Lopez’s son.