Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, African-American… or African Canadian… or African Canadian American… or?
A lot of people (or at least a lot of WWE fans) know that both The Rock’s parents were also involved in professional wrestling. His dad was “Rocky Johnson”, and his mom was a big deal in women’s wrestling. Indeed, his maternal grandfather was also a professional wrestler. His mother and her family are Polynesian, from Samoa. His father and his family are Black, from Canada. He was born in the United States. So, he’s African American, but the story is a little more complicated than most. Unlike most of the famous people I blog about, as far as I know, he doesn’t actually have much European ancestry, although many people I think mistakenly think he’s Italian or something similar.