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What is Dwayne Johnson s heritage?
Born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, Johnson belongs to a family of professional wrestlers. His father was Rocky Johnson, who was the first-ever black man to win the WWF Tag Team Championship while partnering with Tony Atlas. The Rock s maternal grandfather Peter Maivia (aka High Chief) was also a renowned Samoan-American professional wrestler, who promoted National Wrestling Alliance in Hawaii.
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Dwayne Johnson s family belongs to a multicultural ethnicity, with Johnson considering himself half-Black Nova Scotian from his father s side and half-Samoan (Polynesian) from his maternal side.
His father s family are descendants of the African-Americans who left America after the end of the American Revolution, choosing to side with the British who promised them freedom. Johnson s paternal grandparents James and Lilian Bowles both were of African descent, while his maternal grandparents Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia a