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Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time.[1]
Eldrick Tont Woods was born in Cypress, California, to Earl Woods and Kultida (Tida) Punsawad. He is the only child of their marriage; however, he has two half-brothers, Earl Jr. (born 1955) and Kevin (born 1957), and a half-sister, Royce (born 1958) from the 18-year marriage of Earl Woods and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gray.
Earl, a retired lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran, was of mostly African American, as well as Caucasian, and possible Native American and Chinese, ancestry. Kultida, originally from Thailand (where Earl had met her on a tour of duty in 1968), is of mixed Thai, Chinese, and Dutch ancestry.
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Source: Dennis, Yvonne Wakim and Hirschfelder, Arlene, A Kid's Guide to Native American History, Pg 133, Chicago Review Press, 2010