Birth Name: Amar’e Carsares Stoudemire
Place of Birth: Lake Wales, Florida
Date of Birth: November 16, 1982
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Curly Black
Ethnicity: African-American
Family info: Amar’e Stoudemire is an American basketball player. He is the son of Hazell Stoudemire and Carrie Mae (Palmorn). Both of his parents are African-American.
Since 2010, Amar’e has stated that he has, or that thinks he has, some kind of Jewish ancestry on his mother’s side. It does not appear that any more specific a genealogical claim than that has been posited. As far as can be gleaned from the generally incompetent North American mainstream media, Amar’e's claimed Jewish ancestry, while widely overhyped and publicized, has never been documented or verified. Amar’e's maternal grandparents, who were both African-American, were both members of a Baptist church. His agent once stated, “I know there are some reports that he is Jewish, but he is not. He thinks there may be some Jewish blood on his mother’s side and he is researching it”. Amar’e has traveled to Israel to learn the Hebrew language.
Amar’e's maternal grandparents were Jack Palmorn and Bessie Thomas. Jack was born in Pelham, Georgia. Bessie was born in Moultrie, Georgia.
Sources: Obituary of Amar’e's maternal grandfather, Jack Palmorn – http://www.theledger.com/article/20031015/OBITS/310150401
Obituary of Amar’e's maternal grandmother, Bessie (Thomas) Palmorn – http://news.google.com/
Jerusalem Post article mentioning some of this story, 2010 – http://www.jpost.com/Israel/NBA-superstar-Stoudemire-is-Jewish
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