Birth Name: Shane Patrick Victorino
Place of Birth: Wailuku, Hawaii
Date of Birth: November 30, 1980
Ethnicity: Portuguese, Hawaiian, Okinawan Japanese, Chinese
Shane Victorino is an American professional baseball player. He is nicknamed “The Flyin Hawaiian”. He is a 3rd generation Japanese through his mother’s side.
He stated that he is of Portuguese, Hawaiian, Japanese and Chinese descent in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2011. He also added:
“My name is really Victorine, which is Portuguese. My great-, great-grandpa, when he was in the war, they spelled his name with an O at the end instead of an E, and it became Victorino.”
Sources: http://blog.japaneseballplayers.com
http://articles.philly.com
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