Birth Name: Amar’e Carsares Stoudemire
Place of Birth: Lake Wales, Florida
Date of Birth: November 16, 1982
Ethnicity: African-American
Amar’e Stoudemire is an American basketball player. His parents, Carrie (Palmorn) and Hazell Stoudemire, are both African-American.
Amar’e’s maternal grandparents were Jack Palmorn and Bessie Thomas.
Amar’e has frequently stated that he has some kind of Jewish ancestry on his mother’s side, and has occasionally claimed to be Jewish. Amar’e’s maternal grandparents, who were African-American, were of the Baptist religion. No Jewish ancestry has ever been documented for Amar’e Stoudemire, nor has he (yet?) converted to Judaism.
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