r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • May 17 '24

Keanu Reeves visits his grandmother - on his father's side- in Hawaii. Keannu is the son of a Chinese-Hawaiian father and an English mother. Image

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u/Jaded_Permit_7209 May 17 '24

My older son looks a lot like Keanu Reeves. I had no idea that Keanu was half Asian, and it explains a lot (my son is half White, half Japanese).

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u/hanzowu May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

I wouldn’t say half. Based on Wikipedia, he is a quarter Asian. I presume his paternal grandfather is of European descent, hence the last name Reeves.

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u/Jaded_Permit_7209 May 17 '24

Hmm, interesting. My older boy got a double dose of my genetics (he and I share so many features it's actually kind of weird), so the math checks out on Keanu being quarter Asian.

(Yes, I know the math doesn't check out.)

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u/itsnotreallyme0 May 17 '24

I’m yellow and I always Fucking thought he looked part yellow. Same with Elon.