was mike tysons father a white man?.

The real question is: why do people care about race so much?. This thread is kinda disturbing. It's an interesting debate actually.

The real question is: why do people care about race so much?. This thread is kinda disturbing.

The fact that his father's second name was Fitzpatrick (Irish name ) and the fact that Tyson's middle name is Gerard (Irish name) tell you that he definitely has some Irish blood in him.... wrong his fathers second name was kirkpatrick which is an ulster scottish name in ireland and the kirkpatricks originated from scotland. kirkpatricks are non existant in the republic of ireland the (26 counties) and prevalent in the six counties which is under british rule. tysons father could just have easily originated from scotland than ireland . also kirkparick could be his ancestors slave name gerard is also not an irish name. if you want to talk about irish names then you are talking about names such as sean, patrick, seamus etc.

His father name would suggest there is a chance he has a hint of white in him I guess..

how do you know? . tyson never knew his father . he left when tyson was 2 . he didnt even ask to attend his dads funeral when he was in prison.

The is Sergio Martinez white debate has just ended, now onto Tyson LOL

was mike tysons father a white man?. What difference does it make..

then Tyson would be 1/4 white!! Tyson doesn't have any white features as such, and he's a dark guy. Tyson's father was a mulatto pimp and womanizer who abandoned him when he was very young. His paternal grandfather was a white immigrant from Ireland who married a black woman. how do you know? . tyson never knew his father . he left when tyson was 2 . he didnt even ask to attend his dads funeral when he was in prison.

its nothing to do with his high pitched voice. his father name was kirkpatrick that is an irish name which means he was of irish ancestry. Let's put it this way, if I didn't want my son to ever find me I'd change my last name to Kirkpatrick too.

He could be related to Barry McGuigan perhaps?

White guys on Boxingscene are gonna claim Tyson as 1 of their own after this thread. Never heard about him being mixed with Irish or w.e. but I wouldn't be shocked if he was. Imo, the majority of African-Americans who's skin color is considerably lighter then a guy like Mayweather, has some type of white blood mixed in there. Look at Ali, he has Irish blood himself. I agree. Go to Africa and try to find a native that looks like Tyson. They all are as dark as Josh Clottey, so I would assume it's safe to say Tyson has some white in him somewhere down the line.

Just because Mike talked with a high pitched, white boy accent doesn't mean his dad was white. Let's not get it twisted. ... ...Huh?

then Tyson would be 1/4 white!! Tyson doesn't have any white features as such, and he's a dark guy. tyson even said in an interview that he was of irish ancestry . its on the net somewhere. i will try and find a link.

yeah but his biological fathers father was a white man who married a black woman?. then Tyson would be 1/4 white!! Tyson doesn't have any white features as such, and he's a dark guy.

His biological father was black! Just because Mike talked with a high pitched, white boy accent doesn't mean his dad was white. Let's not get it twisted. its nothing to do with his high pitched voice. his father name was kirkpatrick that is an irish name which means he was of irish ancestry.

His biological father was black! yeah but his biological fathers father was a white man who married a black woman?.

Just because Mike talked with a high pitched, white boy accent doesn't mean his dad was white. Let's not get it twisted.

his biological father jimmy kirkpatrick?. His biological father was black!

tysons father was suppose to be half white , half irish in fact. is there any picture of him on the net?. I have read that his father "May have had" Irish blood, but have never seen anything stating he is half white.

tysons father was suppose to be half white , half irish in fact. is there any picture of him on the net?. This is news to me I didn’t know this, can you give us a link?