Despite chatter on Twitter, Jeremy Lin's mother is not part-Filipino

- (GMA 7 Sports) - 3 months ago...

Filipino fans of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin were jolted last night when news began to spread via Twitter that a New York Times article had written that Lin's mother was part-Filipino, which meant that Jeremy had Filipino blood. But less than a few hours passed, the news was quickly debunked, and chalked up to a case of leaping to conclusions without close reading of the source....

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