O Woods na fanau i le 1975 i Cypress, Kalefonia, i le aiga o Earl ma Kultida "Tida" Woods. O ia o le la tama e toʻalua ma e toʻalua ona uso, Earl Jr. ma Kevin, faʻapea foʻi ma se tuafafine e toʻalua e igoa ia Royce mai le uluaʻi faʻaipoipoga a lona tama. O Kultida (née Punsawad) e sau mai Thailand, lea na feiloaʻi ai Earl ia te ia ina ua alu o ia i se asiasiga iina i le 1968. O ia o le fefiloi Thai, Saina, ma Dutch tupuaga. O Earl o se litaea koloneli ma Vietnam War veteran na lipotia Aferika Amerika, Saina, ma Native American tupuaga. O le tina o Earl Maude Carter o le malamalama paʻu. O Tiger o loʻo faʻamatalaina lona ituaiga ituaiga o le "Cablin" (o se faʻasologa o le faʻasologa na ia faia mai Black, Caucasian, Indian American ma Woods).
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