NBA twins Caleb and Cody Martin attribute all their success to their single mom Jenny Bennett. Here’s everything we know about their family.
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Miami Heat player Caleb Martin is one to watch. Although was a college basketball sensation for years, it wasn’t until May 2023 that he garnered national attention after the Eastern Conference final game 7 where Miami Heat went up against the Boston Celtics.
Caleb started for the first time in the series and played for 45 minutes, accumulating 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting. He also grabbed 10 rebounds to ultimately help Miami Heat conquer the Celtics 103 to 84 and ultimately advance to the NBA Finals.
Caleb is being praised for his skill. But many folks are wondering what the backstory on Caleb is. Where is he from and who are his parents? Also, did we mention that he’s a twin? Caleb’s twin brother is Cody Martin, who is also a basketball superstar.
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Who are Caleb Martin’s parents?
Caleb and Cody’s mother is Jenny Bennett, who raised her kids as a single mom. As for the boys’ father, there is no information available on him. Caleb and Cody also have an older brother named Raheem.
Raheem, Caleb, and Cody were brought up in a 300-square-foot trailer in Cooleemee, N.C., a town with a population of just over 900, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
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Twins Caleb and Cody Martin are seen here with their mom Jenny Bennett and older brother Raheem in 2013
Jenny worked three jobs, including a scan analyst position at the grocery store Food Lion. She woke up at 2 a.m. every morning and tried to be home by 3 p.m. to be with her sons after school. To make sure there was enough food on the table for her children, she sometimes went without eating.
Jenny first got pregnant with Raheem as a teen and was kicked out of her family’s house. Two and a half years later, she welcomed Caleb and Cody.
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The environments she raised her boys in weren’t always ideal. In fact, Caleb claimed that he and his brothers saw drug deals and shootings at one apartment complex they lived in.
However, the boys knew she was trying her absolute best and couldn’t be more grateful. “I know it might sound cliché and corny, but she’s our hero,” Caleb told the outlet.
He added: “Cody and I will reminisce about our childhood and we now notice all of the stuff she didn’t let us in on when we were little, all of the stuff we realize now. It was hard, but she made a lot of sacrifices like not eating certain nights and passing up job opportunities because she had no help at home and had to be there for us.”
Caleb and Cody, who played college basketball for two seasons at North Carolina State, later transferred to the University of Nevada after receiving full-ride scholarships with the Nevada Wolf Pack. They credit all their success to their mother.
In 2020, the boys tried to repay their mother for just some of what she’s done for them with a new car.
“Used to get evicted. Now I bought my momma a car. I’m so thankful,” Caleb wrote on his Instagram Story alongside a photo of Jenny cheesing from the driver’s seat.
What is Caleb Martin’s ethniticity?
Caleb and Cody are biracial. Their mother Jenny is white and their father, whose identity is unknown, was Black. It is unclear if they have the same father as their older brother Raheem, who is also biracial.
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The Miami Heat have proven all season long that they shouldn’t be underestimated. They’ve battled with the Denver Nuggets over the course of the NBA finals so far, and have refused to go away. One of the chief reasons for their success all season long has been Bam Adebayo, a key to the team on both offense and defense.
Now, as Bam has continued to prove himself on the court, many want to learn more about who his parents are and where he comes from.
Who are Bam Adebayo’s parents?
Bam was born on July 18, 1997, and grew up in Newark, N.J. Bam, who was originally named Edrice Femi Adebayo, was born to his mother Marilyn Blout and his father John Adebayo. His mother raised him in Newark after his parents split while he was still rather young. John, who is originally from Nigeria, met and fell in love with Marilyn after moving to the United States.
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Ultimately, though, their marriage fell apart, and John decided to move back to Nigeria. After that, it was up to Marilyn to raise Bam, her only child, as a single mother. The two eventually moved to North Carolina, where they lived in a single-wide trailer while Marilyn worked as a cashier.
The two still have a good relationship to this day, and Bam frequently posts about his mother on Instagram.
Bam’s nickname also comes from his mother, who gave it to him when he was just 1 year old. At the time, Marilyn noticed that Bam had certain similarities with the Flintstones child Bam Bam, who is famously rather destructive. Marilyn started to call him Bam, and the nickname has stuck with the NBA star for all these years.
John Ԁιҽd in 2020, and was still in Nigeria at the time of his death.
What is Bam Adebayo’s ethnicity?
Bam’s father was a native Nigerian, while his mother is African American.
Bam and his father apparently didn’t have much of a relationship, and it’s clear that he relied heavily on his mother’s support and influence throughout his time growing up.
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In a post celebrating his mother on Instagram, Bam wrote about how inspiring he found his mom to be.
“‘Sons may turn into men, and grow out of their toys, but in the hearts of their mothers, they are still little boys,'” the post read. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE WOMAN THAT MADE ME… ME !!! You’re Still The Greatest I Ever Seen Do This S–t Called Life,” he wrote in the caption under a photo of them together.
Bam has been clear, both in his social media feeds and in interviews, about how much his mom means to him. In fact, the two still live in the same building in Miami together, although it sounds like each of them has their own residence.
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