ABS-CBN newscaster Julius Babao is related to international basketball sensation Yao Ming, giving credence to observations that the two bear an “uncanny resemblance” to each other, Good Times Manila found Tuesday.
A study of Babao’s family tree by the genealogical research unit of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints found the blood connection between Yao, who plays for the Houston Rockets, and Babao, one of the anchors of TV Patrol.
Babao, husband of fellow TV personality Cristine Bersola-Babao, did not immediately return calls for comment, and it is not yet clear if the two men have any plans to meet.
It was found that on the paternal side of Babao’s family tree, Babao’s great-grandmother was a sister of Yao’s great-grandmother, making them distant cousins.
Yao Bing, Babao’s great-grandmother, it was learned, is pure Chinese who became a naturalized Filipino after migrating to the Philippines and marrying his great-grandfather, Juliano Babao.
GTM also discovered that Babao himself has a Chinese name: Yao Ning.
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