Birth Name: Tiago Splitter Beims
Place of Birth: Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Date of Birth: January 1, 1985
Ethnicity: Brazilian (Ashkenazi Jewish, German, possibly other)
Tiago Splitter is a Brazilian professional basketball player.
Tiago was born in Joinville, Santa Catarina, to Elisabeth (Beims) and Cassio Roberto Splitter. He was raised in Blumenau, Santa Catarina.
Tiago’s mother has German ancestry and his father has Jewish origins. Tiago was raised Roman Catholic and speaks fluent Portuguese, English, Spanish, and German.
His maternal grandmother is Elvira Splitter.
Tiago’s great-great-grandfather, Johann Splitter, left Germany in 1870 and settled in Brazil with his wife, Anna Saul.
Tiago’s parents are pictured here.
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