Early Life and Education
An only child, Momoa was born Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Norwalk, Iowa, by his mother, Coni Momoa. His father is of Native Hawaiian descent and his mother is of German, Irish, and Native American ancestry.
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