User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 03/01 -- Assassin's Creed III era and boxart revealed/@comment-25419730-20120302134425/@comment-77.167.128.115-20120302155026

It is possible, and since the French conquered northern north-America (Canada and stuff) it is possible that the assassin is a half-French-half-northern-native-American.