User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 03/01 -- Assassin's Creed III era and boxart revealed/@comment-4206713-20120302031545/@comment-4206713-20120302135020

No source, but it has been confirmed that he is half Native American. The Native American themes in his outfit also help to confirm this. D. Celio - Aren't their mentions to the word "eagle" throughout AC? The hood is in the shape of an eagle's head, there is an eagle symbol on the hood, etc. I think that it is very implied that the assassins symbolize eagles frequently