Marcus Freeman's Family Starts With Inspiring Story of Parents, Chong and Michael

"The Air Force stationed Michael Freeman at Osan Air Base in South Korea in the 1970s. While there, he met Chong. They married in 1977 and moved to Abilene, Texas, around 1979. When Michael left for a year on assignment in Turkey, Chong stayed in Texas to work at Texas Instruments and took classes to learn English."

During an interview with Notre Dame's official website, Freeman opened up about his diverse background and desire to embrace his family's identity. 

"My father's African American," Freeman explained. "He's from Columbus, Ohio, and was in the Air Force. And my mother is Korean. She's from South Korea, Daegu city in South Korea. 

"... I don't think when I was young, I was really not much aware of, you know, I had a minority mother, a mother that wasn't from the United States. And I just knew her as mom and I think as you get older, you start to see it," Freeman continued. 

"You know, that hey, my mom's Korean, not every mother is Korean. But it kind of helped me evolve to who I am, I was around a whole bunch of diversity."

With a win versus Penn State in the College Football Playoff, Freeman has a chance to make history. Freeman's parents are sure to be cheering on the Irish.