What race is Link Neal?

I've been wondering this for a while and I googled it a couple times, but nothing ever came up. Does anyone have a clue what race Link Neal is? Rhett too.

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Permalink Reply by Bearvo Odadjian (Bronx) on December 29, 2014 at 7:56pm

American....probably

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Permalink Reply by JessHavok on December 30, 2014 at 5:28am

People tickle me with this one a little bit (not about Link, but in general)... Because there is only one current race for mankind, and that's the human race. People confuse it with "ethnicity", which is where a person's ancestral culture comes in... Also nationality, is confused for this too (which is just what country you're a citizen of - which can be changed).

Sorry, ranted there for a bit (habit for this topic, I don't meant to be rude at all).

As far as Link's ethnicity, to my knowledge he's never said. -Write him and ask him, it's always interesting to learn stuff like that, maybe he'll answer back.

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Permalink Reply by Jared (Slithy Tove) on January 9, 2015 at 11:22pm

Yes, "race" is not the correct word. As JessHavoc mentioned, there is only one race. Nevertheless, the term is frequently used to refer to "skin color" in which case its kind of obvious that they are white.

But if you mean ethnic nationality, my guess is that Rhett is Ulster Scot (aka "Scots-Irish"). Not sure about Link, though. Many people in the USA have such deep roots in this continent have such a mix of nationalities going back hundreds of years in North America that they could rightly be called just "American". I do think that Link probably has deeper North Carolina roots than Rhett, so his ancestry might be more closley tied to NC history. Rhett, otoh, was born in Georgia (US state Georgia, not th country Georgia).

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Permalink Reply by Hunter Jordan on November 21, 2025 at 12:02am

That's a really great question — thank you for bringing this up. From what I can tell, Link Neal is American, and various sources suggest he is of White/Caucasian ethnicity.

I also appreciate the thoughtful replies here: someone rightly pointed out that “race” isn’t always the best word — ethnicity or ancestral roots might make more sense.

It’s cool how this community (RhettandLinKommunity) makes space for deeper conversations like this. The blog itself is really well organised, the tone is respectful, and it feels like a safe place for Mythical Beasts to ask genuine questions. Keep it up!