The Legends

Bruce Lee as a baby with his parents, Grace Ho and  Lee Hoi-chuen Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940, in the  Chinese Hospital , in  Chinatown, San Francisco . According to the  Chinese zodiac , Lee was born in both the hour and the year of the  Dragon , which according to tradition is a strong and fortuitous omen. [21]  Lee and his parents returned to Hong Kong when he was three months old. [22]  Bruce's father,  Lee Hoi-chuen , was  Han Chinese , and his mother, Grace Ho (何愛瑜), was of  Eurasian  ancestry. [23]  Grace Ho is reported as either the adopted or biological daughter of Ho Kom-tong (Ho Gumtong, 何甘棠) and the half-niece of  Sir Robert Ho-tung , both notable Hong Kong businessmen and philanthropists. [24]  Bruce was the fourth of five children: Phoebe Lee (李秋源), Agnes Lee (李秋鳳),  Peter Lee  (李忠琛), and  Robert Lee  (李振輝). Grace's parentage remains unclear. Linda Lee, in her 1989 biography  The Bruce Lee Story , suggests that Grace had a German father a