# Elon Musk Just Corrected Everyone About His Heritage—And There's a LOTR Plot Twist

Elon finally got tired of people getting his background wrong. The billionaire posted on X that he's actually British/English descent, not Afrikaner like everyone thought. Nothing crazy, except... he dropped a fun fact that links him to J.R.R. Tolkien.

Yeah, the Lord of the Rings author was also born in South Africa (Bloemfontein, 1892). Both born in SA, both English backgrounds—Elon basically said "I'm more Tolkien than you think."

Why the correction matters? Some crypto/tech blogs had been painting his South African upbringing as "Afrikaner culture in apartheid era," which completely misses the context. Elon's point: cultural background shapes how you see the world, so get it right.

Also worth noting: Musk is lowkey obsessed with Tolkien. He's cited LOTR stuff on social media multiple times, and it apparently played a role in his whole Grimes era too. The man literally grew up in SA, did a Lord of the Flies-style survival camp at 12, and became a Tolkien fanboy. Pretty on-brand.

As for that "emerald mine" story? Still dismisses it as fake, says people keep bringing it up to bug him.