Tom Jones has revealed he plans to take a DNA test to find out if he has black ancestry, after being told he is "just passing as white".
75-year-old Jones explained that he is often mistaken for being black, partly because of his voice and partly because of his thick, curly hair - which is now white but used to be black.
Speaking to The Times magazine Jones said: "A lot of people still think I'm black. When I first came to America, people who had heard me sing on the radio would be surprised that I was white when they saw me. Because of my hair, a lot of black people still tell me I'm just passing as white."
Jones shared that the medical staff where confused when his mother, Freda Woodward, who was of Welsh and English descent, gave birth to him in 1940 in Pontypridd, South Wales
"When I was born, my mother came out in big dark patches all over her body. They asked if she had any black blood and she said she didn't know."
He added: "I'm going to get my DNA tested. I want to find out."
