The Life of a Rat Pack Member: Sammy Davis Jr.

He Believes He Might Be Illegitimate

Despite the DNA results, Mark Davis was still confused about the whole situation. He told the Daily Mail, “I am a huge living question mark, and this is because I have never understood anything 100 percent about where I came from… If I am Dad’s natural son, and I believe very much could be the case, then there could have been many reasons why I was put down as adopted.

Sammy Davis Jr with his son, Mark

Sammy Davis Jr. and Mark Davis. Photo by Nate Cutler / Shutterstock

Maybe it was the whole showbiz thing and the scandal it might cause or the color thing or even that my natural mother’s identity had to remain a secret too. Dad was very loving when I was a kid, but being adopted never made sense to me as Dad and Mom had a daughter Tracy who is a year younger than me.”