BERGEN COUNTY — Tim Tebow is coming home.

The former Denver Bronco who becomes a Jet this Saturday was born in the Phillipines and spent his formitive years in Florida, but he's from Jersey stock, according to a report in The New York Times.

Tebow is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Andries Tebow, who came to North America in the 1600s and settled in Hackensack, a Tebow cousin and family genealogist told The Times.

The star quarterback will now be practicing at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, about seven miles from where grandpa Andries settled.

It remains unclear where the newest Tebow will be putting down roots, but Fox Sports reported on Thursday that the Jets want him to settle in New Jersey.

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