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==Early life==
[[File:Kiln, Mississippi Welcome Football Sign 01.jpg|thumb|left|Favre grew up in the small Mississippi gulf town of Kiln.]]
Brett Favre was born in [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], the son of Bonita Ann (née French) and Irvin Ernest Favre,<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 15, 1969 |title=Births: Favre |page=21 |work=Biloxi Daily Herald |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/mississippi/biloxi/biloxi-daily-herald/1969/10-15/page-21 |url-status=live |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082346/http://newspaperarchive.com/us/mississippi/biloxi/biloxi-daily-herald/1969/10-15/page-21 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |via=Newspaper Archive.com}}</ref> and raised in the small town of [[Kiln, Mississippi|Kiln]]. Both of his parents were schoolteachers in the [[Hancock County School District]]. He is of part [[French American|French]] ancestry. One of his ancestors is [[Simon Favre]], a [[Louisiana Creole people|Louisiana Creole]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gregory |first=H. F. "Pete" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSXXAAAAMAAJ&q=favre |title=Folklife in the Florida Parishes |publisher=Louisiana Folklife Program, Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism |year=1989 |page=63 |chapter=Indians and Folklife in the Florida Parishes of Louisiana |access-date=July 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126132305/https://books.google.com/books?id=XSXXAAAAMAAJ&q=favre |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=White |first=Beth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQg_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT225 |title=The Magnolia Duchess (Gulf Coast Chronicles Book #3): A Novel |publisher=Revell |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-49340-166-6 |access-date=July 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407103448/https://books.google.com/books?id=rQg_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT225 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> and an influential figure in [[Spanish West Florida]] in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; Brett descends from Simon's [[Choctaw]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] mistress, Pistikiokonay, and thus his grandfather was affiliated with the Choctaw.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Favre |first=Beauregard |title=Simon Favre and Pistikioknay |publisher=private |year=1990 |pages=14–15}}</ref><ref name="FavreBackground">{{Cite web |date=May 7, 2004 |title=Mississippi Choctaw chief to speak at Brett Favre Day |url=http://www.indianz.com/News/2004/001648.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120055205/https://www.indianz.com/News/2004/001648.asp |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2007 |website=Indianz.com}}</ref>
Brett was the second of four children and attended [[Hancock North Central High School]], where he played [[baseball]] and [[high school football|football]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=A. J. |date=August 17, 2016 |title=Brett Favre: Hometown Hall of Famer honored at Hancock High |url=https://www.wlox.com/story/32776011/brett-favre-hometown-hall-of-famer-honored-at-hancock-high |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516214718/https://www.wlox.com/story/32776011/brett-favre-hometown-hall-of-famer-honored-at-hancock-high/ |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=WLOX}}</ref> Favre started for the Hancock North Central baseball team as an eighth-grader and earned five varsity letters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linker |first=Andrew |date=August 10, 2008 |title=Of Favre, Rays and those '69 Mets |url=https://www.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2008/08/of_favre_rays_and_those_69_met.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703034735/https://www.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2008/08/of_favre_rays_and_those_69_met.html |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=pennlive}}</ref> He played [[quarterback]], [[lineman (football)|lineman]], [[Defensive back|strong safety]], [[placekicker]], and [[punter (football position)|punter]] in a primarily [[option offense|option]], run-oriented offense coached by his father, Irvin Favre, who was the head coach of the Hawks football team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Mike |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Brett Favre Said His Father Was 'a Coach First' |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/brett-favre-said-his-father-was-a-coach-first/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628004826/https://www.sportscasting.com/brett-favre-said-his-father-was-a-coach-first/ |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=Sportscasting}}</ref>
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