He gave birth to himself.

There was another Kung Lao before this one. People call him "the great Kung Lao", because he was such a great fighter, and Liu Kang and (the current) Kung Lao are both descendents of "the great Kung Lao"...

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He had the same name as his ancestor that is about all there is too it.... it's not that confussing. Edit- Sorry i posted this a bit late....

Better late than never.

Liu Kang is the descedant of the original Kung Lao as being the follower of his beliefsn as a former shaolin monk. Kung Lao however is blood related to his ancestor.

That's a good explaination. i always thought they were cousins. Kung being direct from the great Kung Lao, while Liu is from a brother or sister.

No. Liu Kang is not blood related to the Great Kung Lao in anyway, retcon the Mortal Kombat 4 bio. it was something adapted temporarely from the movie. every other bios and plotline tells us, that Kung Lao is the only living descedant of the Great one.