Born as Milo Hanrahan,[10] Yiannopoulos was born and raised in Kent, England.[11][10] His father, Nicolas Hanrahan[citation needed], is of half-Greek and half-Irish descent. His mother, who is British, is of Jewish descent.[12][13][14] Yiannopoulos claims his father wanted to divorce his mother while she was pregnant with him; however, his parents remained together for six more years before divorcing.[13] He described his biological father as "terrifying", remarking at one point, "I would think, if my dad is just a doorman, why do we have such a nice house? Then I saw it on The Sopranos".[13] His biological father moved after the divorce to St Ives, in Cornwall, where he settled with his new Jamaican wife.