Of English and Scots ancestry on his father's side, his maternal family belonged to the Latin community of Egypt (of mixed Maltese, Venetian, Triestine and French descent) which left that country during the post-war period of nationalization (1946–1957).
De ascendencia inglesa e escocesa ao lado paterno, súa familia materna pertencía á comunidade latina do Exipto (de orixe mixta maltesa, veneciana, triestina e francesa), que deixou o país durante o período de nacionalización do posguerra (1946-1957).