 The surname Abdelkader is Arabic.His paternal grandfather, Yusuf Abdul Qadir (Anglicised to Joseph Abdelkader), emigrated from Jordan at the age of 19 to Muskegon, Michigan and married a Polish woman named Zuzanna (Susie).He went to Churchill Elementary School, Mona Shores Middle School and graduated from Mona Shores High School in 2005.