Kerr was born in Beirut , Lebanon to Malcolm H. Kerr , an American academic who specialized in the Middle East , and his wife , Ann ( Zwicker ) . He has three siblings . His grandfather , Stanley Kerr , volunteered with the Near East Relief after the Armenian Genocide and rescued women and orphans in Aleppo and Marash before eventually settling in Beirut . Kerr spent much of his childhood in Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries . He attended Cairo American College in Egypt , the American Community School in Beirut , Lebanon , and Palisades High School ( now Palisades Charter High School ) in Los Angeles
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Steve Kerr