His father was a Russian doctor of English descent, from the expatriate community that started out as the Muscovy Company, and his mother was a Turkmen-Russian nurse from Ashgabat, now part of Turkmenistan.
His father was a Russian doctor of English descent, from the expatriate community that started out as the Muscovy Company. His mother, Naguimé Sultán Swann (born Piszóva) was a Turkmen-Russian nurse from Ashgabat, now part of Turkmenistan.