Don Swayze younger brother of the late actor Patrick Swayze
Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, the middle son of Patsy Yvonne Helen (née Karnes, a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze, an engineering drafter.[3] [4] He is a younger brother of the late actor Patrick Swayze and of sister Vicky Lynn, and the older brother of Sean Kyle and adopted sister Bora Song (nicknamed Bambi).[5] He is a sixth cousin once removed of commentator John Cameron Swayze, and a relative of noted Texas Revolution soldier Henry Karnes.
