On November 4, 1961, in Huntington, New York, Ralph Macchio was born to his mother, Rosalie (née DeSantis) and, his father, Ralph George Macchio.

The family of a mixed culture where his father was half Italian and half Greek, and his mother authentic Italian woman, owned a ranch with their two children.

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The couple enrolled their younger son Ralph Jr. in a dancing school when he was about 4 or 5. Ralph Sr. didn”t want him to be shy and bashful like him.

Even though he hated it at first, he started liking it eventually.