Personal Life
Hilton was born Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino. She is the daughter of Sharon Kathleen Richards (née Dugan; 1938–2002) and Laurence K. Avanzino (1935–1997). Her paternal grandfather was of Italian descent. Her other ancestry is Irish. Hilton's parents later divorced, and her mother remarried Kenneth E. Richards. Through her mother's remarriage, she has two half-sisters: actresses Kim and Kyle Richards. Hilton also has five half-siblings from her father's remarriage.
She met Hilton Hotel heir Richard Hilton at age 15. They married in 1979. Rick and Kathy Hilton have four children: daughters Paris Hilton (born 1981) and Nicholai "Nicky" Hilton (born 1983), and sons Barron Hilton II (born 1989) and Conrad Hughes Hilton III (born 1994).
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