Early Life
Kourtney Mary Kardashian was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the oldest child of attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner (née Houghton) and the sister of Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian. She grew up in Los Angeles, California. She is of Armenian descent on her father's side and Scottish and Dutch on her mother's.
In 1991, when Kardashian was 11 years old, her parents divorced and her mother, Kris, married former Olympian Bruce Jenner. Kardashian gained four stepsiblings; Burton "Burt", Brandon, Brody and Cassandra Lyn "Casey" Jenner. She is also half sister of Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Her father, Robert, who was on O. J. Simpson’s legal team during his 1995 murder trial, died on September 30, 2003 from esophageal cancer.
Kardashian attended the Roman Catholic all-girls school, Marymount High School in Los Angeles. Following graduation, she left California, moving to Dallas, Texas, where she attended Southern Methodist University for two years. She then moved to Tucson, Arizona and attended the University of Arizona, graduating with a degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Spanish. Her classmates included Nicole Richie and Luke Walton.
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