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Williams was born in [[Pamplona]] to Ghanaian parents, who travelled across the [[Sahara]] Desert to reach [[Melilla]], a Spanish city in Northern Africa.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.as.com/en/2020/03/04/videos/1583335992_941432.html?autoplay=1%3Fomnil%3Dresrelart|title=Iñaki Williams explains how he got his name and why Bilbao means so much to him|newspaper=Diario AS|date=4 March 2020|access-date=21 January 2021|archive-date=11 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011191202/https://en.as.com/en/2020/03/04/videos/1583335992_941432.html?autoplay=1%3Fomnil%3Dresrelart|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://footy-ghana.com/2020/06/spain-u17-coach-david-gordo-tips-bilbao-youngster-nico-williams-for-greatness/|title=Nico Williams: Spain U-17 coach tips Bilbao youngster for greatness|website=Footy Ghana|date=1 June 2020|access-date=28 April 2021|archive-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428185842/https://footy-ghana.com/2020/06/spain-u17-coach-david-gordo-tips-bilbao-youngster-nico-williams-for-greatness/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="desert">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/06/inaki-williams-my-parents-crossed-the-desert-barefoot-to-get-to-spain|title=Iñaki Williams: 'My parents crossed the desert barefoot to get to Spain illegally'|newspaper=Guardian|date=6 October 2021|access-date=27 November 2022|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621100441/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/06/inaki-williams-my-parents-crossed-the-desert-barefoot-to-get-to-spain|url-status=live}}</ref> His parents had been advised by an unidentified lawyer to claim to be from a war-torn country, namely [[Liberia]] where a [[Liberian Civil War (1989-1997)|civil war]] was occurring, when they first entered Spain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.as.com/en/2020/03/04/videos/1583335992_941432.html?autoplay=1?omnil=resrelart|title=Iñaki Williams explains how he got his name and why Bilbao means so much to him|newspaper=Diario AS|date=4 March 2020|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="desert"/>
His elder brother [[Iñaki Williams]] is also a footballer and a forward; he too was brought up at Athletic Bilbao, having been born in Bilbao a short time after his parents arrived there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/athletic-bilbao/20190210/46341074569/nico-williams-inaki-athletic-juveniles.html|title=El hermano de Iñaki Williams debuta con gol en el juvenil del Athletic|trans-title=Iñaki Williams's brother debuts with goal for Athletic youths|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Endika|last=Río|language=es|date=10 February 2019|access-date=14 February 2019|archive-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214233426/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/athletic-bilbao/20190210/46341074569/nico-williams-inaki-athletic-juveniles.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-imparable-ascenso-nico-williams-athletic-202101310132_noticia.html|title=El imparable ascenso de Nico Williams en el Athletic|trans-title=The unstoppable rise of Nico Williams at Athletic|newspaper=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|first=Jorge|last=Abizanda|language=es|date=31 January 2021|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131094738/https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-imparable-ascenso-nico-williams-athletic-202101310132_noticia.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBClove"/> Nico typically wears ''Williams Jr'' on the back of his shirt, including in international matches that do not involve Iñaki, who represents [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] internationally.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/euro-2024-final-england-vs-spain-nico-williams-profile-athletic-bilbaoeuro-2024-final-england-vs-spain-nico-williams-profile-athletic-bilbao-6xzbxbp0c Meet Nico Williams – Spain's other star winger at Euro 2024], Ian Hawkey, ''[[The Times]]'', 12 July 2024 {{subscription required}}</ref>
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