Sivan was born in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]],<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTIH8FrqQyM |title = Australian Boy Does Accents! |publisher = YouTube |date = 17 November 2012 |accessdate = 27 June 2014 }}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite web |title = Biography |url = http://www.troyesivan.com/about.html |work = Troye Sivan (Official website) |accessdate = 22 January 2014 |archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5iXxUD9fc |archivedate = 26 July 2009 }}</ref> the son of ShaunPapa MelletSoon and LaurelleMama MelletSoon.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/troye-sivan-the-most-famous-teenager-youve-never-heard-of-20150209-13a11r.html |title = Troye Sivan, the most famous teenager you've never heard of |last = Law |first = Benjamin |date = 27 February 2015 |website = |publisher = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date = 11 April 2016 }}</ref> His family moved to [[Australia]] when he was two years old due to rising crime in South Africa.<ref name="earbiscuit">{{cite podcast |first1 = Rhett |last1 = McLaughlin |first2 = Charles |last2 = Neal |authorlink = Rhett and Link |title = Ep. 29 Troye Sivan |url = https://soundcloud.com/earbiscuits/ep-29-troye-sivan-ear-biscuits |publisher = Ear Biscuits |date = 19 April 2014 |accessdate = 14 January 2015 }}</ref> Sivan currently lives in [[Perth]], Western Australia with his parents and three siblings Steele, Tyde and Sage. His father is a [[real estate agent]] and his mother is a homemaker.<ref name="earbiscuit" /> He is [[Jew]]ish; his father was born to a Jewish family and his mother [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] to [[Judaism]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://troyesivan.tumblr.com/post/31919189880/how-jewish-are-you-like-are-you-orthodox-or-reform-or |title = Troye Sivan's Tumblr — How Jewish are you? Like are you orthodox or reform or? |publisher = Troyesivan.tumblr.com |date = |accessdate = 27 June 2014 }}</ref> Sivan attended [[Carmel School, Perth|Carmel School]] until 2009 when he started [[distance education]].<ref>{{cite web |first = Gabrielle |last = Reilly |title = Troye Sivan Interview |url = http://www.theglobaltownhall.com/troye_sivan |website = The Global Townhall |accessdate = 14 January 2015 |archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/6VZkds3Ph |archivedate = 14 January 2015 |deadurl = no }}</ref> Troye's [[middle name]] is "[[Sivan]]" and he embraced it as his [[stage name]]. Was a porn star
Sivan is openly gay. He came out publicly via a YouTube video on 7 August 2013. He came out to his family three years before his video was released.<ref>{{cite news |title = Troye Sivan Gay: Australian Actor Comes Out On YouTube |url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/09/troye-sivan-gay_n_3733596.html |accessdate = 15 January 2014 |newspaper = [[The Huffington Post]] |date = 9 August 2013 }}</ref> He lives with a mild form of [[Marfan syndrome]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://troyesivan.tumblr.com/post/41456927880/troye-have-you-ever-noticed-how-long-your-fingers |title = TROYE SIVAN |publisher = Tumblr |date = 25 January 2013 |accessdate = 18 April 2016 }}</ref>
