sentences:  Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor was born in Takapuna, Auckland on 7 November 1996, to poet Sonja Yelich () and civil engineer Vic O'Connor.Her mother was born to Croatian immigrants from the region of Dalmatia, while her father is of Irish descent.They announced their engagement in 2014, after a 30-year relationship, and in 2017, they married in a private ceremony in Cheltenham Beach.