Yung-chuan was still wearing diapers when his mother, a Filipino national, returned to the Philippines. Because his father is deaf-mute he was brought up by relatives, especially a great-aunt on his father's side, whom he calls Mama.
顏永全還在襁褓時，菲律賓籍的媽媽就回國了，爸爸聾啞，在親戚照顧和嬸婆「媽媽」的撫養下成長。