Early life

Lindsay Lohan was born in New York City and grew up in Merrick and Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island in New York. Lohan is the eldest child of Donata "Dina" (née Sullivan), a former Rockette, and Michael Lohan.
She has three younger siblings, all of whom were child models: Michael Jr., who appeared with her in The Parent Trap, sister Aliana, who is also an actress, and Dakota, the youngest Lohan child. Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage and was raised as a Catholic.

From Lindsay Lohan maternal family were "well known Irish Catholic stalwarts" in Merrick, with her great-grandfather, John L Sullivan, being a co-founder of the Pro-life Party in Long Island. She attended public school on Long Island. She finished her studies at home through Laurel Springs School of Ojai, California. Her father was sentenced to four years in prison in the late 1980s. In 2005, he was sent back to prison for nearly two years, released in March 2007, for "aggravated unlicensed driving" and attempted assault. Michael currently works with Teen Challenge. In December 2005, Michael and Dina Lohan signed a separation agreement. Then in 2007, Lohan's parents announced that their divorce proceedings had been finalized.