Heigl (pronounced /ˈhaɪɡəl/[1]) was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Nancy, a personal manager, and Paul Heigl, a financial executive/accountant.[2] Heigl has Swiss-German and Irish ancestry,[3] and was raised a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[4][5][6] She is the youngest of four children (in addition to siblings Meg, Jason, and Holt).[7] Heigl lived in Virginia and then Denver before her family settled in Connecticut, where they moved into a large, old Victorian-style farmhouse in the wealthy town of New Canaan, where she spent most of her childhood.[8]
In 1986, her older brother Jason died of injuries suffered in a car accident, after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck while out for lunch with some of his high school classmates. Following his death, the family decided to donate his organs.[9] Afterwards, their parents converted to Mormonism (prior to that her mother was Lutheran and her father Catholic).[7] Heigl is now a strong proponent of organ donation.[10] Although she is no longer a practicing Mormon, she remains positive on several aspects of the religion,[11] and has expressed interest in returning to her faith.
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