Vartan was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the son of Doris (née Pucher), a painter and artist, and Eddie Vartan, a musician.[3][4] His paternal aunt is singer Sylvie Vartan and his stepfather is writer Ian La Frenais.[5] Vartan's Bulgarian-born father was of Armenian, Bulgarian, and Hungarian ancestry,[6][7] and Vartan's American mother is Jewish and originally from Poland
Vartan was born in Iskretz, Sofia Province, Bulgaria. Her father, Georges Vartan, was born in France to an Armenian father and a Bulgarian mother.[3] He worked as an attaché at the French embassy in Sofia. Her mother, Ilona (née Mayer), was Hungarian.[1][4] The original family name was Vartanian, but her parents shortened it to Vartan after they fled to France
he speaks weird because he doesn't practice his french, cause as he lives in the states since many years now, it's weird to say, but he's losing is french and when french wants to have an interview with him he prefers to do it in english