Kelly, girlfriend of baseball player Derek Jeter, was born
in Los Angeles, California. She is the only child of former
Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay and Maureen Kelly, an exotic
dancer and single mother who often moved with her daughter
to different communities before settling in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, by the time Minka was in junior high school. She is
of New Zealander, Fijian, Pacific Islander and French
descent