At the age of 19, in 1972, Pat Benatar wed Dennis Benatar, her high school sweetheart. In 1979, the couple got divorced. Since 1982, she has been wed to guitarist Neil Giraldo, her second spouse.
They reside in Malibu, California, and have two daughters.
In late 2005 and early 2022, respectively, her daughters Haley and Hana Giraldo made appearances on the E! reality television programs Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive and Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules. Benatar used to be a practicing Catholic.
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski, better known as Pat Benatar, was born on January 10, 1953 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City.
Her father, Andrew (1926-2009), was a sheet metal worker, and her mother, Mildred (née Knapp; 1928–2016), was a beautician.
Her mother had German, English, and Irish ancestry, while her father was of Polish descent. Her family relocated to North Hamilton Avenue in the Long Island community of Lindenhurst, New York, a village.
