Ka cika wannan jumla: Kakannin Christian daga wajen mahaifinsa sun fito ne daga iyalin Cumberland na masu hukunci, ko alƙalai, a tsibirin Man. Daya daga cikin manyan magabatansa shi ne Fletcher Kirista, mai shiga tsakani a cikin tawaye a kan "Bounty". Fletcher yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan tawaye waɗanda a cikin 1790, suka zauna a Tsibirin Pitcairn kuma suka kafa al'umma mai keɓewa. Mahaifin Kirista, Henry Bailey Kirista, wani tsohon soja na
1846 Xhosas War, manomi ne mai cin nasara kuma ɗan kasuwa kuma fitaccen ɗan jama'a.