Her father passed away when she was three and her mother soon remarried to Aristotle Nyad , a Greek land developer , who adopted Diana .
Diana Nyad was born August 22 , 1949 in New York City to stockbroker William Sneed and his wife Lucy Curtis .
Diana Nyad 's father passed away when she was three and her mother soon remarried to Aristotle Nyad , a Greek land developer , who Diana Nyad Diana .
Diana Nyad was born August 22 , 1949 in New York City to stockbroker William Sneed and his wife Lucy Curtis .