Hayden Panettiere - Complete Family Tree

Volodymyr Rodionovych Klitschko was a Soviet and later Ukrainian Air Force major general and military attaché. Father of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, he participated in the Chernobyl cleanup and died in 2011 from cancer linked to radiation exposure.

Nadiia Ulianivna Klitschko (née Bulyno) is the mother of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. A primary school teacher, she raised the brothers and received their promise never to box against each other.

Dominick N. Panettiere was the Italian-American stepfather who adopted Alan "Skip" Panettiere after marrying Skip's mother Nann in the early 1960s. He was the son of Italian immigrants Donato Panettiere and Jacomina Signorile.

John Leslie Vogel was the maternal grandfather of Hayden and Jansen Panettiere. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of John Raymond Vogel and Elizabeth Francis Long. Hayden spent time with her maternal grandparents in Indiana during childhood.

Lesley R. Vogel is an American actress and producer born April 16, 1956, in Louisville, Kentucky. She appeared in the soap opera Loving and the film Sister Sensei. She managed daughter Hayden Panettiere's early career until Hayden was 19. Vogel and Skip Panettiere married in 1987, had two children, and later divorced. She and Hayden were estranged in later years.

Vitali Klitschko is a Ukrainian former heavyweight boxing champion and the current Mayor of Kyiv. Elder brother of Wladimir Klitschko, he held WBC and other titles. The brothers promised their mother never to fight each other professionally.

Alan Lee "Skip" Panettiere is a retired captain with the New York City Fire Department. He married actress Lesley Vogel in 1987; they had two children, Hayden and Jansen, before divorcing. He later remarried Mekdem. He confirmed Hayden's death in 2026 and has maintained a close relationship with his daughter.

Hayden Lesley Panettiere was an American actress and singer born August 21, 1989, in Palisades, New York. She began modeling and acting as an infant, appearing in over 50 commercials by age five. She gained fame as Claire Bennet on Heroes, starred in Remember the Titans, Ice Princess, and Nashville, and voiced characters in animated films. She was engaged to boxer Wladimir Klitschko and shared daughter Kaya. Panettiere openly discussed struggles with postpartum depression and addiction. She died August 16, 2026, in Greenville, South Carolina, at age 36.

Jansen Rane Panettiere was an American actor born September 25, 1994, in Palisades, New York. Younger brother of Hayden Panettiere, he appeared in Even Stevens, Tiger Cruise (with his sister), Racing Stripes, Robots, Blue's Clues, The Walking Dead, and How High 2. He died February 19, 2023, at age 28 from aortic valve complications due to cardiomegaly.

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian former professional boxer born March 25, 1976. Known as Dr. Steelhammer, he held multiple heavyweight world titles from 2000 to 2015 and won Olympic gold in 1996. He was engaged to Hayden Panettiere (2009–2011, 2013–2018); they share daughter Kaya Evdokia Klitschko, born 2014. He received full custody in 2018 and paid tribute to Hayden after her 2026 death.

Kaya Evdokia Klitschko is the daughter of Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko, born December 9, 2014, in Hawaii. After her parents' 2018 split, she has primarily lived with her father in Europe. Hayden described her as an incredible gift, kind, fierce, and thriving.