The family moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she began swimming seriously in seventh grade. Nyad, a Greek-Egyptian land developer, who adopted Diana. The Sneeds divorced in 1952, after which Lucy Sneed married Aristotle Z. She is also a great-grandniece of women's-rights activist Laura Curtis Bullard. Winslow, the inventor of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, a popular morphine-based medicine for children teething that was manufactured from 1849 until the 1930s. Her mother was a great-granddaughter of Charlotte N. and his wife Lucy Winslow Curtis (1925–2007). Nyad was born in New York City on August 22, 1949, to stockbroker William L. 2.2 Dancing with the Stars performances.2.1.1 Cuba to Florida swim attempts in 2011–2013.