Gillian Jeannette McBride was born at South Peninsula Hospital at 9:02 a.m. on March 27, 2007. She weighed 8 lbs. Her parents are Angela Gail McBride and Merritt Snyder. Her grandparents are Elizabeth McBride of Anchorage and Merritt Snyder of Port Orchard, WA. Her family also includes her great uncle and aunt Paul and Deborah McBride, second cousin Sarah McBride, great aunt Mimi Tolva, and great grandparents Ken and Nancy Branch, all of Homer.