Daniel Banks Bartelt was born on July 3 to Matt and Tara Collins of Atlanta. He was born at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta and weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 20 inches. His paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Dan Collins of Richmond Hill. His paternal great-grandparents are the late Herbert Daniel Collins Sr. and the late Odelle Flowers Collins of Hinesville.