Hanni Pham Family Tree: The Story Behind NewJeans' Vietnamese-Australian Member
Phạm Ngọc Hân — known as Hanni (Korean stage name: 하니), born 6 October 2004 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, is a member of the K-pop group NewJeans (debuted 2022 under ADOR/HYBE) — one of the most-talked-about new generation K-pop groups, with hits "Hype Boy", "Attention", "OMG", "Ditto", "Super Shy", and "How Sweet".
The Family's Roots: A Vietnamese-Australian Family
The Phạm family is Vietnamese; Hanni was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. Vietnamese is her first language alongside English; she learned Korean for her K-pop career.
Her Parents
Father: A Vietnamese-Australian father.
Mother: A Vietnamese-Australian mother.
Her Siblings
Rosa Pham — Hanni's elder sister; appears occasionally in NewJeans-related content.
A younger brother — Hanni's younger brother.
Her Personal Life
Hanni is too young to have public personal-life details. She is unmarried.
The Phạm Family Tree at a Glance
Family Origins: Vietnamese; Melbourne, Australia.
Father: Vietnamese-Australian.
Mother: Vietnamese-Australian.
Sister: Rosa Pham (elder).
Brother: A younger brother.
Hanni:
- Born 6 October 2004, Melbourne
- Born Phạm Ngọc Hân; raised in Melbourne; speaks Vietnamese, English, Korean
- Discovered by HYBE / ADOR (Min Hee-jin) via online video; signed at age 14 (2019)
- Trained in Korea for 3+ years
- NewJeans debut: 22 July 2022 — group formed by Min Hee-jin; under ADOR (HYBE sublabel)
- Hits: "Attention", "Hype Boy" (July 2022), "Cookie", "OMG", "Ditto" (January 2023, biggest-selling K-pop single of 2023 in Korea), "Super Shy" (July 2023), "ETA", "Cool With You", "Get Up", "How Sweet" (2024), "Bubble Gum"
- NewJeans = fastest K-pop group to 1 billion Spotify streams
- 2024 conflict between Min Hee-jin / ADOR and HYBE parent — ongoing legal disputes about the group's future
- Hanni testified at the South Korean National Assembly in October 2024 about HYBE workplace conduct — unusual move for a K-pop idol
What the Phạm Family Story Teaches Us
A Vietnamese-Australian family in Melbourne. An elder sister and a younger brother. A daughter discovered online at 14 who moved to Korea, learned a third language, and became a global pop star at 17. A 2024 National Assembly testimony at age 20 in a foreign country.
For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Hanni story carries the same lesson. Some children grow up in third countries by their teenage years. Hanni's Melbourne-to-Seoul move at 14 is on the Phạm family tree alongside every NewJeans chart-topper. Write down which children moved early — and the cost of that move on the family.
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