Captain Andy was born as the third of five children from his father John Hillstrand s.r and his ex-wife. Descending with the age seniority David, Johnathan, Andy, Michael, and Neal Hillstrand are five brothers.
Three of the five Hillstrand Brothers work together in the sea. Johnathan and Andy co-captains FV time bandit while Neal is the boat’s chief engineer as well as the boat’s primary cook. Neal also works on deck and stands in as captain when necessary.
Not much information about Andy’s mother has surfaced in media however after the divorce she got married to another man. As for John Sr., he married Nancy Hillstrand who currently owns the family seafood distribution business.
Also, Hillstrand brothers are known to have a stepbrother named Lincoln Brewster who is a contemporary Christian musician. If we look at the Hillstrand family tree, his paternal grandparents Earl David Hillstrand and Mary Jane Lloyd who set the tradition of fishing in the family.
