A son of Donald "Don" Androlewicz and Shirley M. Steuart Androlewicz (1930- 2013), he was from the St. Louis, Missouri branch of the Ashkenazi Jewish Andrulevic(i)us (variously "Androlewicz", "Andrulewicz", etc.) Family. Given that the Andrulevic(i)us Family are of Stoklishok Litvak (Stakliskes, Lithuanian Jewish) origin, for Mr. Andrews to have become a drag queen-let alone participate in the Miss Gay America Pageant-wreaked of irony-this is because Litvakim tended to be Orthodox Jewish at most liberal, and Ultra Orthodox at most conservative. There were also Anusi (Crypto Jewish) branches within the family, most of whom were Roman Catholic Anusim; and this adds to the irony of Michael's profession, given that his branch (the St. Louis Androlewicz branch) is one of the Roman Catholic branches.