Britney beau Adnan's humble background and journey from Birmingham to LA

Adnan Ghalib, who is originally from Afghanistan, emigrated to the UK with his family as refugees in 1977, arriving first in London and then settling down in Birmingham where he grew up from a young boy to a bespectacled nerdy looking teenager with neatly trimmed facial foliage.

He lived in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood, about five miles out from the center of Birmingham, in a humble terraced house, reports Daily Mail.

He was schooled first at Marlborough Infant School in Small Heath and then attended the nearby Sheldon Heath Comprehensive.

As a teenager, Adnan was no different from other South Asian Muslim immigrants boys. He enjoyed Cricket, Football Bhangra music and hanging out with his friends.

He moved to South London in his late teens and spent few years there. Later he relocated to the US to live with his sister Farah who had settled in California with her husband.

Adnan managed a strip bar before becoming a full time paparazzo. He married Azlynn Berry.

Not much is known about his relationship with her except that they separated about a year ago.

There has been speculation that theirs was a marriage of convenience to facilitate Adnan's Green Card processing.

Adnan's childhood friends say he was not into chasing girls but was always good with words and liked a laugh.

"One thing about him, was that he always had this ability to put a smile on your face", a friend told Daily Mail.

It was perhaps Adnan's ability to put a smile on her face that enamored Britney who is now believed to have hired him as a personal assistant and pays him a salary of several thousand dollars a week.

Besides driving and squiring her around Adnan, who is now 35-year-old, also runs errands for her and cleans her house.

Spears recently bought him a Mercedes SUV to drive her around.

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