Eduardo dos Santos, born in what is today the district of Sambizanga in Luanda,[4] is the son of Avelino Eduardo dos Santos and Jacinta José Paulino, immigrants from São Tomé and Príncipe

Isabel dos Santos is the oldest daughter of Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos and Tatiana Kukanova from Azerbaijan, his first wife.[5] In London, where her mother now lives, she studied electrical engineering[6] and business management at King's College. There she met her husband from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sindika Dokolo, the son of a millionaire from Kinshasa and his Danish wife. They got married in 2003, in Luanda. The wedding, a 4 million-dollar party with 1000 guests, was one of the largest weddings in the history of the country. Reports in Portuguese newspapers said that the guest were flown in from France and Portugal without visas.

Sindika Dokolo is a Congolese arts collector and businessman. He is the husband of businesswoman Isabel dos Santos from Angola.
He was brought up in Belgium and France by his parents, selfmade man, bank owner, millionaire and passionate for African arts, Augustin Dokolo[3] and his Danish wife Hanne Kruse.[4] He attended the Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague in Paris from which he graduated, later he studied economics, commerce and foreign languages at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris.
In 2003 he married Isabel dos Santos, the eldest daughter of José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola. The wedding, a 4 million-dollar party with 1000 guests, was one of the largest weddings in the history of the country.