Alban Skënderaj was born on 20 April 1982 into an Albanian family hailing from Vlorë in the city of Lushnjë, People's Republic of Albania. His father Qerim Skënderaj has served in the Albanian Armed Forces while his mother has worked in a laboratory of the town's aqueduct. He and his family left Albania for political reasons due to the Albanian Civil War in 1997 and relocated to Pistoia in Italy. He has three brothers: Martin, Arbër and Taulant.