Complex sentence: Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz was born in the British crown colony of Aden, on 26 November 1956, to parents, Xavier and Merlyn Vaz from Goa, now an Indian state, which accounts for his Goan-Portuguese surname.
Split into simpler sentences: Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz was born in the British crown colony of Aden, on 26 November 1956, to parents, Xavier and Merlyn Vaz. The Vaz family hailed from Goa, now an Indian state, which accounts for his Goan-Portuguese surname.