Art Collector and philanthropist Christophe De Menil is the daughter of John and Dominique De Menil, of Houston, Texas. The De Menils are a wealthy family who came to America from France in the 1940s.http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/03/garden/03DEME.html?8hpib=&pagewanted=1 De Menil was once married to Robert Thurman, the father of actress Uma Thurman.http://nymag.com/arts/art/profiles/26288/index5.html

Christophe De Menil was the grandmother of the late artist Dash Snow.http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/dash-snow-new-york-artist-dies-at-27/?hp